Government seeks acceleration of thermal block construction

(Patria) - The FBiH Government adopted the information of the Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry on the situation in dependent coal mine companies, operating within the Concern of JP Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. Sarajevo, with a review of the results in the period 2009-2017.

Elektroprivreda BiH is tasked with preparing an analysis of the current organizational relationships between the parent and dependent companies, the management of the parent company over dependent companies and management within dependent companies, including personnel policy, with proposed solutions, and submitting it to the Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry. This ministry and EPBiH are tasked with continuing the restructuring process of the power sector and coal mines and preparing an appropriate program.

They are also obliged to accelerate all activities related to the construction of replacement thermal blocks Block 7 in TE Tuzla and Block 8 in TE Kakanj, as well as a new block in TE Banovići, and to enable the mines for these needs, including the revision of coal reserves in the Federation of BiH. Elektroprivreda BiH will, the Government concluded, analyze the sustainability of coal exploitation in certain mine facilities from an economic-financial, technical-technological, social, and safety perspective, and based on that, propose the adoption of necessary decisions. Today's adopted information will be forwarded to the FBiH Parliament.