CEE POWER-Czech power for next work day rises

                                
 PRAGUE, April 29 (Reuters) - Czech power for the next
working day rose on Friday on expected colder weather, a fall in
renewable power generation and a drop in German power plants
availability, traders said.
                                
 Power for Monday traded at around 55.25 euros ($81.97) per
megawatt-hour in the over-the-counter market, up from 52.70
euros paid for Friday delivery.
                                
 Spot power traded at 43.35 euros on the Prague-based Power
Exchange Central Europe on usual lower weekend demand.
                                
 "Wind generation is expected to fall, German capacities will
likely go down and there is a forecast for colder temperatures
next week," one trader said.
                                
 Further along the curve, may contract was off 25 cents to
56.10 euros and Cal '12 power gained 10 cents to 56.40 euros on
stronger fuels, traders said.
                                
 Around the region, the benchmark German Cal '12 edged up 10
cents to 59.30 euros on Germany's EEX.
                                
 On Poland's POLPX exchange, day-ahead power rose to 214.02
zlotys from 206.05 zlotys with 44,658,.90 MWh traded. Hungary's
HUPX cleared 9,595.00 MWh of Saturday electricity at 43.47 euros
down from 52.49 euros.
                                
 Oil prices hovered near 31-month highs as a weak dollar and
violence in North Africa and the Middle East outweighed concerns
about slowing growth in the World's top consumer. U.S. crude was
up 41 cents at $113.27 a barrel. Brent futures gained 44 cents
to $125.46. [O/R]
                                
 EU Allowances for December delivery <CFI2Zc>, the bellwether
carbon contract, were off 5 cents to 17.16 euros a tonne at 1346
GMT.
 (Reporting by Maja Zuvela; Editing by William Hardy)