The adjustment of natural gas prices every 3 months remains in place, but a price change from July 1 is unlikely, the chair of the State Commission on Energy and Water Regulation, Evgenia Haritanova, said.
Bulgarian Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev has submitted a report to Parliament proposing amendments to the Energy Act aimed at terminating the dictatorship of energy monopolies.
Bulgaria's new Minister of Economy and Energy, Dragomir Stoynev, has rejected claims that the government is planning to restart the Belene NPP on June 5, adding that no political decision on the step has been taken.
Trade union representatives at Bulgaria's state-owned Maritsa Iztok Mines have cautioned that the company faces a tough financial situation, with efforts underway to freeze bank accounts, cut jobs and delay salaries of workers.
Electricity bills in Bulgaria will be frozen at least until September 1, the Chair of the State Commission of Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR), Evgenia Haritonova, announced Friday.
Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria’s nationalist Ataka (Attack) party, has reiterated his stance that the abandoned Belene nuclear power plant project should be revived.
Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy has ordered the Electricity System Operator, ESO, to stop imposing restrictions on the production of energy by wind farms and photovoltaic plants on a regular basis.
Bulgaria’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister has stated that the country’s abandoned Belene nuclear power plant project may be revived.
The excess of electric power generating capacity of Bulgaria is so large that there will be a surplus of energy in the country even in 2030 when consumption will be higher.
The Greek government has favorably changed privatization conditions for gas company DEPA in a procedure where the sole large bidder is Russian gas giant Gazprom.
Bulgaria's caretaker government proposes to have the Parliament elect the members of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation, DKEVR.
The electricity bills will not go up from 1 July, the National Commission of Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) announced.
The European Commission has released its report on the Bulgarian energy sector, making a bleak prognosis of shrinking electricity consumption due to population decline in the next 10 years.
Non-transparency in the management of State-owned companies, a widespread sense of corruption and an insufficiently independent regulator to control the entire energy system, are just some of the findings of the World Bank.
France's GDF Suez has agreed to buy around 9% in the Nabucco West gas pipeline project from Austria's OMV.
The turbo generator of unit six of Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant, the Kozloduy NPP, was disconnected from the power grid Tuesday morning to fix a minor technical problem.
Petroceltic International has announced it might give up on natural gas explorations on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, as it did not manage to obtain enough volume to justify commercial production.
Dublin-based oil and gas explorer Petroceltic International is to abandon an exploration well off the Bulgarian coast that failed to yield enough gas to justify commercial production.
Bulgaria's National Electric Company (NEK) paid its debt of EUR 195 M to BNP Paribas on Tuesday, the maturity date, according to Mihail Andonov, CEO of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH).
The stabilization of the energy sector will not happen without legislative changes, according to caretaker Economy and Energy Minister, Asen Vasilev.
Center-right party GERB has proposed amendments to the Energy Act stipulating that the panel of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) should be appointed by Parliament with a 2/3 majority and not by government.
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