Territorial Energy Concept of the City of Prague (TEC, ÚEK in Czech)

Status: The document taken into account (see the Decision of the Council of the City of Prague No. 0248 of 1 March 2005).

The project framework: The City of Prague is obliged to develop the TEC pursuant to Section 4 of the Act No. 406/2000 Code on energy economy.

Party Ordering: The City of Prague in delegated power represented by the Department of Municipal Infrastructure of the Prague City Hall.

Supplier: SEVEn, g. b. s. The works on the TEC were coordinated by the Steering Committee for the TEC development comprising of representatives of the Party Ordering, Supplier, Czech Energy Agency, and all major energy utility companies operating on the territory of the City of Prague.


Description, course of the development: The final version thereof is in compliance with the approved Town Plan of the City of Prague, Strategic Plan of the City of Prague, and the Long-Term Concept of Air Pollution Control of the City of Prague.
The TEC is developed for the period of 20 years. Due to the duration of its effectiveness the TEC is developed as an open document, which shall be updated on regular basis.
Within the TEC a detailed energy balance of the current demand and consumption of energy on the territory of the City of Prague by 2001 was developed, including the production of pollutants and greenhouse gases emissions into air classified by the branch of consumption, size of the source, and type of fuel. The SWOT analysis of the current state was carried out and specific aims and priorities of the energy concept were proposed. Potentials of future development were analysed in detail in three scenarios of energy demand development and in total eight alternatives of fuel and energy supply. Energy and emission balance of the current state as well as development alternatives were also worked out individually for each of 57 city parts of the City of Prague.

The TEC underwent the environmental impact assessment process pursuant to the Act No. 244/1992 Code on environmental impact assessment of development concepts and programmes and in accordance with the Directive No. 2001/42/EC on environmental impact assessment of certain plans and programmes. At the same time in September and October 2003 public hearings of environmental impacts of the TEC were held. In July 2004 the TEC proposal was submitted to the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. The Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic issued its positive statement in September 2004. The Council of the City of Prague approved this document by its decision No. 0248 of 1 March 2005. The Council also approved, in its decision No. 1504 of 18 October 2005, a proposal for implementation of the TEC conclusions for the year 2006.

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Contacts, detail information: Account update: October, 2005.

The CD-ROM comprises the following documents (in Czech only)


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