Merkel to Meet Utility Heads as Nuclear Decision Deadline Nears
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Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with the heads of E.ON AG and RWE AG, Germany’s two biggest utilities, as talks between government and industry on extending nuclear reactors’ operating lives near a self-imposed deadline.
Merkel will meet with the executives on Aug. 26 during a visit to the Emsland nuclear plant near Lingen in north-western Germany, which is co-owned by RWE and E.ON, government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters in Berlin today.