Ministry battles with thorny question of control over heat and power plant

Lódź president, Jerzy Kropiwnicki addressed the Treasury Minister in an open letter asking him to delay the privatization of the city's combined heat and power complex (ZEC). The main reason for his concerns is that the plant appears to have a monopoly over supplies to the city. Kropiwnicki explained in the letter that while Industry Ministry owns ZEC, it was built with the city's funds and the money of energy receivers (in other words local residents), so before being privatized it should be first taken over by the city authorities and be municipalized. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) A.C.