Further delay to liberalising electricity market
Lawmakers on Tuesday heard of more delays in the roadmap to liberalising the electricity market, and blamed the agency which was supposed to have delivered...
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Highest-ever recorded temperature, 46.2C, clocked at Athalassa, EAC consumption also hits all-time high
The highest ever recorded temp, 46.2C was clocked on Friday at the visitor centre of the forestry department at Athalassa, Nicosia. The previous record for...
New pricing policy leads to cheaper power
The cost of electricity has decreased by 20 per cent since new pricing measures were introduced in 2017, the head of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory...
Cypriots seeing lowest electricity bills in years
Cypriots are set to enjoy the lowest electricity bills in almost 20 years, as the price of oil has tanked and the electricity authority is...
Final building permit issued for EuroAsia Interconnector converter station
Cyprus is now one step closer to lifting its energy isolation after issuing the final building permit to EuroAsia Interconnector for the construction of the...
Next electricity bills to be 15% lower for households
The next electricity bills will be almost 15 per cent lower for the average consumer, the state power utility has said. Speaking to Economy Today,...
Go ahead for Cyprus’ largest energy project
Τhe Natural Gas Infrastructure Company of Cyprus (ETYFA) has issued notice that it was going ahead with the consortium that was awarded the LNG import...
EAC says this month broke all records for May energy consumption
The electricity authority (EAC) said on Tuesday that May this year broke the record for energy consumption due to this week’s heatwave. According to deputy...
Coronavirus: EAC customer service offices closed, online payments only
Electricity Authority (EAC) customer service centres will remain closed to the public until April 16. According to the EAC, consumers will be served either electronically...
Cyprus among EU countries with most unable to pay bills on time
With 12.2 per cent of people unable to pay their utility bills on time, Cyprus is among the EU countries with the highest amount of...
RES rates paid to producers of electricity ‘biggest scandal of our time’
State-aid Commissioner Theophanis Theophanous on Thursday dubbed the “biggest scandal of our time” an affair relating to the rates paid to producers of electricity from renewable...
Unsettled weather to clear up by weekend (Updated)
Hailstorms, heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected on Thursday and Friday, while temperatures are going to drop by 4C on Thursday, reaching just 22C. According...
Electricity workers in north to go on strike
Workers of the ‘electricity authority’ in the north have announced a work stoppage for Wednesday and an indefinite strike for Friday in protest over reported...
Nicosia power cuts
A number of villages in the Nicosia district were left without power on Monday afternoon due to bad weather. According to the electricity authority (EAC)...
Power outage affects several parts of Strovolos
Several areas in Strovolos are without electricity due to damage to an electricity authority (EAC) cable. Efforts are underway to temporarily provide power to affected...
Highest electricity price rise in EU
Cyprus registered the highest increase in household electricity prices in the EU between the second half of 2017 and the second half of 2018, Eurostat...
Anger at the House as liberalised electricity market delayed again
The opening up of the energy market has once more been pushed back, this time to December 2021 – and that’s under the best-case scenario...
Greece ‘jeopardising’ project to end Cyprus energy isolation
Nicosia-based EuroAsia Interconnector has urged Athens to re-engage in discussions on a joint EU-funded project to connect the power grids of Israel-Cyprus-Crete and mainland Greece...
Euroasia Interconnector ‘very important’ for Cyprus, spokesman says
The issue of the EuroAsia Interconnector is not closed and negotiations are continuing, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou was quoted as saying on Sunday. In a...
Private power plant marks ‘new era for energy sector’
THE operation of the first power plant by a private initiative will mark the beginning of a new era in the energy sector and contribute to significantly...
