Besides the electricity, it also supplies heat to the towns of Chomutov, Jirkov, and Klášterec nad Ohří.

[5] Unit 2 (EPRU II) of Prunéřov power station has a 300-metre (980 ft) tall flue gas stack.

[7] On January 26, 2010 Czech minister of the Environment Martin Bursík (Green Party member) informed he was calling in international experts to carry out an environmental impact assessment of plans to modernize the power station.

[8] In March he publicly released the report from Det Norske Veritas, that proved lack of best available technology in the CEZ plan EIA.

After a short time, led by Minister of Agriculture Jakub Šebesta, former CEZ employee Rút Bízková was appointed as Minister of the Environment and after two weeks in office he approved CEZ plan EIA in April.