A security fund being established by the energy ministry as financial protection for electricity market players from the pandemic’s repercussions will, for the time being, be limited to covering the needs of market operators.

A wider package also including protection for suppliers, as was initially intended, will need to be examined later on as its cost, estimated anywhere between 600 million and one billion euros, is considered too substantial by authorities.

Limiting the security fund’s coverage for market operators will require an amount of between 100 and 200 million euros, it has been estimated.

The security fund’s sum promises to compensate power grid operator IPTO, distribution network operator DEDDIE/HEDNO and RES market operator DAPEEP for regulatory surcharges not expected to be received under the current conditions.

Consumer electricity bill payments, which include regulatory surcharges, are projected to fall by approximately 30 percent over the next two to three months.