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Macedonia 26.09.22 | 18:51

ERC reminds: Obligation to deliver heating energy in place until license is issued to new operator

The obligation to perform the public activity of regulated production of heating energy ceases with the day of the license issuance, in this case, the new operator of the activity, says the Energy Regulatory Commission after BEG distribution announced today that it has no obligation to continue performing...
Economy 22.01.22 | 16:17

Energy crisis: ELEM temporarily takes over the BEG heating company

The state owned ELEM/ESM energy company formally took over BEG – the main heating company in Skopje. BEG faces bankruptcy with the soaring gas prices and the regulated price they can charge from the 60,000 households they are supplying in Skopje. After brief negotiations with the Government, it...
Macedonia 14.01.22 | 11:03

Energy crisis: Starting this weekend, much of Skopje could be left without heating

Hundreds of thousands of citizens of Skopje face uncertainty whether they will receive heating tomorrow. BEG, the biggest central heating provider in the city, announced that it only has cash reserves for today, and can’t go on buying natural gas at the greatly increased market prices. The company,...
Economy 13.01.22 | 21:53

BEG asks the Government to temporarily take over the management of the company: There is money for gas only until tomorrow

“Balkan Energy” DOOEL Skopje has money to purchase gas until the end of tomorrow, say the company for production of heat, with a proposal for the Government to temporarily take over the management of the company starting tomorrow until the end of the crisis in this heating season. As a socially...
Macedonia 12.01.22 | 13:19

While citizens of Skopje freeze with reduced heating, the son of the heating company owner posts pictures from Val d’Isere

While much of the capital Skopje is freezing due to reduced heating supplies, the son of the owner of the main heating supplier BEG is on Instagram informing his followers how cold it is in the elite French ski resort of Val d’Isere. Copper and real-estate magnate Vanco Cifliganec family bought...
Macedonia 11.01.22 | 14:29

Kovacevski tries to blame the opposition for the latest spike in the energy crisis

New SDSM party leader Dimitar Kovacevski spoke out on the growing energy crisis in Macedonia, which is currently also affecting tens of thousands of households in the capital Skopje who are connected to several gas fired central heating system. Due to high gas prices, the suppliers are cutting down on...
Economy 08.01.22 | 18:01

Energy crisis: After securing a heating price increase in Skopje, suppliers turn the thermostat down

For several days now the citizens of Skopje are complaining on social media and TV shows that their central heating providers are cutting down on deliveries. About 60,000 apartments in downtown Skopje are heated with warm water coming from several gas fired plants, and as natural gas prices have spiked,...
Economy 07.01.22 | 18:22

Government warns heating companies in Skopje after reports they are secretly reducing their deliveries

The outgoing Zaev Government issued a public call to energy companies as well as to municipal authorities to ensure that the citizens of Skopje receive sufficient heating through the central heating system. This comes after public protests from citizens who say that temperatures in their apartments are...
Economy 04.01.22 | 10:43

BEG insists it has enough gas to provide heating in Skopje until April

Balkan Energy Group (BEG), the main provider of central heating in Skopje, denied claims that the company may run out of natural gas during the winter amid the Europe wide shortages and price hikes. In a statement, BEG said that it has purchased enough gas until April, for a total fo 70 million EUR. The...
Economy 31.12.21 | 09:42

New, higher heating price will be announced today

The Regulatory Energy Committee (RKE) is set to announce the second blow to household budgets – its planned increase of central heating in Skopje. Yesterday RKE said that it will increase the electricity price by just under 10 percent, and abolish a popular subsidy meaning that the increase will...
Economy 29.12.21 | 08:54

Energy crisis: Skopje central heating company asks for a 300 percent price hike

BEG, the company operating most of Skopje’s central heating system, asked the RKE Regulatory Energy Commission to approve a price hike of extreme 300 percent. This is meant to correspond to the huge spike in the natural gas prices. In its request, BEG told RKE that it has provided enough gas only...
Macedonia 27.10.20 | 17:38

Repairs in Bulgaria reduce gas supplies to Macedonia

Bulgaria is reducing gas supplies to Macedonia due to servicing of the pipeline. Macedonia uses Russian gas, transported through Bulgaria, for several stations that warm water used to heat apartments in the capital Skopje, as well as produce electricity and for the needs of several industrial plants....

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