2024-04-19 07:33:13
There is a risk that Bulgaria will not receive funds under the second tranche of the Recovery and Sustainability Plan, Martin Vladimirov, an energy expert from the Center for the Study of Democracy, warned on Nova TV. The reason is the decision of the National Assembly that the power plants are not yet on the free market.
“Now the transition of all power plants that produce electricity to the free market is postponed,” he explained. According to him, this is a key condition for the allocation of the funds under the second tranche of the PVU. “I declare to you most responsibly that with this decision of we will not receive money from the European Union. This is one of the most important reforms included in the Recovery and Sustainability Plan,” said Vladimirov.
“If the regulated market is removed, household prices will jump”, believes Atanas Katsarchev, the chief economist of KT “Podkrepa”. According to him, there is currently no readiness for price liberalization. The mines and tets are burdened with additional payments. There are also 15 thousand Any haste will lead to other effects, Katsarchev believes.