At 131st session, the Government adopted a Decision on amending the allocation of funds in the special part determined by the Budget, as well as the Decision on approving those funds from the Budget of the Republic of Northern Macedonia for 2021.
According to the Government Press Service, the decisions were made for the implementation of measures to provide additional quantities of electricity, in order to deal with the crisis in the electricity supply.
Additionally, the Government instructed all institutions under the jurisdiction of the executive from their own budget accounts and programs provided for the supply of electricity, to immediately pay the debts to the electricity suppliers and approved the reallocation of funds from other budget items where there is unused funds for payment of debts to electricity suppliers, the statement said.
According to the Government Press Service, these decisions, as well as the recommendations to the local self-government institutions, the Parliament and the Office of the President, are aimed at helping the electricity supply that is realized through the commercial suppliers.
At today’s session, the Government also reviewed and adopted the Information on the adoption of tender documentation for the second phase in the procedure for granting a concession for the use of water for electricity production from hydropower plants on Crna Reka.
– According to the results of the first phase, 9 out of 10 registered companies met the requirements of the pre-qualification and thus gained the right to submit bids for the second phase, say the Government.
The Government also adopted the Program for protection of vulnerable energy consumers for 2022, which defines the consumers that fall into this category, the protection measures that are taken, the ways of implementation of the measures, the measures taken by the operators of the distribution systems of energy, the measures taken by the suppliers with the obligation to provide public service, ie universal service in the energy supply, and the necessary funds and sources of financing.
