Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Alcoa plant gets EU boost on Italy power prices

Alcoa plant gets EU boost on Italy power prices

People leave the Alcoa Business Services Center in PittsburghMILAN (Reuters) - The troubled Italian smelter of aluminum group Alcoa will be able to continue using special contracts allowing it to buy electricity at lower prices until 2015 following a decision on Wednesday by the European Commission. The Commission ruled the so-called interruptibility power contracts on the islands of Sardinia and Sicily did not constitute state aid, giving a green light to the schemes being used by heavy-energy users there for the next three years. A statement by the Commission did not mention any company. ...



Source: news.yahoo.com

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