Mitka said PwC would probably suggest new deadlines for bids by the middle of this week. Existing bidders will be allowed to modify their previous bid, he added. This could allow them to make changes to take into account the latest financial figures from SE, Mitka added.
Although CEZ already has a surplus of electricity and must export a large proportion of this at reduced prices, many analysts are positive on a purchase of a shareholding in all of SE or its nuclear assets alone. There are good cross-border electricity trading links between the Czech and Slovak Republics resulting from the previous unified Czechoslovakia. This could allow considerable electricity transfers between the two countries. Furthermore, CEZ is familiar with the nuclear technology used at SE's two nuclear plants
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