PGE seeks $134.5m in penalties from Alstom

WARSAW: Poland's top utility PGE is seeking penalties of $134.5 million from France's Alstom for delays in building 858 megawatt power facility in the central town of Belchatow, the company said in a statement on Sunday.

PGE said it had presented the Alstom consortium with a note calling for it to pay a total of 257.7 million zlotys ($75.6 million) and 44.3 million euros ($58.9 million) within 14 days.

PGE said the facility was launched in late September, five months behind schedule. Alstom had no comment.

Alstom earlier this week challenged a PGE decision to pick a $3.5 billion offer by a Polish consortium to build two power units in the south west of the country.