MHMP: Prague approved the procedure for the purchase for the middle of 2023
22/12/2022 9:02 | Press Release
The city council today approved the plan for the purchase of main electricity for the first half of 2023. This decision will ensure electricity for the authorities and organization of the city in a time crunch. The main priority of Prague is to ensure trouble-free supplies of the necessary energy, which is being achieved with the current decision. Contract to create the Prague Community of Renewable Energy.
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Description: The New Town Hall building, seat of the Prague Municipality
The schedule is prepared in such a way that supplies will be ensured from January for all involved organizations, of which there are simply 200. The provision is taken care of by the contribution organization of the city of Prague Community of Renewable Energy (PSOE), which is entrusted with the implementation of centralized electricity purchases. energy and gas as for capital m Prague, as well as for contributory organizations.
At the meeting of the Representative Council m of Prague last week, which was a sign of still ongoing post-election negotiations, the selection of an electricity supplier for the City Hall was not approved. m of Prague and a maximum of 200 contributory organizations of the city.
The material was previously approved by the city council and positively discussed in two committees of the council, yet it was not approved in the morning hours. The material was in the first vote sponsored by members of the council of the existing coalition and several members of the finance committee, but one vote was missing from the required 33 votes. With the resulting situation, the capital city of Prague found itself in a crisis situation, when it had to be in a big time crunch for itself and its contributory organizations to resolve the procedure in such a way as to realistically ensure the supply of electricity for the period from January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023.
The contract was prepared by the contribution organization of the city of Prague Community of Renewable Energy (PSOE), which is entrusted with the implementation of centralized electricity purchases. energy and gas as for capital m Prague, as well as for the organization of the city.
PSOE can now secure electricity under the conditions of purchase at spot prices and the corresponding quantity of the supplier, which will be the subject of the offer. The work will respect the existing price ceiling in the sense of Government Regulation No. 298/2022 Coll., as amended, which will come into effect on January 1, 2023.
In January, the preparation of a new procurement procedure will begin to ensure supplies for the next period from mid-2023.
Council of the head m of Prague had to cancel the public contract for the purchase of electricity at its meeting on Monday, which was necessary after the decision of the Prague council, however, in cooperation with the PSOE, it took measures to ensure the supply of electricity.
“We are in an unprecedented and complex situation with turbulent developments in the energy market caused by the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine. With today’s decision, we resolved the purchase of electricity for the next period. I believe that in the new year the city will work as soon as possible in the standard mode with the new city management so that similar situations do not occur during council meetings,” says Jana Plamínková, deputy mayor of the city. m of Prague for the environment, infrastructure and technical equipment.
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