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  02.10.2023

  Bulgaria

  Race for Leadership: Energy Efficiency and Renewables Fund Seeks New Manager

  The Bulgarian Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund (EERSF) is currently in search of a new manager for a 5-year term, in compliance with local laws. Only legal entities or associations thereof are eligible to participate.EERSF administers the financial resources received by the Republic of Bulgaria in accordance with the current legislative framework and agreements with major donors.EERSF is structured as a self-sustaining commercial entity that focuses on facilitating investments in energy efficiency and promoting the development of a functioning energy efficiency market in Bulgaria. The...

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  05.09.2023

  Oman

  The New Oman Social Protection Fund Law - Key Changes

  The Sultanate of Oman as a welfare state has for long operated under the old Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI) Law (Royal Decree 72/9). Recently however, Oman has enacted the novel Social Protection Fund Law (SPFL) (Royal Decree 52/2023) in an attempt to enhance its social welfare framework by creating a single and unified social protection fund that improves financing and provides a wide range of benefits to workers and their families. This article provides an overview of some of the key aspects of the new law and compares it with its repealed predecessor, by highlighting the key impacts...

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  11.08.2023

  United Kingdom

  Availability of Electricity Network Connections: Update on Key Reforms and Initiatives

  The scarcity of electricity grid connection capacity available in areas across Great Britain (and beyond) is fast rising to the top of the agenda for businesses across a broad range of sectors. The findings of the Electricity Networks Commissioner, appointed by the Government to report on these challenges, have recently been published. This has come on top of a very wide range of other shorter and longer term initiatives seeking to tackle various aspects of the issue of grid capacity. In this Law-Now we bring together a summary of the Electricity Networks Commissioner’s key recommendations...

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  12.06.2023

  Poland

  Poland simplifies investment process in nuclear, gas and petroleum sectors

  With nuclear projects, both traditional large power plants and modular reactors (SMRs), on the rise, the Polish government has adopted a bill to shorten and simplify the investment process in the nuclear sector.Reducing the number of administrative approvalsThe draft law, which is now under consideration of the lower house of Polish parliament (Sejm), aims to introduce a formula for assessing the environmental impact of nuclear projects under a special procedure. This will exempt nuclear projects from having to obtain an environmental permit. A condition for the exemption is that the Council of...

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  25.05.2023

  International

  North Sea Strikes and Force Majeure

  The latest in a series of strikes by oil & gas workers in the North Sea continues to test the operation and efficacy of force majeure (“FM”) provisions in oil and gas industry contracts.There is no single “industry standard” FM clause, and so each contractual FM clause must be carefully considered in its contractual context to determine how it operates.With many North Sea oil and gas industry contracts based on industry model forms, such as LOGIC and OEUK (formerly OGUK), we consider below the impact of the recent (and proposed) North Sea strike actions.  A review...

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  16.05.2023

  United Kingdom

  Ofgem consultation on consumer standards for suppliers

  Ofgem has published a consultation on new consumer standards for energy suppliers.   The key proposals are:enhancements to customer service standards in two “priority areas”, being the ease with which customers can contact suppliers, and the support provided to customers who are struggling with bills; andan ‘overarching framework’ to underpin customer service standards. Ofgem states that the intention of the overarching framework is to be ‘forward looking’, ensuring that as energy market regulation is developed, customer service standards are maintained.These...

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