Businesses demand rules for the development of the free market of electricity

The State to present a roadmap on how the quotas of electricity for the free market  will be increased in the future, demanded large companies in the country after their meeting with trade unions, suppliers and producers of electricity. There is an artificial shortage of energy on the open market in Bulgaria after the recent auctions for electricity from the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in December. “The provided 250 MW were insufficient and this move increased energy prices, which led to closure of production facilities,” said Konstantin Stamenov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Federation of Industrial and Energy Consumers. According to him, if the large companies are not able to cope with the price increase in electricity, then the small and medium-sized businesses could not be expected to do it either.

“The Government should be more focused on the Bulgarian industry, rather than on the export of electricity,” said Anton Petrov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Association of the Metallurgical Industry. The electricity distribution companies also demanded an increase in the quotas for the free market. The Kozloduy NPP and the Maritsa-Iztok 2 TPP are currently the only legitimate suppliers of electricity on the open market.

Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Delian Dobrev explained that the listing of a 10-15% stake of the Bulgarian Energy Holding on an international stock exchange was being considered.

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