European Commission did not approve loan to nuclear generator
Greenpeace and renewable energy provider Ecotricity have written to Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, challenging the legality of her recent decision to loan £10 million to stricken nuclear generator British Energy [1]. Greenpeace and Ecotricity have discovered that the cash bailout was made without European Commission approval - a flagrant breach of the law governing state aid - and are demanding that the money be repaid to the taxpayer immediately.
