No More Alcoa Secrets 9. júní 2006 11:07 Parliamentarian Helgi Hjörvar As reported yesterday an article appeared on aluminium company Alcoa's website, stating that the company pays 50 percent less for hydroelectric power in Iceland than in Brazil. Member of Parliament and also Board of Directors for the National Power Company, Helgi Hjörvar was surprised that Alcoa's CEO wished to publicly announce Alcoa's paying price for hydroelectric power in Iceland because these figures have been kept a secret in Iceland. "Not revealing these figures was harshly debated in Iceland at the time, especially since The National Power Company belongs to the public and is run by tax money," says Helgi Hjörvar. He wants the price for hydroelectric power out in the open so that people in Iceland should know on what basis the contracts with Alcoa are built. Helgi Hjörvar declared that since Alcoa chooses to publicly discuss the figures on their website they cannot demand that The National Power Company deny Icelandic citizens this information. The article has been removed from Alcoa's website. -hbv News News in English Mest lesið Sagður hafa tæmt sjóði flokksins og rekur nýja stjórn úr húsnæðinu Innlent Halla forseti blandar sér í götuljósaumræðuna Innlent Mikill viðbúnaður vegna eftirfarar á Sæbraut Innlent Reiða fram rúma milljón fyrir Jakub Innlent Málið rannsakað sem tilraun til manndráps Innlent Telja Múmínlundinn klárt brot á höfundarétti Innlent Tilraun langtímakjarasamninga hafi mistekist Innlent Steini frá Straumnesi látinn Innlent Málið týndist í kerfinu og reyndist á endanum fyrnt Innlent Óku á yfir 60 og missa ökuréttindin Innlent
As reported yesterday an article appeared on aluminium company Alcoa's website, stating that the company pays 50 percent less for hydroelectric power in Iceland than in Brazil. Member of Parliament and also Board of Directors for the National Power Company, Helgi Hjörvar was surprised that Alcoa's CEO wished to publicly announce Alcoa's paying price for hydroelectric power in Iceland because these figures have been kept a secret in Iceland. "Not revealing these figures was harshly debated in Iceland at the time, especially since The National Power Company belongs to the public and is run by tax money," says Helgi Hjörvar. He wants the price for hydroelectric power out in the open so that people in Iceland should know on what basis the contracts with Alcoa are built. Helgi Hjörvar declared that since Alcoa chooses to publicly discuss the figures on their website they cannot demand that The National Power Company deny Icelandic citizens this information. The article has been removed from Alcoa's website. -hbv
News News in English Mest lesið Sagður hafa tæmt sjóði flokksins og rekur nýja stjórn úr húsnæðinu Innlent Halla forseti blandar sér í götuljósaumræðuna Innlent Mikill viðbúnaður vegna eftirfarar á Sæbraut Innlent Reiða fram rúma milljón fyrir Jakub Innlent Málið rannsakað sem tilraun til manndráps Innlent Telja Múmínlundinn klárt brot á höfundarétti Innlent Tilraun langtímakjarasamninga hafi mistekist Innlent Steini frá Straumnesi látinn Innlent Málið týndist í kerfinu og reyndist á endanum fyrnt Innlent Óku á yfir 60 og missa ökuréttindin Innlent