Public Power Corporation
Trying to save troubled PPC without hitting households
Public Power Corporation (PPC) customers will know on Friday whether the financially troubled utility will charge them more to make up for what its new chief executive has described as a "dramatic" cash shortfall.
Changes at state property agencies
The government is determined to change the heads of the state property manager, the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP), and its subsidiary, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED), charged with attracting foreign investors in the privatization of some of those property assets, over their handling of the privatizations and the dismal financial situation at ele
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PPC targets 1.5 mln non-payers
Financially troubled power company Public Power Corporation (PPC) has identified 1,477,000 customers and former customers, both private individuals and companies, as "strategically delinquent payers," meaning they had the means to pay their electricity bills but chose not to, perhaps in the hope of being offered a favorable settlement by a company desperate for cash.
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Rewarding delinquents
No one has any delusions about the state of Public Power Corporation. There is no easy way to overcome the troubles dogging Greece's biggest public utility, which is too big to be left to its fate.
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PPC faces critical cash shortfall
The new chairman and CEO of Public Power Corporation has sounded a dramatic warning about the firm's cash shortfall, saying it is larger than expected and he has three weeks to decide on measures to reduce it.
These measures could include changes in pricing, Georgios Stassis told reporters following a shareholders' meeting that rubber-stamped his appointment by the new government.
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Editorial: A bold and just solution for the PPC crisis
The crisis that the Public Power Corporation (PPC) faces is long-term and complex crisis and is the result of mismanagement and delayed interventions.
Since 2005 PPC faced misfortunes and had inadequate and deeply partisan management which lacked the knowledge and understanding of the problems of a large industrial company.
Public Power needs revenue injection as early as possible
An effort to boost Public Power Corporation's (PPC) revenues without increasing the burden on consumers - as promised by Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis and PPC's new management under Giorgos Stassis - is looking like an increasingly challenging task, as estimates of the amount needed to balance the company's accounts are estimated at 700 million euros on an annual basis.
PPC 'could collect 20-30 pct of dues'
Public Power Corporation could collect about a quarter of the 2.7 billion euros in unpaid bills as part of the government's effort to prevent the utility from going bankrupt, but this has to be done with great care, a finance professor and dues payment expert tells Kathimerini English Edition.
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PPC streamlining plan has creditors’ initial consent
The streamlining plan for Public Power Corporation (PPC) that was announced by the government in Parliament on Monday appears to have secured the provisional consent of Greece's creditors.
PPC overhaul foresees partial sale of DEDDIE
The new government's strategic plan for streamlining and restructuring Public Power Corporation will start with the part-privatization of the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE).
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