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While planned state support for soaring natural gas prices to consumers will not see a price ceiling, sellers in Estonia will also be subject to Competition Authority (Konkurentsiamet) scrutiny, if suspicions are arisen that extortionate prices are being charged or that suppliers are gaming the support measures system. ....
Changes to the support scheme launched to provide incentives for renewable energy producers, can only be made at a political level. Under the current scheme, which was launched in 2007, some renewable energy companies will continue to receive subsidies for the next decade, despite the recent sharp rises in electricity prices. According to Minister of Economic Affairs Riina Sikkut (SDE), the issue could be discussed during budget negotiations. ....
The prioritization of natural gas consumers should be finalized by the end of October this year. This will see customers split into six categories, and ordered in terms of how readily their gas supply should be interrupted in the event of an emergency. ....
Errors in the new construction register are so bad that local governments are running into trouble processing building permits that causes deadlines to be missed, the Harju County Local Governments Association (HOL) told the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MKM). The ministry claims many of the errors have been fixed. ....
Finnish state-owned transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland and U.S.-based LNG company Excelerate Energy on Friday signed an agreement for leasing a floating LNG terminal for a period of ten years, the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM) announced. ....