Tag: electricity

There will be no abandoning of the Daylight Saving Time decades-long practice and the European Summer Time in North Macedonia ends this weekend, the government announced. There was the option of abandoning the Daylight Saving Time (DST) altogether, but after the analyses by the Ministry of Economy of North Macedonia, it was concluded that the country will continue with the...

The state institutions of North Macedonia in September managed to save electricity by 20% compared to the same month of the last year. However, not all state institutions, public enterprises and municipalities has seriously understood the need to save electricity and the plan "Saving electricity for safer winter," although the government in August warned there will be sanctions for...

North Macedonia and Serbia are negotiating a contract for gas distribution to North Macedonia, so that the combined electric power plant TE-TO in Skopje can continue working without delays. During a press conference, the Republic of North Macedonia Government's Advisor for Energetics sector, Viktor Andonov informed that there are talks with our northern neighbor for import of the needed quantities...

Building solar farms and using solar radiation to produce electricity is one of the most effective ways to reduce North Macedonia's dependency on imported electricity. The anticipated energy crisis once again reminded us how much the country is lagging behind in exploiting and investing in alternative energy sources, especially the sun, a resource that we have in abundance. The...

Starting from the 1st of July, households and the companies in North Macedonia that are producing electricity from renewable sources of energy's facilities will be able to sell their surplus production on the market. The Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi signed the amendments and the changes of the Rulebook for renewable sources of energy. This means that the physical persons...

The global energy crisis, which caused enormous rise of the prices of the electric and the heat energy, activated the red alarm for the citizens of North Macedonia. The questions about the amount of the electricity bills starting from the 1st of January 2022, accompanied by the speculations that there will be power rationing measures, drove the the citizens...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Democratic Renewal of Macedonia (DOM) announced that, taking into account the energy crisis and the consequences on the environment in North Macedonia, through its MPs in the Parliament they will request legal amendments on the mining of cryptocurrencies. "During an energy crisis it is inadmissible to waste electricity on cryptocurrencies for personal enrichment....

There is no reason for panic among Macedonian citizens regarding the price of the electricity during the forthcoming months, said the Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of North Macedonia. Throughout Europe, the price of electricity at Holland's market has climbed from 16 EUR for MGw/h in January up to 98 EUR for MGw/h toward the end of September, Politico...

It is highly likely that the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (RKEVU) of North Macedonia will no longer have the role of an electricity market regulator, which is influencing the final price of the electricity that households and small companies are paying, announced RKEVU's President Marko Bislimoski. In the future, RKEVU will only be regulating the tariff system i.e. the...

There is great interest by domestic and foreign investors, but for now, no substantial results concerning the two photovoltaic power stations at Mining and Energy Production Complex Oslomej in North Macedonia, which will be built on the location of the old coal mine as a public-private partnership. At the tender, that was published last February and was open until May...

The price of electricity might get increased if the production based on coal isn't substituted with other economically and ecologically sustainable sources. This is the main message that the European Energy Community has issued to our country as well as others in Southeastern Europe and the Black Sea region that will have to become a part of EU's inner energy...

The government is considering to increase the guaranteed minimum wage said today Prime Minister Zoran Zaev when he replied to a question about how does the government plan to achieve the promised average wage of 500 euros. "The government plans to make an additional decision regarding the growth of the minimum salary for this year," said Zaev. The Minister...

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, was summoned to the Special Prosecutor's Office for a financial investigation for taking a commission, which was opened by the SPO for a case related to electricity, stated the Chief Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva, in a statement to the media in front of SPO headquarters . She responded to journalistic inquiries, saying that it...

The malfunction at REK Bitola has been repaired and the power plant is now working with full capacity, as was informed today by AD ELEM's General Manager Hristijan Mickoski. According to him, during the coldest days, the country has supplied the demands for electricity with 80% of domestic production. -Despite the weather conditions, we managed to deliver te necessary quantities of...

Because of the extremely low temperatures, an increase of 30% in consumption of electricity compared to the same period for the last 5 years was noticed, announced the AD ELEM’s press release. -All of ELEM’s available capacities for production of electricity are working full time. Part of the necessary quantities are secured from the free market in accordance with the...

A twelve year old Afghani national was struck by electricity on the train station in Gevgelija, in an area where the station keeps empty wagons. "Members of the Red Cross took the boy to the general clinic in Gevgelija where he received medical help. The boy was accompanied by his parents. In a statement they gave, they didn't notice what...

The price of electricity is reduced by 0.33 percent, the Energy Regulatory Commission decided today. The calculation of the new price will start from tomorrow, meaning that citizens in August will get 0.33 percent lower electricity bills for July. President of the Energy Regulatory Commission Dimitar Petrov emphasized reduced operating costs of companies, the revenues of the companies, as well as...

New electricity price, higher by even 10 percent, citizens will pay as of August, say sources of energy companies. Professional services of the Energy Regulatory Commission has already reviewed the submitted material costs from state ELEM and MEPSO and private EVN, after which, a decision would follow. Unofficially, state ELEM submitted material costs to Energy Regulatory Commission, asking for an...