Skopje, 14 May 2025 (MIA) - The Parliament adopted Wednesday the Law on Energy that is considered one of the major pieces of legislation to be aligned with the European law in the related field.

The benefits of the law include the creation of a liberal, transparent and competitive electricity market, leading to an increase in the options and quality of services for consumers, with lower energy prices.

Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources, Sanja Bozhinovska, told MIA recently that the law is very important because all European regulations are being introduced and implemented.

"For the first time, batteries, or the storage of electrical energy, are being regulated, and civil communities are being formed. For the first time, a methodology for measuring energy poverty is being developed. Under this law, the electricity transmission system operator MEPSO will be under the authority of the Ministry of Energy, which is normal and expected. It also covers oil and gas. There are many aspects to it, as it is a very comprehensive law with 317 articles,” said Bozhinovska.

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