Bulgarian National Electric Company to Save Lv 1 Bln After Change in Long-Term Electricity Sale Agreements with US Thermal Plants

Sofia, April 8 (BTA) – Agreements amending the long-term electricity sale agreements with AES Maritza East 1 TPP and ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 TPP were signed at the Council of Ministers on Wednesday in the presence of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova. Under the amended agreements, the price which NEK pays the TPPs for capacity disposition drops by 31 per cent in total for both plants: by 14 per cent for AES Maritza East 1 and by 17 per cent for ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3. More…