February has so far been a good month for the industrial sector as, following Brussels’ approval of a remuneration mechanism worth 1.36 billion euros as compensation for a carbon tax, the first wave of green-energy power purchase agreements (PPAs), which promise to reduce energy costs for industrial producers, are not far away.

A legislative revision exempting green-energy bilateral agreements from a wholesale market cap is now on the final stretch. This exemption will pave the way for PPAs promising industrial players fixed energy costs over long-term periods.

The legislative revision’s final shape is just about ready, while its ratification in parliament is expected within the next few weeks, energypress sources have informed.

For quite some time now, power utility PPC has been involved in PPA talks with metal manufacturer Viohalco and building materials producer TITAN, the country’s two most energy-intensive industries.

However, these negotiations have been held back by the need for the legislative revision exempting energy producers from the wholesale market price cap for supply of PPA-related electricity quantities to energy-intensive customers.