EU energy prices to remain varied even in energy union: Slovak official

Energy prices will remain varied among EU member states even after the implementation of the EU Energy Union, said Jozef Holjencik, chairman of the Slovak Office for the Regulation of Network Industries.

Holjencik made the comments at a press conference following a working meeting of regulatory offices' heads of the Visegrad Group, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, here on Monday.

According to Holjencik, the prices won't be unified, as each country has a different energy mix and different industrial structure and end buyers.

"From that point of view, it is affirmative that the prices have to remain varied. Of course, they wouldn't vary vastly, but for sure they would vary in the future, even if the Energy Union brings in unified rules," stressed Holjencik. Endit