Our largest public company, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), is ready to fall as a prey to godfathers robbery. EPS became a joint-stock company overnight, which opened a way for the inflow of private capital through partnership recapitalization or strategic partnerships. The privatization plan was made by “Norwegian consultants,” who got the job without any tender, immediately after the destruction of this company by Milorad Grčić and the party leadership. During his leadership, EPS was destroyed, Serbia imported too much electricity, and the damage done to the company and its citizens is measured in billions of euros. Then, EPS became a joint-stock company from a public company overnight, so that parts of the company could be sold through direct trade, and all business moves, decisions, and spending of money would be hidden from the public. President Vučić announced the sale of shares, saying: “We have no problem if someone wants to enter with 10 percent ownership. However, 10% of a destroyed company is not the same as 10% of a successful company, and that is the reason why Grčić was brought in to make electricity from mud. The value of EPS was reduced 5–6 times after the selection of these frames! And now, with the selection of new personnel, EPS is being prepared for privatization. A big job and a valuable contract are in store for the mysterious firm UGT Renewables LLC, which deals with the construction of plants in the field of renewable energy sources and has emerged as a major player without any tender or in any competition with other players from the country and abroad. We pose a clear question to the Ministry of Energy: How many permits have been issued so far for the construction of new wind farms and solar power plants? And which of those companies are connected to Vučić’s godfather, Nikola “McClarren” Petrović, who is already a well-known owner of MHE (mini hydroelectric crane) in Serbia? It is interesting, as they say further in Zajedno, that it was Nikola Petrović who was the director of the Electric Network of Serbia, i.e., he was at the place where decisions are made about the connection of new producers of electricity from renewable sources. And many small producers have been waiting for this solution for a long time, and in years of great electricity deficits, they still do not get the requested connections to the network. “When we add to this the information that the government has adopted a new bill on renewable energy sources that will help large, private, and godfather producers of electricity from renewable sources, while individual households (consumers) as well as the association of citizens in energy cooperatives will be intentionally restrained and placed in an unequal position, we arrive at an obvious recipe: The planned privatization of EPS will be carried out under the facade of green, renewable energy sources. A large Producers who already have godfather agreements and contracts with the state will get work, while small individual producers will be hindered. And the citizens will then pay those tycoon producers kW of electricity at a high, preferential price. The same actors and the same scenario exist as in the case of mini-hydroelectric power plants, only now they have switched to new sources, the sun and wind. Therefore, the planned privatization of EPS is not only the privatization of a public company; the right to the sun and wind will also be privatized. And we must remind the government that the sun, wind, and water belong to all of us, not to the godfathers, and that we will fight for that right.
Naše najveće javno preduzeće Elektroprivreda Srbije je spremno da postane plen kumovske pljačke. EPS je preko noći postao akcionarsko društvo čime se otvorio put za upliv privatnog kapitala, kroz ortačku dokapitalizaciju ili strateško partnerstvo. Plan privatizacije su napravili “norveški konstultanti” koji su dobili posao bez ikakvog tendera i to odmah nakon destrukcije ovog preduzeća od strane Milorada Grčića i stranačkog rukovodstva. Tokom njegovog rukovođenja je EPS razoren, Srbija je uvozila preskupu struja, a načinjena šteta prema preduzeću i građanima se meri milijardama evra. Potom, EPS je od javnog preduzeća postao akcionarsko društvo preko noći – da bi se delovi preduzeća mogli prodavati direktnom trgovinom, a svi poslovni potezi, odluke i trošenje novca će biti sakriveni od javnosti. Vučić je najavio prodaju udela rekavši: “Nemamo problem ako neko hoće da uđe sa 10 odsto vlasništva“. Međutim, 10% od uništenog preduzeća nije isto kao 10% od uspešnog preduzeća, i eto razloga zašto je Grčić doveden da pravi struju od blata. Vrednost EPS-a je nakon izbora ovih kadrova umanjena 5-6 puta. A sada, izborom novih kadrova, EPS se sprema za privatizaciju. Veliki posao i vredan ugovor se prirpema za misterioznu firmu UGT Renewables LLC koja bavi izgradnjom postrojenja u oblasti obnovljivih izvora energije koja se pojavila kao glavni igrač bez ikakvog tendera ili u bilo kakvoj kompeticiji sa drugim igračima iz zemlje i inostranstva. Postavljamo jasno pitanje Ministarstvu za energetiku, koliko je do sada izdato rešenja za izgradnju novih vetroparkova i solarnih elektrana? I koje od tih firmi su povezane sa Vučićevim kumom, Nikolom Petrovićem, koji je već poznat vlasnik MHE (mini hidroeletkrana) u Srbiji. Zanimljivo je da je upravo Nikola Petrović bio direktor Eletkromreža Srbije, tj. nalazio se na onom mestu sa koga se donose odluke o priključenju novih proizvođača električne energije iz obnovljivih izvora. A mnogi mali proizvođači su dugo na čekanju ovog rešenja, i to u godinama velikog deficita struje, još uvek ne dobijaju tražene priključke na mrežu. Kada na ovo dodamo i informaciju da je na Vladi usvojen nov predlog Zakona o obnovljivim izvorima energije koji će da pomogne velikim, privatnim i kumovskim proizvođačima struje iz obnovljivih izvora, dok će individualna domaćinstva (prozjumeri) kao i udruživanje građana u energetske zadruge biti namerno sputani i postavljeni u neravnopravan položaj – dolazimo do očiglednog recepta: Planirarana privatizacija EPS će se će se vršiti pod fasadom zelenih, obnovljivih izvora energije. Veliki proizvođači, koji već imaju kumovske dogovore i ugovore sa državom će dobiti posao, dok će mali individualni proizvođači biti sputani. A građani će potom tim tajkunskim proizvođačima plaćati kW struje po visokoj, povlašćenoj ceni. Isti glumci i isti scenario kao u slučaju minihidroelektrana, samo su sada prešli na nove izvore, sunce i vetar. Stoga, planirana privatizacija EPS-a nije samo privatizacija javnog preduzeća, već će se tako privatizovati i pravo na Sunce i vetar. A moramo podsetiti vlast da Sunce, vetar i voda pripadaju svima nama, a ne kumovima, i da ćemo se za to pravo i boriti.