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Electricity Decreases by 0.04 Per Cent on Average as of July 1

Sofia, June 30 (BTA) - The price of electricity for household consumers drops by 0.04 per cent on average as of July 1, while the reduction for industrial users is up to 17 per cent, Energy and Water Regulatory Commission Chairman (EWRC) Ivan Ivanov told a news conference on Thursday, emerging from a closed-door meeting of EWRC which determined the prices of electricity and heating for the new regulatory period.

The price of electricity for household consumers is as follows: unchanged for consumers in Western Bulgaria; down by 0.88 per cent for consumers in Northeastern Bulgaria; and up by 0.83 per cent for consumers in Southeastern Bulgaria.

For industrial consumers the price of daytime electricity decreases as follows: by 10.11 per cent in Western Bulgaria; by 17.19 per cent in Northeastern Bulgaria; and by 7.84 per cent in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Heating prices drop by about 6 per cent. The reductions in the different cities are as follows: 5.86 in Razgrad, Northeastern Bulgaria, 3.43 per cent in Sofia, 1.59 per cent in Varna, 2.44 per cent in Plovdiv.