Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission

Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has endorsed a price of 45.27 leva/MWh for natural gas, effective June 1, 2021, the regulator said in a press release on Monday.

The new price, which excludes the charges for access, transmission, excise duty and VAT, is 20 per cent higher than its May 1 level (37.71 per cent) and 122 per cent up from June 1, 2020.

A report approved by Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission on the state of the water supply and sewerage sector, commissioned by the Supreme Administrative Prosecutor's Office, shows that half of the water supply and sewerage companies in the country have not met nearly 50% of the requirements for quality of water.

Russian company "Gazprom Export" is ready to buy 90% of Turkish Stream capacity through Bulgaria, it became clear after 19th of December meeting of Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), at which the state-run gas transmission operator Bulgartransgaz asked for approval of the project.

Russia has invited Bulgaria to renegotiate gas prices, Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission chairman Ivan Ivanov told BNT on 5th of September.This became possible after Brussels launched an anti-monopoly case because of the raised prices at which Gazprom sells blue fuel to eight countries in the European Union, including Bulgaria.

Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has ended the procedure for withdrawing the license of power distributor EVN Bulgaria, an announcement of the energy regulator said on 8th of August, according to BNT.

Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (KEVR) will decide on Tuesday whether to decrease the price of natural gas by 2.3 %.

The proposal of KEVR is for a slightly higher reduction than the 2.1 % cut demanded by Bulgargaz, private bTV station informs.

At a closed sitting on Friday afternoon, Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (KEVR) will determine the new electricity prices, which are to enter into force on Saturday.

The chairperson of KEVR Ivan Ivanov said that the new prices will be different from the ones announced in the report of the regulator, which had to enter into force on July 1.

A report of Bulgaria's Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (KEVR) proposes the price of electricity for end users to increase by 2 % on average from July 1.

The regulator will discuss the proposal on June 4 and the decision is expected to be taken by the end of next month, daily Dnevnik reports.