The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (KEVR) adopted the planned decrease of the prices of natural gas and heating from 1 October.
The price of natural gas drops by 14.26 %, meaning that the total decrease since the beginning of the year will exceed 30 %, private bTV station reports.
The prices of heating generated from power plants operating on natural gas also drop considerably.
The calculations of KEVR show that compared to the last heating season, the prices decrease by 16.4 % in Sofia, 16.8 % in Veliko Tarnovo, 15.3 % in Vratsa, 10 % in Varna, 14.4 % in Burgas, 12.8 % in Pleven and 17.06 % in Razgrad.
The lowest drop in the prices of heating on an annual basis is registered in Plovdiv, where it amounts to 9 %.
A reserve of 5 % is left in order to prevent customers from being harmed in case the prices of natural gas increase during the heating season.