Djedovic: I Hope That Electricity and Gas Prices Will Not Increase by the End of the Year

The minister of mining and energy, Dubravka Djedovic, has stated that she hopes that electricity and gas prices will not change by the end of the year.

– We should be realistic and, in the coming years, we should think about how to achieve adequate prices, while still having them be affordable to the citizens and the economy – she said for Insajder.

The minister said that, in 2023, three times as many funds had been set aside from the budget for energy-vulnerable purchasers.

Djedovic said that the price of electricity in Serbia was among the three cheapest ones in Europe.

When asked how far the transformation of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) from a public enterprise into a joint-stock company had progressed, she answered that significant steps had been made in the past eight months.

– There is no mystery there, or any hidden agendas of the state, but a clear and decisive intention to improve the operations of our biggest public enterprise – she said.

Djedovic said that the JSC form would give EPS much more freedom regarding market-efficient operations, to the company’s benefit.

Elektroprivreda Srbije ad Beograd

Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije

Elektroprivreda Srbije

EPS

Ministry of Mining and Energy

Dubravka Djedovic

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