Head of ERO charged with fraud

A state attorney has filed criminal charges against the head of the Energy Regulatory Office, Alena Vitásková, and nine other people, on suspicion of fraud in obtaining licenses for two solar power plants in north Bohemia in 2010 in view of upping the purchase price for solar power. The damage to the state is estimated at 1.9 billion crowns. The case is to be dealt with by the Brno regional court. Ms. Vitásková had previously accused her predecessors of having illegally upped the prices of electricity from solar power, producing an audit that the head of the Czech Photovoltaic Industry Association said was doctored and was intended to cover up her own illegal activities.