Ten power companies to lodge action against Hinkley Point

With Austria having decided to postpone for "a few days" - the decision is imminent, assures the government – the filing of its action with the EU Court of Justice against public aid planned by the UK government for its future nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point, ten German and Austrian energy firms have decided to follow suit. In a statement published on 2 July, the firms, most of which are municipal companies, state that the planned subsidies, which have…