Public Power Corporation S.A.

Bank stocks and PPC led Wednesday's price slump in the Greek stock market, though the fears of a continued deadlock in talks between Athens and its creditors through spring were somewhat contained by statements from European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici in Athens. This led to a stop-loss move in the last hour of trading, but market concerns remain.

Greece's entire electricity market is seeking an alternative plan to avoid a short circuit that would bust it, due to the risks created by the plan of former energy minister Panos Skourletis for the opening up of the market.

Two out of the country's three biggest alternative providers of electricity, Protergia, which belongs to the Mytilineos Group, and Elpedison, jointly controlled by Edison and Hellenic Petroleum, have openly disputed the model for power auctions aimed at reducing Public Power Corporation's market share.

The state's deal with the Greek banks for the loans issued to Public Power Corporation (PPC) and the approval of grid operator ADMIE's privatization plan is coming into the focus of the European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) in Frankfurt and the Directorate General for Competition (DGComp) of the European Commission in Brussels.

The government is keeping all its options open as regards the future of Public Power Corporation and increasing competition in the electricity market, but it appears it has been forced to move ahead with the sale of 66 percent of the natural gas grid operator (DESFA) despite wishing otherwise.

The scenario of privatized spin-offs of Public Power Corporation, which have been dubbed "Small PPCs," is back on the table as the first power auctions for the reduction of the PPC market share proved ineffective, while Brussels is asking Greece to comply with the decision of the European Court of Justice for breaking PPC's monopoly in lignite use for power production.

Shareholders of Greece's electricity utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) approved late on Tuesday the transfer of a 51 percent stake in the power grid operator ADMIE, part of a spin-off scheme, which is a major term in Greece's bailout program.

Greece's four biggest lenders are concerned about the spin-off of the country's power grid operator ADMIE, a key condition of a bailout agreement between Athens and its official creditors, a banker and a government official said on Friday.

ADMIE is fully owned by Greece's state-controlled electricity utility Public Power Corporation (PPC).

China's State Grid Corporation (SGCC), the world's biggest utility, on Friday signed the purchase of a minority stake in Greece's power grid operator ADMIE, China's second big investment in the debt-laden country in a matter of months.

ADMIE was fully owned by Greece's state-owned power utility Public Power Corporation (PPC).

Public Power Corporation has referred the government's decision to set a starting price for power auctions, a case that is creating unrest in the energy industry,  to the Council of State. If PPC wins its case, it would lead to the overturning of the plans for strengthening competition in the electricity market agreed with the country's creditors.