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On January 26 2010 Czech minister of the Environment Jan Dusík informed he was calling in international experts to carry out an environmental impact assessment of plans to modernize the power station.<ref>[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/124449 Environment Ministry calls in international experts to sidestep pressure over controversial power plant], Český rozhhla Radia Praha, 27. 1. 2010</ref> In March 2010 he publicly released the report from Det Norske Veritas, that proved lack of best available technology in the CEZ plan EIA.<ref>[http://www.enviweb.cz/clanek/eia/81184/ DNV´s Prunéřov assessment shows deviations]</ref>
Shortly after Minister Dusík resigned, while claiming he was under pressure from prime minister Jan Fischer (politician) to approve the CEZ's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the power station.<ref name=pp>[http://archive.today/uXKgf Compromised minister set to approve coal plant expansion] The Prague Post, Apr 28, 2010</ref> As a result the Green party also withdrew his second minister from government. After short 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 the CEZ's EIA in April 2010.<ref name=pp/>
The approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report paved the way for CEZ to replace three existing blocks at Prunéřov II, extending the operational life of the power station by 25 years.<ref name=pp/>
