The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with 152 votes in favour - of GERB-CDS, MRF, Vazrazhdane, "BSP for Bulgaria" and ITN. 35 PP-DB MPs..
The energy poor in Bulgaria are between 25% and 40% of the population according to different methodologies. 40% of the population means 2.4 million Bulgarians who cannot make ends meet. They are considered energy-poor at the current electricity..
With 11 votes "for" and 3 "against", the parliamentary committee on energy rejected President Rumen Radev's veto over the amendments to the Energy Act which introduce liberalization of electricity prices for citizens . The MRF and GERB stated that they..
Former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, whose party came second in the early parliamentary elections, declared in the National Assembly that "We Continue the Change" will resume its work from where it was stopped, but this time as a constructive and..
Businesses have demanded compensation for high electricity prices. In a letter to the prime minister and ministers, employers' organizations remind that the current compensation scheme expires in September and call for urgent measures. A possible delay..
An inter-departmental crisis headquarters has been set up with the task to "propose solutions to address the chaos in the energy sector", to seek security of gas supplies and predictability of gas prices. The crisis headquarters must..
A working group is to decide whether municipalities will receive compensations for the soaring electricity prices. “Money can be allocated after the public procurement contracts are checked in each municipality that requests money of the..
High electricity prices spurred rolling heating outages at the Rila Monastery. The monastery uses industrial electricity . Its electricity bill for December last year amounted to EUR 14,000, which was three times more as compared to the same period..
The Ministry of Agriculture will insist on increased resources for state aid in the sector in the 2022 budget, Minister Ivan Ivanov told the BNR. According to him, the moment is extremely unfavourable for agriculture and one of the reasons is the high..
“T he claim of Bulgaria’s Premier Kiril Petkov that the energy regulator failed to protect the public interest during the January gas price increase is absurd” , the Chairperson of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission Ivan Ivanov said...
