Annual report - HSE

• On 19 October, an agreement on financing, logistics and other requirements for
adaptation of the HPP Brežice construction to NPP Krško was signed.
• On 30 October, TEŠ and Alstom concluded Annex 7, which comprises the agreement on
installation works price.
• SENG performed partial TI for the reconstruction of HPP Doblar I, stage II, turbine 2.
• HESS signed Annex 5 to the Concession Agreement for Exploitation of the Energy
Potential of the lower Sava River.
• For the GPK road-header machine, PV won the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce silver
award for the best innovations.
• The 15 th Strategic Conference of the PV Group took place.
November
• On 1 November, the contract between Alstom and TEŠ was suspended, as TEŠ had not
settled its financial liabilities.
• On 24 August the HSE Supervisory Board appointed Blaž Košorok as the Managing
Director of the company HSE. Mr. Košorok assumed his responsibilities on 5 November.
• On 5 November, heavy rains caused the Drava River floods which caused material
damage on the DME facilities, assessed to over EUR 10 million.
• On 8 November, DEM successfully concluded the TI at small HPP Markovci.
• On 28 November, as the representative of the founder at the HSE General Meeting,
the Capital Assets Management Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (AUKN RS) was
acquainted with the 2011 Annual Report of the company HSE and the HSE Group and
adopted the decision that the accumulated profit in the amount of EUR 23,364,809.34
be used for the following purposes: EUR 20,000,000.00 for participating in profit to the
founder, EUR 3,364,809.34 for allocation to other revenue reserves.
• On 30 November, TEŠ and the Republic of Slovenia entered into the contract regulating
relationships regarding the replacement Unit 6 project and the contract on the manner
and conditions regarding the guarantee by the Republic of Slovenia.
• SENG carried out the first synchronisation of turbine 2 at HPP Doblar I and completion of
the trial runs.
• TET acquired energy permit for ecological reconstruction of Unit 4. Within the energy
permit issuance procedure, the administrative body determined that the TET Unit 4
reconstruction complies with the Slovenian energy policy and all the EU directives.
December
• On 3 December, TEŠ and Alstom concluded an Annex due to delayed acquisition of the
government guarantee for the EIB loan for the replacement Unit 6 construction.
• On 7 December, the Guarantee contract between the EIB and the Republic of Slovenian
was signed.
• On 19 December, HSE Invest obtained certificate 27001:2005 - Information Security
Management System.
• On 21 December, the National Assembly ratified the guarantee contract between the
Republic of Slovenia and the EIB.
• On 27 December, the Slovenian Sovereign Holding Act was published in the Official
Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia which determined that with its implementation, the
Capital Assets Management Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (AUKN RS) ceases to
exist. The Slovenian Sovereign Holding Act became effective the next day. Management
of assets owned by the Republic of Slovenia, which until then were managed by AUKN
RS, is executed by SOD on the behalf and for the account of the Republic of Slovenia.
• At HPP Krško, HESS successfully completed the installation and functional tests on all
three turbines. In December, the last turbine was submitted to contractual trial operations.
• Public presentation of NSP and ER for HPP Mokrice terminated.
• SENG launched the contractual trial run of turbine 2 at HPP Doblar I.
• Ministry of Finance determined that the RTH mine, as a receiver of government assistance
for mine closing down, terminated the commercial production of coal and that it would
carry out all closing down activities. As a legal entity, RTW will cease to exist, while
there is a possibility that in the Brnice are a new commercial entity would exploit coal
for commercial purposes and carry out an purchase the RTH assets. This means, that
government assistance does not represent an obstacle for coal exploitation on the Brnice
are, thus, TET could continue to use domestic coal for electricity production.
• Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment classified the 125 MW TET Unit in the
national transition plan of the RS for facilities, which will allow their operation as well as
adaptation to new environmental norms in the transition period 2016-2020. The Republic
of Slovenia submitted the document to the EC, which will give its feedback within a year.
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