Electricity

Economy

22.September 2023. BG

What has gone up in price the most in Serbia this year?

According to the data of the Republic Institute of Statistics, the prices of dairy products, vegetables, meat, household electricity, bread, cereals and firewood rose the most.

Electric company

14.September 2023. Z.S.

What are we actually signing with EPS

The addresses of more than two million households and consumers from the "small customers" category are receiving new electricity supply contracts

Government of Serbia

23.August 2023. Vremena editorial office

After five years of darkness: Electricity, water and gas for owners of illegal homes

Citizens living in illegal buildings will be able, starting September 15, within 30 days, to submit applications for connection to electricity, heating, water and sewerage by filling in a form that will be delivered to the municipalities, it was announced after the Government session. Only owners of houses and apartments who permanently solved their housing issue by building or buying can get a connection

Standard

09.August 2023. BG

The price of gas and heating in Belgrade is increasing

It is not yet certain whether, apart from gas, electricity will also be more expensive from November 1

Energy Industry

08.August 2023. BG

Free smart meters will be paid for by consumers

"There is no cheese in a mousetrap for free, someone has to pay for it, and we pay for it through frequent increases in the price of electricity," says the Association for the Protection of Consumer Rights

Wind farms in Serbia

28.June 2023 Damjan Martić

Big potentials, small capacities

By 2025, the construction of a large wind farm near Subotica should be completed. According to the planned capacities, it is planned to be one of the largest in Europe, and certainly the strongest electricity producer of this type in the region. The "Maestralo Ring" project began to be realized in 2019 and is a significant step forward in Serbia's green transition

Society

14.June 2023 S.Ć.

PIO fund Novi Belgrade: The monthly cost for rent and electricity is almost 50.000 euros

Due to the reconstruction of the building, the PIO fund rented a new space to the Novobeograd branch. It is planned to pay him 13 euros per month for the next 50.000 months

Serbia

18.May 2023. Z.S.

Protest in front of the Assembly: We want electricity in the 21st century

The group "We want electricity in the 21st century", which is made up of people who have been fighting for years to connect to the power grid, blocked traffic near the Assembly. Several hundred citizens gathered and shouted "We want electricity!"

News

15.August 2022. S.Ć.

Electricity restrictions in Kosovo: Bad energy situation, losses

Electricity restrictions in Kosovo: Bad energy situation, losses Today, electricity restrictions began in Kosovo. The reasons are the poor energy situation and the inability to buy electricity. Companies for the production and distribution of electricity are at a loss of 46 million euros. Citizens are dissatisfied

Analyze

08.July 2022 Bogdan Petrovic

Energy situation: How to secure electricity this winter

Serbia could have avoided all this mess with electricity if the management of EPS had listened to experts who had been warning for years that it was necessary to move to new coal deposits and stop digging up already exhausted deposits. As if out of spite, the system "broke" at the most inconvenient moment, so the total damage that EPS will suffer will probably reach more than one billion euros. This is how we got into a situation where EPS, instead of investing and building a new Štavalj thermal power plant, throws that money at importing electricity. At the same time, no one can guarantee that Serbia will have enough electricity during the winter

In the new issue

14.January 2022. Nenad Savić

Serbia and the energy crisis: Someone will have to pay heavily

Citizens of Serbia are, as they are used to, protected from developments on the electricity market. The regulated price at which they pay for electricity is among the lowest in Europe. And compared to last December, the price jumped by 322 percent

In the new issue

14.January 2022. Nenad Savić

Serbia and the energy crisis: Someone will have to pay

Citizens of Serbia are, as they are used to, protected from events on the electricity market. The regulated price at which they pay for electricity is among the lowest in Europe. And compared to last December, the price jumped by 322 percent

In the new issue

12.January 2022. Nenad Savić

Serbia and the energy crisis: Someone will have to pay

Citizens of Serbia are, as they are used to, protected from events on the electricity market. The regulated price at which they pay for energy is among the lowest in Europe. And compared to last December, the price jumped by 322 percent

In the new issue

23.December 2021. F. Š

Serbia without energy sources: Incompetence worth hundreds of millions of euros

The gas storage in Banatski Dvor was emptied due to the unplanned consumption of gas for the production of electricity during the fall, and new quantities of gas have not been contracted with Gazprom. The directors of EPS and Srbijagas could not make that decision independently

In the new issue

23.December 2021. F. Š

Slobodan Đerić, former director of RB Kolubara: "The situation in Kolubara" has never been worse

"If I say now what everyone knows, that people who are incompetent came from the smallest manager to the top, is that a political story?" They are talking now about diversions. Well, this is an ambush suicide. Against whom was the diversion made? Against himself?”

News

22.December 2021. Bogdan Petrovic

Inflationary shock in Serbia: Rising prices and falling standards

As of January 1, the state will increase pensions by 5,5 percent, which at the current rate of inflation means that pensioners' incomes will decrease by 2 percent in real terms. And that's just the beginning, just as drastic price increases are yet to come

Overview of the week

17.December 2021. Philip Schwarm

Electricity from the Ministry of Finance: Burning people's money

What is home business the progressive way? It is best to imagine a sweaty Siniša Mali throwing stacks of bills into the furnace of the Obrenovac thermal power plant with his sleeves rolled up.

From the printed edition

16.December 2021. F. Š

Electric power industry: Complete collapse of the system

The source of "Vremena" says that not enough good lignite is sent to TENT and that is why it has already happened that the mixture of lignite with tailings is burned with the help of fuel oil: "They tried that this time as well, but now they were not lucky."

News

14.December 2021. A.I

Thermal power plant "Nikola Tesla": Restrictions in the announcement

"Postponing investment repairs, both mines and mining equipment, is the constant action of the CEO of Elekroprivreda Srbija Milorad Grčić. Over time, tailings removal was reduced to scratching, regular annual overhauls were skipped as much as possible, and all forces were focused on coal production, because the boss likes big numbers." This was written more than four years ago in the text "Restrictions in the announcement" by "Vremena" journalist Zoran Majdin. It was as if he was writing today

News

13.December 2021. Nemanja Rujevic

Serbia without electricity: "Incompetent SNS staff who have been lucky so far" are to blame

While a large part of Serbia is without electricity or heating, the authorities blame "wet and heavy snow". Critics, however, say that this is the result of years of inexpert management of large systems such as TENT, Elektroprivreda or Kolubarski kopi.