3 hours ago“I don't know how we're going to make it”, citizens worried about warning of rising current price
Periskopi(4 months ago)
(4 months ago)“I don't know how we're gonna make it, it's so expensive! ” That is the concern Kosovo citizens repeat as they face electricity bills every month. The question that everyone asks themselves is the same, “Can we keep the family without being burdened by spending? This concern grows even more now, as the Kosovar company [...]
This concern is growing even more now, as the Kosovar Power Supply Company KESCO has asked the Kosovo Energy Regulatory Office (ZRRE) for price increases to over 20 percent of the electricity tariffs for 2026.
While, according to this area's connoisseurs, the main reason for the warned growth relates to a host of accumulated factors, including procrastinating the process of opening the energy market, the lack of serious investments in domestic production and efficiency, as well as delays in Kosovo's market integration with the region.
While the decision is expected to be taken on April 1st, citizens call on the state to intervene in this direction.
Citizens, Sherafedin Kulinja, says that every three months prices are rising and that its pension is not enough to cope with expenses.
And for the citizen, Union Muchiqi this warning is a scandal.
Blerim Krasniqi stresses that the decision on price hikes is not sustainable for families, until it says the government should intervene here.
Muharrem Kasumi stresses the need for a wise energy policy and strategic orientation towards the West, including citizens, the state and opposition in decision-making.
The tightening of tariffs does not rule out even the senior researcher at the Institute for Development Policy (INDEP), Dardan Abazi.
He says delays in domestic production and the opening of the energy market directly affect price hikes. He stresses that citizens should compensate for high-priced imports and demand the release as soon as possible of the ZRE consulting report.
He says that while he says he's preparing the comments he's going to submit, he says the ZERE doesn't have enough capacity to make field calls, see if the trafos that are being written that are really investing are coming.
The ZERE is expected to review this request by KESCO and will decide whether to accept it or not.
Under this request handed over to Z RRE, KESCO has demanded that maximum access for next year be 528.78m euros.
After considering the expected spending for next year, the demand for the maximum allowed revenues for 2026 is 528.78m euros”, said the request this company has handed to the Energy Regulatory.
We remember that in May 2025 , ZERE had approved tariff increases of 16.1 percent compared to 2024.
In 2023, Z. The RRE has approved increased electricity prices by 15 percent.
In 2024 the tariffs were reduced by 8 percent for family consumers who spent over 800 kilowatts, as well as for commercial and industrial consumers for 3 percent. / KP
