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...

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

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

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

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

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.

The NSGE provided under Decision SP-1 represents a specific amount of electricity per 1 kW installed capacity to be purchased by the end suppliers and the public supplier under the FiTs.

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 third energy package (TEP) aims at the development of the electricity and gas markets, particularly the separation of supply and generation activities from transmission operations.

Effective as of the end of September 2016, Bulgarian traders of energy products must comply with market abuse prevention requirements.

A foreign direct investment screening mechanism entered into force in Bulgaria on 12 March 2024. The mechanism applies Regulation (EU) 2019/452, establishing a framework...

The new European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen took office on 2 December. Among the challenges it faces is the daunting task of restoring Europe's competitiveness and economic prowess ...

Bulgaria has faced five parliamentary elections over the last two years resulting in an almost constant state of political uncertainty since March 2021.

On 8 February 2018, the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission ("CPC") issued a Decision in a Competition Advocacy proceeding initiated in 2017 for the assessment of conformity...

The feed-in tariff (FIT) for photovoltaic (PV) installations is to be further reduced, following the publication of a report showing that the investment cost of PV projects has decreased by more than 10%.