Regardless of the unclear grounds for its operation and millions of dinars which the state paid for its closing, institutions and public companies conclude commercial contracts with Tanjug based on public procurement – including procurements in which Tanjug wins the assignment without competition

Coal-combusting thermal plants, the main source of air pollution in Serbia, have impact on the number of patients suffering from respiratory and cardiac diseases. Although emissions of harmful substances from Kostolac exceed the permitted limits by up to five times, Serbia continues to invest in unclean lignite as the source of energy

Over the last 10 years, EPS had to pay almost €15.8 million for its delay in utilization of 13 international loans. This also includes the most valuable project of Serbian electric power industry, construction of the desulphurization plant in the Nikola Tesla Thermal power plant in Obrenovac, which was delayed for five years although Serbia took the loan from Japan back in 2011

PUC Majdanpek was founded as a new district heating company as the old one had been over-indebted; however, it has been operating using support extended by the Municipality which takes loans to assist the company for years. Subsidies for heating present one of the major items in the 2018 budget, while in recent years some 10% of the budget was allocated for this service

Almost 40% of the funds the state paid to owners of small hydro power plants (SHP) for purchase of electric power in 2017 ended up in EPS and companies connected to Aleksandar Vučić's best man Nikola Petrović; the amount was close to €6.6 million