Resource economics

SODO, the state-run electricity distribution system operator, will invest €3.5 billion in the system over the next ten years to prepare it to respond to the challenges of green transition.

The trade union demonstration under the slogan "To protect the country's energy security" is taking place in front of the parliament building.

The Region of Attica places - as it emphasizes - special importance to the protection of the Environment and taking into account the conditions that have been shaped by the energy crisis, it is intensifying actions such as the energy upgrade of building infrastructure and the replacement of the existing energy-consuming sodium lamps with LED lamps.

Ljubljana – Prices of regular and diesel sold outside motorways will drop a bit at midnight under the government-administered pricing model. Regular will cost 2.3 cents less at EUR 1.723 a litre and diesel 4 cents less at EUR 1.808 a litre, the Economy Ministry has announced. The new prices will stay in force for a fortnight until Monday, 18 July.

Ljubljana – Fuel prices in Slovenia surged on Sunday after the government decided to end price administration. Regular petrol is about 8% more expensive than yesterday, with diesel up by more than 20%. Data reported by petrol stations show regular petrol costs between EUR 1,617 and EUR 1,619 per litre depending on provider, up to EUR 1,628 along motorways.

Natural gas prices will rise by more than 25% in April, the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) decided in the late afternoon yesterday. The main reason is the increase in supply prices on international markets. Due to another increase in the price of gas, the price of heating and hot water will increase, but from May.

"In the coming days, fuel prices will rise due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is difficult to say how much the price increase will be and whether the petrol will reach BGN 3. But supply problems are not expected and there will be no shortage of fuel." This was stated on Nova TV by Svetoslav Benchev from the Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association.

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The estimated price of natural gas for April 2022, formed in accordance with Art. 17 of Ordinance № 2 of 19.03.2013 on the regulation of natural gas prices is BGN 113.85 / MWh (excluding prices for access, transmission, excise and VAT) or BGN 58.21 / MWh, calculated according to the BNB fixing. This is stated in a press release of Bulgargaz EAD.

Bled – A sustainable energy transition, and the role of innovation and investment to enhance it, is in the focus of a two-day conference on the EU’s SET Plan which began in a hybrid format in the town of Bled on Thursday, organised by the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission.