Thursday, June 21, 2007

Dong Strike Continues Forcing Denmark's Coal-Fired Power Plants to Use Oil

(Bloomberg) -- Dong Energy A/S, the Danish state-
owned utility that's planning to sell shares to the public, said a
strike at its power stations continued for a second day forcing
the company to use oil at six coal-fired plants.

The 200 workers, about 10 percent of the plants' labor force,
showed up this morning and decided to leave again after brief
meetings, Jens Nybo Jensen, a spokesman for Hoersholm, Denmark-
based Dong, said by telephone.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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