ATEB – Association of traders with electricity in Bulgaria

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

Comparison of electricity prices and wages in the region

Hungary, where the average salary is 885 euros the price of electricity per kilowatt hour is 9.48 euro cents. However, there are countries in the region with lower incomes, but at the same time with higher electricity bills. For example, it is Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the...

09.11.2022

Compensation program for all business consumers till the end of 2022

At its last meeting, the Council of Ministers approved the new program for compensating the costs of electricity for non-household end consumers, as well as network operators for purchasing electricity to cover technological losses. The two programs cover the period from...

03.10.2022

IGB started commercial exploitation

The President of the EC and heads of state welcomed the first quantities of natural gas delivered through the interconnector Greece – Bulgaria (IGB) during an official event in Sofia; the gas pipeline became operational on the first day of the new gas year – October 1, 2022. The...

01.10.2022

On 1st of October launch the 15-minute settlement period

The implementation of the 15-minute settlement period in the balancing market started today, October 1st. Until now, the settlement period was 1 hour. The introduction of a settlement period of 15 minutes is in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 of 23.11.2017 and is a...

01.10.2022

EC adopts mandatory measures to address the energy crisis

EU energy ministers reached a political agreement on a regulation on an emergency intervention to address high electricity prices. The regulation will be formally adopted by written procedure in the coming days. The European commission (EC) decides to intervene because gas and...

30.09.2022

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