Government approves energy price cap for state and municipal companies

The Czech government approved on Wednesday a directive that will cap energy prices for state and municipal companies that do not operate as businesses, Czech Television reports. The directive, which is set to come into action from the beginning of next year, should therefore set caps on energy prices for example for technical and cultural centres. Until now, the relevant price caps were only set to become active from 2023 for households, small and medium enterprises and for public institutions.

The state executive also agreed to remove the obligatory automated creation of so-called data boxes (datové schránky) for citizens, which was supposed to come into operation from January of next year, Czech Television reports. According to the Ministry of Interior, the measure was too ambitious, recommending instead that the current practice of setting up a data box for a person only upon that individual’s request.