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Greece Agrees to Sell Coal-Fired Plants and Mines, Report Says

Greece agreed with its lenders to sell coal-fired plants and coal mines equal to about 40% of power utility Public Power's capacity.

The power plant of Kardia in seen through the once garden of a destroyed house in the village of Charavgi

Greece agreed with its lenders to sell coal-fired plants and coal mines equal to about 40% of its dominant power utility Public Power’s (PUPOF) capacity, a government source said on Tuesday.

The agreement is part of a reform deal Greece and its foreign creditors reached early on Tuesday, paving the way for the disbursement of further rescue funds under the country’s third international bailout.

Greece will hold a market test to sound out investors interested in buying coal-fired plants and mines owned by Public Power by November, aiming to wrap up the sale by June 2018, a government official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

PPC is 51%-owned by the state.

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The lenders and Greece also agreed that Athens will relaunch the sale of a 66% stake in its natural gas grid operator DESFA and conclude it by the end of the year.