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The government supports implementation of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) but takes seriously the project’s economic viability and its impact on consumers, Energy Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday. ...

Owners of commercial solar parks on Monday took to task the leader of the Direct Democracy party Fidias Panayiotou, who claimed businesses could slash their prices by as much as 20 ...

Electricity demand is being fully met and has begun to decline in recent days as temperatures ease, according to the Cyprus Transmission System Operator (TSO). Assistant director of the TSO’...

Even though battery storage is key to bringing down electricity costs, the state is restricting the utilisation of this technology, a collective of businesses said on Monday. The Electricity Market ...

The first contracts for large-scale electricity storage batteries in Cyprus were signed on Tuesday, in an effort to reduce renewable energy cuts and increase the amount of solar power that ...

Electricity prices in the north are to increase by 22 per cent from next Monday, the Turkish Cypriot electricity authority Kib-Tek announced on Tuesday. For residential properties paying the flat-rate tariff, ...

The Electricity Authority (EAC) said on Thursday that though it can’t entirely rule out the possibility of power outages, it has taken all necessary steps to prevent such an ...

By Myrto Skouroupathi Energy poverty is defined as the inability of a household to access essential energy services, such as heating, cooling and electricity, required for a decent standard of ...

Energy Minister Michalis Damianos outlined his ministry’s 2025 achievements and priorities for 2026, while acknowledging ongoing uncertainty surrounding the delayed Vasiliko natural gas project. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, ...

Electricity prices in April are actually expected to be lower than in March, the state-run power utility said on Tuesday, although this benefit will likely be extinguished after April if ...

Electricity bills could spike by as much as 20 per cent by August if fuel prices fluctuate at $110 to $115 a barrel, the Electricity Authority (EAC) said on Thursday. The EAC held ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday announced that the government will extend the application of a reduced value added tax rate for home electricity consumption for another year. Speaking after ...

Citizens in Limassol can now pay their water and sewerage bills through local post offices and selected supermarkets, the Limassol district government (EOA) announced on Thursday. EOA Limassol president Yiannis ...

Since Cyprus launched its competitive electricity market on October 1, early activity shows households are beginning to explore new pricing options, the electricity market association said on Friday. Officials stated that ...

Many will have been surprised reading the report that Power Energy Cyprus (PEC), which is building a power station in Vassiliko, and Greece energy company Energean signed a letter of ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the media in both Greece and Cyprus to “not go overboard” with its reporting on differences of opinion between the two countries over the ...

“For the first time, citizens and businesses in Cyprus can choose their electricity supplier,” government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday, as the country opened its long-awaited competitive energy market. ...

Cyprus’ energy market will be opened up to private companies on October 1, the energy regulatory authority (Cera) confirmed on Friday. It said the move will “mark a new era in ...

Electricity tariffs will rise by three per cent from the next two-month billing period, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou confirmed on Saturday. Speaking before the the electricity authority’s scientific staff’...

The energy regulator (Cera) said on Tuesday it’s awaiting a response from the finance ministry on whether to include a tariff on electricity bills for the first €25 million that ...

The electricity authority of Cyprus (EAC) reported new incidents of an online electricity bill scam on Friday. The messages falsely claim that an electricity bill remains unpaid with the title “...

‘Smart purchases’ of fuel stocks by the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) should offset a potential coming hike in the basic electricity rate, the energy minister said on Tuesday. George ...

President of the technical chamber Etek on Thursday said that the energy minister’s concerns about the opening up of the electricity market were reasonable and justified. In a written ...

The Electricity Authority (EAC) has decided not to insist on a 7.5 per cent increase rate on electricity bills and to request that the adjustment be limited to just 3 per cent, ...