The free market of electricity will allow customers to choose their desired power supplier, a factor expected to create competition and guarantee better quality of services. This is the view of the Ministry of Energy in connection with the liberalization of the electric energy market in Bulgaria from 1 January 2016. Customers are not going to pay fees for a change of the supplier and will be free to do so an indefinite number of times. Practice in other European countries suggests that following a slight increase in power rates during the first months with a free market, they return to lasting levels below regulated rates, the Ministry explained.