The ruling majority retained the fixed bitting electricity prices and after July 1
The ruling parties – GERB, BSP and « There is such a people », with the support of « MRF New Start » they finally adopted the amendments to the Energy Act, which delayed the exit of household consumers on the free electricity market.
The final text includes significant changes prepared between the first and second reading by a team, including the Ministry of Energy, the Energy and Water Regulatory Committee (EWRC) and the Energy Exchange, agreed with the European Commission, explained Minister Zhecho Stankov. According to him, the new model, on the one hand, guarantees the protection of household consumers and, on the other, the work of the state -owned TPP Maritza East 2.
MPs rescued consumers from the market price of electricity
The everyday life market will actually remain regulated, but the mechanism will be different. The transactions will pass through the stock exchange, and the end suppliers of Electroold, EVN and Energo-Pro will be offset by the difference between the real price and the one that households will pay.
« There will be nothing to change in the bills of household users, » Stankov said, but added that it would enter two prices – the market and the subsidized that the family would pay.
Opposition MPs have accused the petitioners of being pseudo -reform and cannot ensure that the compensation for household users will be preserved in the fall of GERB.
Stankov argued that anyone who does not support proposals wants to expose the users to the free market for appreciation without the state being able to help them. Delyan Dobrev from GERB assumed that if the current regulation continues to operate, the EWRC would be forced to raise the price for citizens from July 1.
In this way, the role of NEC as a public provider of electricity (the one he bought from the plants and then selling the suppliers) will be dropped, but the commitment of the Maritza-East 2 TPP will remain as part of the common mix, the newspaper writes.
