Weekly: Silly deadline and useless voucher?

Slovak households that have expressed interest in state subsidies for small-scale RES will soon receive their vouchers which must be used within 30 days. Their solar panels can thus be built also during Christmas.
žiarovka elektrina

Electricity and gas bills to go down

Slovak households will see their electricity bills to fall by 1 percent on average from the early 2016. Gas bills will go down by 3.6 percent.
Predseda ÚRSO Jozef Holjenčík
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Russia’s policy behind Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

According to Slovak gas carrier Eustream, halting gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine is just a usual business decision by Ukraine which currently does not need to purchase natural gas from Gazprom.
Plyn plynovod

Regulator launches price-setting process

The Regulatory Office for Network Industries would like to reflect falling gas prices on markets into gas prices for households and small companies. The series of regulated gas price reduction are likely to continue.
Plyn ceny

Slovak-Hungarian pipeline "empty" for now

The Slovak-Hungarian gas pipeline officially started commercial operation in July 2015. However, gas traders have showed no interest in transporting gas via this new pipeline.
Plyn plynovod eustream

IFP: Partial deregulation of energy prices would be possible

According to the Financial Policy Institute, the full abolition of the regulation of electricity and gas prices for Slovak households could be considered in five years. It is necessary to achieve a certain degree of change of suppliers and market concentration.
žiarovka svetlo elektrina

Fico angry with international gas companies

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says that companies which have agreed with Gazprom to the construction of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, are making idiots of us.
Robert Fico

Smooth gas supplies last year

The state-owned company Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel (SPP) remains the most important player on the Slovak gas market. Alternative suppliers have repeatedly reduced SPP’s market share moderately.
Plyn domácnosti

Cheaper gas prices for Slovaks

The Regulatory Office for Network Industries has initiated the pricing procedure on its own initiative. The regulator refused to reveal how much gas prices for Slovak households and small businesses will decline.
Ilustračné foto

Ukraine slashed gas purchases from Slovakia

Eustream has been transferring 50 percent less gas to Ukraine since May. According to European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, every company strives for the biggest profitability of its operations and therefore the price is decisive when purchasing gas.
Plyn plynovod Vojany Užhorod Fico

SPECIAL: Will regulation of prices continue?

Slovakia’s energy regulator is slowly working on a new regulatory policy which will come into effect in 2017. It seems that the office will regulate energy prices for households and small companies also in the new regulatory period.
Ceny energií