The Republika Srpska National Assembly has approved a new law on electricity transposing the EU’s Third Energy Package and paving the way for market liberalization.
The law envisages the unbundling, the reorganization of state-owned Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), introduces the status of a protected consumer, the possibility of establishing energy cooperatives, and standards for the development of e-mobility.
The new law is in line with the international commitments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Srpska under the Energy Community Treaty. The essence of the new regulation is the liberalization of the electricity market, according to the Ministry of Energy and Mining.
