IBEX has successfully started intraday electricity market

The Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) launched the intraday market (IDM) segment in Bulgaria on April 11. The minimum amount of electricity that can be traded is 100 kWh, and the price step is 10 euro cents. According to the IBEX’ statement, 20 participants already registered on this segment and they all can now submit […]

Albania seeks consultant for public power utility OSHEE

Albanian Ministry of infrastructure and energy has issued an invitation to qualified independent consultants to submit expressions of interest for the provision of consulting services to public power utility OSHEE. This is first-phase or pre-qualification of an open international two-stage tender. The second phase is the bidding phase. Funds for the consulting services are secured […]

Government of Macedonia presented Draft Law on Energy

The Draft Law on Energy, which envisages full liberalization of the energy sector, will soon be submitted to the parliament, the Macedonian Government announced. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Kočo Angušev said that this law is harmonized with five European directives and three European regulations. “The law will enable complete liberalization of the energy […]

Energy Community releases Policy Guidelines on distribution network tariffs

The Energy Community Secretariat issued Policy Guidelines on the distribution network tariffs with aim to provide guidance to regulatory authorities, but also the regulated industry, as regards to validated best practises in implementing the core principles in distribution tariff setting. The Policy Guidelines underlines predictability, transparency, respecting the economic environment and regulation method as core […]

World Bank’s loan to support electricity supply tariff rises in Serbia

World Bank (WB) EUR 160.6 million loan provided to Serbia will, among other activities, support public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS ) in achieving increased convergence of the guaranteed electricity supply tariff to reach market parity levels. The percentage and the date of the electricity price hike are not determined. According to World Bank’s statement […]

EU report: Southern Europe’s fossil fuel power plants contradict European markets’ pattern

In the fourth quarter of 2017 low water levels in the Balkans negatively affected wholesale electricity prices in Hungary and Slovenia, but also in Romania and Serbia, while fossil fuel based electricity generation in the Southern Europe secured profitability contrary to the case in the European markets, the European Commission’s latest Quarterly report on European […]

IBEX announces intraday market kick off

The Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) announced the launch of the intraday market (IDM) on April 11. “On April 11 at 14:00 CET, the IDM market segment will be open for real trading with delivery after 00:00 CET on the April 12. We kindly invite all market participants that are still not registered as a […]