“Undoubtedly, an increase in the price of electricity is expected, there will be no change until July 1. At the moment, market logic is not observed for energy in Bulgaria. Compensation cannot be endless,” the former chairman of the Commission for energy and water regulation Prof. Ivan Ivanov.
He added that Bulgargaz has not yet submitted to the EWRC the request for the price of natural gas for May.
“The whole procedure regarding the supply of natural gas to Bulgaria in May is accompanied by serious shortcomings and protects corporate interests,” Ivan Ivanov commented.
According to him, the excise tax on electricity and natural gas is too low and if it is removed temporarily, it will not lead to a serious budget problem.
Liquid fuels are not a commodity that is regulated like electricity and natural gas. The abolition of excise duty on liquid fuels must be done by notification from the European Commission, if such a notification is missing, we cannot change the excise duty even by a penny. a substantiated request was made, another question is whether the European Commission will accept it “, added Ivan Ivanov.
According to him, the statement by the chairman of the Energy Committee in the National Assembly Radoslav Ribarski that Bulgaria could veto the embargo on Russian oil would not be a good and useful move. “This will mean stopping the sixth package of sanctions, this should not be allowed, I am against the imposition of a veto,” said Ivan Ivanov emphatically.
He explained that despite speculation so far, no country has agreed to pay for natural gas in rubles. “Only private companies can do that, because they do not comply with this provision,” said Ivan Ivanov.
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