Hartmann files complaint case against the Danish Energy Regulatory Authority and summons the The Energy Board of Appeal to gain clarity concerning the legal basis in the pending case on pricing of district heating from Hartmann's combined heat and power plant. Hartmann's daily operations and outlook are not impacted by the legal steps or the final outcome of the case.
Following a recently passed decision by the The Danish Energy Regulatory Authority on Hartmann's obligation to prepare heating accounts for 2015, uncertainty has arisen concerning the legal basis in the pending case between Hartmann and Tønder Fjernvarmeselskab on pricing of district heating, which was initiated in 2008. The Danish Energy Regulatory Authority has based its new decision in the related case on provisions of the Heat Supply Act, while the Energy Board of Appeal's final administrative decision on the principal matter concerning pricing states that the question of a potential claim for repayment is not regulated by the Heat Supply Act and instead falls within the jurisdiction of the courts.
It is decisive to establish certainty about the legal basis for the principal matter. Hartmann has therefore filed a complaint over the Danish Energy Regulatory Authority's decision in the related case to the Energy Board of Appeal. Hartmann has also summoned the Energy Board of Appeal to appear in the City Court of Copenhagen, claiming that the Board's decision on the principal matter is legally invalid and should be referred back for closer reconsideration of the pricing question.
In 2015, Hartmann ceased to deliver district heating and was released from its universal service obligation to Tønder Fjernvarmeselskab, and neither the aforementioned legal steps nor the final outcome of the main case will thus affect daily operations, the outlook for 2016 or the targets for 2017.
For further information, please contact:
Ulrik Kolding Hartvig
CEO
Telephone: (+45) 31 21 68 72
