The CPC is expected to approach a wide range of market participants through questionnaires which are to be sent in the coming weeks.

The variety of ESG financing instruments allows for some flexibility in the choice of targets and KPIs; still ESG loans should follow the clearly established sustainable finance principles...

All renewable energy projects in Bulgaria have been hit by a retroactive change in the fee they must pay for accessing the electricity transmission and distribution grids.

Business forecasts for Central and Eastern Europe got gloomier at the beginning of autumn 2022 in anticipation of a challenging winter ahead.

The proposals include measures that should lead to greater energy efficiency and bigger number of market relations in the energy sector.

On 14 January 2014, the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Rosen Plevneliev, addressed the country’s Constitutional Court, claiming that the 20% fee on solar and wind power plants does not comply with the Bulgarian Constitution and should therefore be revoked.

On 14.06.2012 Bulgarian Parliament adopted a Resolution limiting the ban on the ‘fracking’ method of drilling and extraction of shale gas.

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

A new public information system is to be created about the potential production and consumption of energy from renewable sources in Bulgaria.

First, changes are introduced in the thresholds determining the persons falling within the scope of §1e of the Additional Provisions of POSA.

Most renewable energy projects in Bulgaria are being developed on agricultural land. This land can be used for non-agricultural purposes, such as Renewable Energy plants, after a change of its designation pursuant to the Law on Protection of Agricultural Lands ("The Law").

On 19 July, 2018 the Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition (the "CPC") prohibited two concentrations.

On 4 September 2012, the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism published a draft National Action Plan for developing renewable energy sources by 2020.

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.

Bulgaria's decade-long moratorium on municipal disposal of residual agricultural land has officially expired, opening new pathways for energy and infrastructure development.

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...