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The Minister of Energy Alexander Nikolov

Alexander Nikolov has a Master's degree in Finance from the University of National and World Economy.

In the last few months, the executive will make a proposal to the Council of Ministers to cover both December and January 22 due to high gas prices. 

"The amount of compensation for December will be approximately BGN 26 per megawatt-hour or will be 25% of the bill, ie if the bill is BGN 300, 75 will be the aid," Nikolov said in the program "120 minutes" on BTV .

For January, the amount and ratio will be higher - BGN 42 per megawatt-hour, our estimates show, and this will be one third of the total value of the invoice of the particular subscriber, added the Minister of Energy. 

He explained that the idea is to compensate in the maximum amount of December and January.

First of all, we want to release disposable income in households very quickly, so that the next months can be spent more easily and their costs to suppliers will be directly reimbursed, Nikolov added. 

The proposal will be submitted to the Council of Ministers next week. 

Compensation for natural gas to household consumers will be available in December

He also commented on Gazprom's roadmap, saying it was still a "mystical document" and all inquiries to be shown remained unanswered.

Official letters have been sent by the companies that communicate with Gazprom, Nikolov added.

He said there was talk of additional quantities of Azeri gas.

We have met with the Azeris for gas supplies and the company that trades with Bulgargaz.

On their part, we agreed to allow larger quantities to Bulgaria during the heating season, although there are regulatory restrictions.

An answer is expected, as they may refuse legally, but long-term relations are much more important than price fluctuations in a short period of time, the energy minister added.

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