Ministry of Energy

Bulgarian Regulator Adopted Increase of Gas Price Backdating it April 1st

The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) decided to increase the price of natural gas backdating it from April 1.

New price will be to 33.19 BGN per megawatt-hour (excluding excise, VAT, storage and transmission fees), which means that the price is increased by almost 16 percent.

Kozloduy NPP Unit 5 Works Again, No Risk of Radioactive Contamination

In the early hours on January 22, Kozloduy nuclear power plant (situated on the Danube River in northwestern Bulgaria) shut down Unit 5 after a protection system was activated following a routine technical operation.

Power plant representatives are firm there is no accident. The protection system was activated during a routine operation.

Gov't: Emergency Ordinance on new structure of Executive - passed

Bucharest, Dec 28 /Agerpres/ - The Government approved, on Monday, the Emergency Ordinance on establishing measures at the level of the central public administration, which regulate the new structure of the Executive and of the ministries. The Emergency Ordinance is promoted as a result of the Decision of the Romanian Parliament no.

Media: This man must be replaced

According to "Blic", Trivan rarely appeared in public during his term in office, and now that citizens are suffocating in the polluted air, instead of taking urgent action, he blames it on other actors.
In the article entitled "Trivan must be replaced," the paper says he must bear responsibility for the pollution.

#PresidentialElection2019/Dancila: I am the only counter-candidate who counts for Klaus Iohannis

Outgoing Prime Minister Viorica Dancila who is also the PSD (Social Democratic Party) candidate for the presidential elections stated on Wednesday in Suceava that she is the only counter-candidate who counts for President Klaus Iohannis in the electoral battle, as she claimed "all the others are somehow subordinated to him," since they supported the censure motion.

Romania's natural gas market, electricity market to be fully liberalised in 2021, including for household consumers

Romania's natural gas market will be completely liberalised on April 1, 2021, and that of electricity on July 1, 2021, with regulated prices to be eliminated even for household consumers in order to boost market competition, Vice-President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) Zoltan Nagy-Bege said Monday.

The Sixth Unit of Kozloduy NPP Will Receive a License for another 10 Years

Bulgaria's Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will participate in the official granting of llicense for the operational life extension of sixth unit of Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, the press office of the Ministry of Energy announced on September 30. The event will take place on October 1, 2019 at 1.30pm at the Nuclear Regulatory Agency building.

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