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EU: Comm investigates Lithuania’s support to state-owned energy firm

 |  June 5, 2019

The European Commission said on Monday it had launched an investigation into possible illegal financial aid provided by Lithuania to state-owned energy company Lietuvos Energija.

The company received payments from the Lithuanian government between 2013 and 2018 for the provision of electricity strategic reserve services, which keep generation capacities outside the electricity market and are used in case of emergency.

“The Commission has reached the preliminary conclusion that the measure constituted State aid,” the EU executive said in a statement. “The Commission will now assess the aid to ensure it did not unduly distort competition.”

Full Content: Reuters, Europa Press

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