Bulgaria’s Electricity System Operator imposes limits on electricity generation

SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 4 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) said it imposed limits on electricity generation in the country due to imbalances between consumption and production.

The limits concern all energy producers, including photovoltaic, wind, nuclear and thermal power plants, ESO said in a statement on its website late on Wednesday.

Following the announcement, power distributors CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria [BUL:3CZ] and EVN Bulgaria said they will disconnect temporarily from the grid wind and photovoltaic plants. The measure affects all wind power and photovoltaic power plants in the western regions of Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil and Montana between 0800 and 1500 GMT on Thursday, CEZ pointed out. The switchoff concerns also 40% of green energy producers in eastern Bulgaria from 0700 to 1400 GMT today, EVN said in its press release.

Both companies said that if necessary they may adopt stricter measures.

CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria is a local unit of Czech energy group CEZ. Its business covers the city of Sofia, the Sofia region and parts of western and northern Bulgaria. EVN Bulgaria is part of Austrian utility EVN. It provides electricity distribution services in southern and southeastern Bulgaria.

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