The Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) said on Saturday that non-household electricity consumers will effectively not receive compensation under the Council of Ministers’ scheme for offsetting electricity costs between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.
In a position paper to the Energy Minister on a draft Decree laying down the conditions and procedure for temporary relief for energy-intensive users, BICA notes the programme has not been publicly discussed, continues previous schemes adopted after sharp price swings, and applies to all non-household customers, including transmission and distribution grid operators purchasing electricity for technological losses. The compensation triggers only if the six-month volume-weighted average baseload price in IBEX’s Day-Ahead segment exceeds BGN 240/MWh (EUR 122.71/MWh); the indicative budget is up to BGN 20 million.
Based on recent IBEX baseload monthly averages — BGN 197.80 (July), 148.31 (August), and 183.37 (September) — BICA’s modelling forecasts prices below BGN 206/MWh for July–December 2025 and below BGN 200/MWh for January–June 2026, indicating that compensation would not be triggered. If six-month reference periods are maintained, BICA recommends setting the threshold below BGN 200/MWh. With a threshold of BGN 200/MWh, estimated support would be approximately BGN 5.83/MWh, totaling under BGN 44 million for around 7.47 TWh, but payments would occur in February 2026, after the peak consumption months.
A monthly assessment is preferable: with a threshold of 240 per month, support would be approximately BGN 18 million for November–December 2025 and less than BGN 29 million for January–February 2026. Alternatively, covering 50% of consumption at a monthly reference of 220 would cost about BGN 36 million for November–December 2025 and under BGN 42 million through June 2026. BICA considers both options as balancing stakeholder interests and notes that South-East Europe, including Bulgaria, continues to experience power prices up to 50% higher than those in Central and Western Europe in some months. Industrial Capital Association: No Compensation for Non-Household Power Users under New Government Scheme THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-18 15:45:07 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law