Post by Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (BFIEC)

Energy security today isn't only about keeping the gas flowing, it's about whether industry can afford to stay competitive. At Green Transition Forum 6.0 in Sofia, Bulgaria's Energy Minister Iva Petrova made a point that deserves the full attention of every energy-intensive business in this country: the most immediate risks to energy security today come less from supply disruption and more from the markets. Affordability of energy, she stressed, is now a central pillar of security itself. For our members, this is the whole conversation in one sentence. Bulgarian industry doesn't compete in a vacuum. We compete globally: for markets, for investment, for the technologies that will define the next decade. And no manufacturer can plan, invest or win contracts when the price of energy remains unpredictable. Volatile, unhedged energy costs are not a background concern for industry, they are a direct threat to output, jobs and the case for keeping production in Bulgaria at all. The Minister is right that structural diversification, built on reliable partners and interconnected infrastructure, like the Vertical Gas Corridor, is the foundation. But for industry, diversification only delivers if it translates into something measurable on the invoice: stable, predictable, affordable energy. That is the test we will keep applying. As the voice of Bulgaria's industrial energy consumers, our message to policymakers is straightforward: energy security and industrial competitiveness are the same agenda. Build the infrastructure, secure the partners and make sure affordability for the businesses that power this economy is treated as a hard objective, not an afterthought. #EnergySecurity #Industry #Competitiveness #GreenTransitionForum #Energy