ATEB – Association of traders with electricity in Bulgaria

Gas agreement between Turkey and Bulgaria

The contract with the Turkish company Botaş is for infrastructure usage, for supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and is of strategic importance. This was said by the acting Minister of Energy Rosen Hristov during his hearing in the Committee on Energy in the National Assembly....

24.01.2023

Kozloduy NPP waives penalties and pays compensations

According to a publication in Mediapool, Kozloduy NPP has refused to continue lawsuits filed by its previous management against four electricity traders associated with businessman Hristo Kovachki. The nuclear power plant claimed BGN 129 million due to unfulfilled electricity...

20.01.2023

Founding of the first regional energy exchange

Slovenian and Serbian TSOs along with EPEX SPOT established the first regional power exchange for Central and South-Eastern Europe. Alpine-Adriatic Danube Power Exchange – ADEX was officially established on 23 December 2022 in Ljubljana via formal signature of its founding...

04.01.2023

Overhauls of power plants in 2023

In 2023, the Bulgarian Kozloduy nuclear power plant will operate at a reduced capacity due to the overhaul of two units, which will last a total of 70 days. Also, TPP Marica Istok 2 is undergoing overhaul, and for a significantly longer period, while HPP Chaira will be offline...

03.01.2023

Taxation of revenues of electricity traders and electricity producers

On December 1, Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 of the Council of the European Union on emergency intervention to address high energy prices entered into force. The regulation is mandatory and designed to impose supporting measures for consumers to tackle high energy prices. This...

15.12.2022

Termination of Bulgarian natural gas release programme

The parliament adopted the waiver of the obligation of the state gas supplier Bulgargaz to sell part of its quantities of natural gas to the Balkan gas hub (local gas exchange) in order to provide liquidity to the state gas exchange and participate in the liberalization of the...

12.12.2022

Outlook for the electricity market during the winter season

The article was published in the December issue of Utilities magazine. With the approach of the first cold weeks of November, consumption (Figure 1) and electricity prices went up. Whether this will continue in the coming months of the winter period remains to be seen. The...

06.12.2022

Financial compensations to businesses for high electricity prices continue through 2023

The mechanism of financial compensation for non-household consumers in Bulgaria, including companies, hospitals, schools, administrative institutions, religious temples and others, will be extended until the end of 2023. This was decided by the members of the Parliament (MPs) on...

02.12.2022

Guarantees of origin prices soar

On 20 September, Hungarian energy exchange HUPX organized the first guarantees of origin (GO) auction in Europe, where all market participants active in any AIB member had the opportunity to sell GOs. The first pan-European GO market then hold monthly auctions, the second auction...

01.12.2022

Development of the network and generation capacities in Bulgaria for the next 10 years

In its ten-year network development plan, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) foresees an insignificant change of gross electricity consumption in Bulgaria. The ESO considers three consumption scenarios presented in the figure below: The scenario of the integrated national...

10.11.2022

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