{"id":3682,"date":"2026-08-07T19:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energesman.lt\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2026-08-07T19:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:31:21","slug":"contracts-not-yet-terminated-courts-misled-by-biased-vilnius-emergency-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energesman.lt\/en\/contracts-not-yet-terminated-courts-misled-by-biased-vilnius-emergency-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Contracts not yet terminated \u2013 courts misled by biased Vilnius emergency centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3682\" class=\"elementor elementor-3682 elementor-3681\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c732b7b cspt-col-stretched-none cspt-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c732b7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-509cc72 cspt-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"509cc72\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bca458 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bca458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The court has not yet ruled on the legality of the termination of the Vilnius waste treatment plant contracts. The plant operator, Energesman, maintains that both the operating and modernization contracts remain valid and that their termination is unlawful, as there are no substantial grounds for doing so. Separate legal actions will be filed challenging the termination of these contracts.<\/strong><\/p><p>The decision of the Vilnius Regional Court not to apply interim measures regarding the contract termination is based on decisions adopted by the Emergency Operations Centre (ESOC) and its Head (ESOV), an institution subordinate to the Vilnius City Municipality. Those decisions have already been appealed before the Regional Administrative Court.<\/p><p>\u201cThe courts are being misled because the ESOC and ESOV decisions present distorted information. This is a political institution currently headed by Dalius Krinickas, who is the mayor\u2019s right-hand man in this market redistribution process. They adopt whatever decisions they wish, and those decisions immediately acquire legal force,\u201d says Algirdas Blazgys, CEO of Energesman.<\/p><p>The decisions adopted by the Vilnius ESOC and ESOV are, in Energesman\u2019s view, non-objective and discriminatory toward other regions and market participants that are not politically favoured. Recently, the Vilnius ESOC decided that the Vilnius cogeneration plant should not accept waste from the Alytus and Utena regions for incineration, a decision to which both regions have already expressed opposition. The Elektr\u0117nai Municipality, where the Kazoki\u0161k\u0117s landfill is located, has also objected to the Vilnius ESOC decisions.<\/p><p>\u201cThe Vilnius ESOC and ESOV are exceeding their powers, because under the Law on Civil Protection a municipal-level emergency situation does not give the centre the authority to alter contractual relations. Nevertheless, courts must rely on these decisions until they are annulled, because they have been issued by an official public authority. This is precisely why we are simultaneously challenging all ESOC and ESOV decisions in court, as they currently form the basis for the entire situation,\u201d says Dr Paulius Miliauskas, attorney-at-law and partner at the law firm Miliauskas ir Lauraityt\u0117.<\/p><p>Under the waste treatment plant operating agreement, the contract may be terminated only if two conditions are met: there must be substantial grounds for termination and the other party must be given at least 20 working days\u2019 notice.<\/p><p>\u201cIn our assessment, VAATC has failed to identify substantial grounds that would justify unilateral termination of the contract. We therefore consider the operating agreement to remain in force. The final decision on this matter will be made by the court,\u201d says Dr Miliauskas.<\/p><p>If the court determines that one or both contracts with Energesman\u2014the plant operating agreement and the modernization agreement\u2014were terminated unlawfully, VAATC will be obliged to compensate the losses incurred. According to preliminary estimates, those losses amount to approximately EUR 20 million. The losses may continue to increase as the period during which VAATC has taken over the plant becomes longer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The court has not yet ruled on the legality of the termination of the Vilnius waste treatment plant contracts. The plant operator, Energesman, maintains that both the operating and modernization contracts remain valid and that their termination is unlawful, as there are no substantial grounds for doing so. Separate legal actions will be filed challenging the termination of these contracts. 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