Greek power utility says strike disrupts production

ATHENS, March 3 (Reuters) – A strike at Greece’s electricity utility Public Power Corp (PPC), has disrupted energy production throughout the country and may lead to partial power cuts, the company said on Monday.

PPC’s main workers union GENOP-DEH has announced a series of rolling strikes to protest planned government pension reforms that would see PPC workers’ pension funds merged with Greece’s main social security fund (IKA).


“Due to the (24-hour) strike, six thermoelectric plants with total capacity of 1,250 MW are not operational,” PPC said in a statement. “We ask customers to limit electricity use during peak periods.

“There is, however, currently no significant problem with the high, medium and low voltage network, and there are no power cuts at the moment,” the utility said.

Reuters