Berlin utility Bewag AG is striving for an equal share in the ownership of eastern German power company Veag, Handelsblatt reported, citing "people close to the situation".

Handelsblatt's sources confirmed a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that said Bewag was unhappy with the current offer from Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke AG (HEW) and now wants an equal share in the ownership of...