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On 22 January 2018 the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission ("CPC") announced that it opened a sector inquiry into the electricity markets in Bulgaria.

The investigation was launched following a 2015 Commission sector analysis of the fuel and diesel retail markets.

With a last-minute amendment of the Bulgarian Energy Act of 26 June 2020, natural gas trading becomes an activity subject to licensing by the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission...

The Bill has already passed its first hearing before the Energy committee and the plenary session of the Bulgarian Parliament.

The Parliament adopted a new Bill amending the Energy Act introducing a number of measures to further integrate RES Generation into the liberalised market and abolishing electricity export fees.

On 07 February 2018, the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission ("CPC") initiated Competition Advocacy proceedings in relation to the recently proposed amendments to the Bulgarian Energy Act...

The latest amendments to the Bulgarian Spatial Development Act introducing the simplified procedure for constructing photovoltaic systems on rooftops entered into force on 20 January 2023...

Most recently, the Bulgarian Energy Regulator has taken significant steps towards the full liberalisation of the natural gas market:

The electricity market in Bulgaria has been fully liberalised, by law since 2007. But until recently electricity trading has been limited.

IBEX was established in January 2014.

The oil and gas industries have been central to the economic strategies employed by major global powers in response to geopolitical conflicts, particularly the ongoing situation in Ukraine.

The Bulgarian energy market is regulated by the Energy Act 2003 and several pieces of secondary legislation.