Liberalization

Energy consumers should not panic or rush to conclude new contracts, because they can make this change at any time, in the context of market liberalization from January 1, Manfred Paasch, general manager of E.ON Romania, told an interview for AGERPRES. He is convinced that, a year after liberalization, the market will look completely different.

The Government will modify the electricity and natural gas law after January 15, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu said on Tuesday, to establish exactly how the liberalization of the market will take place. "They have a regulated customer base of 6 million for which they never paid.

The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) has extended until March 31, 2021 the deadline until which household consumers can conclude energy supply contracts on the competitive market, ANRE vice president Zoltan Nagy-Bege told AGERPRES on Monday.

Turkey's president published a circular on Sept. 18 in the Official Gazette on accelerating the country's efforts to meet criteria for the process of visa liberalization dialogue with the European Union.       

Consumers and employment in Greece have enjoyed considerable benefits from the opening up of commodity markets implemented since 2010 (in the context of the bailout programs and the recommendations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), according to a study by the Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE).

Greek truck drivers staged a demonstration on Saturday at the Afidnes toll gates near Athens. Around 500 vehicles were parked along the side of the national highway by truck drivers who are complaining about the impact of the country's financial crisis on their sector.

The liberalization in the energy sector continues over 10 years, and is still not finished, reported BGNES.

In the gas sector yet are being done the first steps to an open, clear and market-functioning model. 

It is a strange quirk of fate that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras - should his government reach an agreement with the institutions in the coming days - is set to preside over the greatest ever deregulation of Greece's electricity market.

There is a need to encourage energy liberalization in Bulgaria, particularly in the electricity market, a paper on energy reform in the country says.

A new multi- bill featuring some of the so-called prior actions that Greece must implement to unlock the next tranche of 2.8 billion Euros in rescue loans is expected to be submitted to the Parliament on Friday.