Balgarianovinite.com The Parliamentary Committee on Energy adopted the 2026 State Budget Bill at first reading on Thursday with 11 votes in favour, four against and one abstention.
In view of the euro changeover on January 1, 2026, all budget documentation has been prepared in euro, using the official conversion rate under the Euro Introduction Act: BGN 1.95583 per EUR 1.
Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said that his Ministry’s planned revenues amount to EUR 193 million and expenditures to EUR 41 million, making the Ministry a net contributor to the State Budget. He noted that the energy section of the draft reflects the Ministry’s submissions.
The Bill includes increased concession revenues and provisions for state guarantees to support key projects of state-owned companies such as Bulgartransgaz, the National Electricity Company and the Bulgarian Energy Holding, Stankov added.
Responding to a question from Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) MP Radoslav Ribarski about support for energy-poor households, Stankov said that, in line with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the Energy Ministry, together with the Labour and Social Policy Ministry and the Ministry of e-Government, has begun developing the necessary software. Targeted support can be provided only once beneficiaries meet the energy-poverty definition adopted by Parliament, he said. He added that long-term measures reducing households’ energy costs are preferable to one-off social payments. Parliamentary Committee on Energy Passes 2026 State Budget Bill at First Reading 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-11 08:30:23 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