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November 17, 2025

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Maćić: Exempting Serbia from CBAM for electricity would mean disastrously fast decarbonization; carbon tax will also block market coupling with EU

Obtaining an exemption from the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for electricity would mean a rapid and unfeasible decarbonization of Serbia’s energy sector, which would be unacceptable for households and businesses alike, according to Ljubo Maćić, special advisor at Serbia’s Economics Institute. This is why Serbia never sought an exemption. He added that […]

October 30, 2025

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Negative prices to form so-called bathtub curve in Greece as photovoltaics keep growing

The latest modeling for the wholesale electricity market in Greece shows ever-decreasing prices at times when solar power output is the strongest within the day. The trend points to the formation of a so-called bathtub curve in the daily price charts at the power exchange, as a result of the expected continuation of the photovoltaic […]

October 30, 2025

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Energy Community’s CBAM Readiness Tracker: Western Balkans still far from exemption as full implementation nears

With less than three months remaining until the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is fully implemented, none of the Energy Community’s contracting parties has yet qualified for an exemption in the electricity segment, according to the 2025 CBAM Readiness Tracker. However, the Energy Community’s report suggests that efforts to meet the are gaining […]

October 8, 2025

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Under Reform Agenda, BiH commits to aligning electricity prices with market

By adopting the Reform Agenda, Bosnia and Herzegovina committed to liberalizing the electricity market, aligning electricity prices with market levels, and supporting the green transition through renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the Reform Agenda, after a delay longer than one year, and submitted it to […]

September 24, 2025

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BiH’s power utility ERS sees EUR 14.8 million loss in 2025

Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske expects a loss of BAM 29 million (EUR 14.8 million) this year, according to the power utility’s CEO Luka Petrović. The reasons for the poor business results of Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS) are bad hydrological conditions and an increase in electricity imports, Luka Petrović said, as quoted by news agency Srna. ERS […]

September 18, 2025

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RES Croatia to Brussels: Renewables have no future in Croatia

RES Croatia, together with SolarPower Europe and WindEurope, has sent a letter to the European Commission to raise concerns about the crisis in Croatia’s renewable energy sector. The three associations emphasized that for several years, 60 projects for investments in solar, wind, geothermal, and batteries have been blocked, and that if nothing is done, many […]

September 4, 2025

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Montenegro’s state power utility posts EUR 24.5 million loss in H1 2025

Montenegro’s state-owned power utility, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore, posted a EUR 24.5 million loss in the first half of 2025, a 620% increase compared to the same period last year. The main reasons for the poor results were a production halt at the Pljevlja coal power plant and a wide gap between the purchase price of […]

August 27, 2025

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Serbia’s power utility to take no loans in 2025, fund coal projects on its own

For the first time, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) will not take out loans this year, but will finance all investments from its own resources, according to General Manager Dušan Živković. However, it has affected the financial performance of Serbia’s state-owned power utility, with profit in the first half of 2025 coming in lower than in the […]

August 19, 2025

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Kosovo* power distributor KEDS cuts off businesses without supplier after market liberalization

Kosovo’s distribution system operator, KEDS, has disconnected around 90% of electricity meters belonging to businesses that have not signed an agreement with a licensed supplier following the power market liberalization. KEDS, owned by Turkish companies Çalik Holding and Limak, claims the law prohibits it from keeping any consumers on the grid who do not have […]

August 4, 2025

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US electricity prices soar 40% in H1 2025, outpacing EU’s 30% increase

In the first half of 2025, wholesale electricity prices in the European Union were about 30% higher than in same period of 2024, while a 40% increase was recorded in the United States. The penetration of negative prices in the EU continues, with their share doubling in H1 2025, according to the latest report of […]

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