Bulgaria regulator approves 3.05% hike in electricity prices for household consumers
Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has approved an increase in electricity prices by an average of 3.05 per cent for household consumers. The new price will apply for the next 12-month regulatory period that starts on July 1 and runs until June 30 2027.
This increase only applies to the regulated segment of the market, which currently covers household consumers. Bulgaria has repeatedly postponed the full liberalisation of the electricity market in recent years.
EWRC’s ruling will result in consumers in western Bulgaria, including capital city Sofia, serviced by Elektrohold, paying 3.14 per cent more. Household consumers serviced by EVN in southern Bulgaria would pay 3.28 per cent more and customers of Energo-Pro in northern Bulgaria would see their bills go up by 2.53 per cent.
EWRC head Plamen Mladenovski said that the regulator rejected a number of requests from the distribution companies that would have led to higher increases in electricity prices.
He noted that the price increases were below the inflation figures – 4.6 per cent in 2025 and expected to be even higher this year – and would have a minimal impact on electric bills.
“In practice, the average household bill will increase by less than one euro,” he said.
Despite the increase, the electricity prices paid by Bulgarian household consumers will remain among the lowest in the EU, the regulator said, citing Eurostat data that only Hungary and Malta have lower prices than Bulgaria.
In a separate decision, the regulator said that it approved an increase in central heating prices by an average of 4.54 per cent for the next 12 months. Customers in capital city Sofia would pay 5.5 per cent more, in Plovdiv 3.7 per cent more, in Varna 5.19 per cent more and in Bourgas 3.66 per cent more.
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