The Association of traders with energy in Bulgaria /ATEB/ was founded in 2006 with the main purpose to incorporate the efforts of the licensed electricity traders in Bulgaria when solving problems related to the liberalized electricity market in the country.

The main mission of ATEB is to promote and facilitate the development of competitive electricity and natural gas markets in Bulgaria, to create and establish modern economic relationships in the energy field as well as to refine the market infrastructure and to improve the principles and the mechanisms of the legal framework in the country, which regulates the business relations in the energy sector.