Skopje, 4 October 2022 (MIA) – VMRO-DPMNE will share its contacts for procurement of cheaper energy resources to the Government, and Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi is tasked to communicate with them in order to establish if their offers meet the required criteria, said Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski after Tuesday’s meeting with VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, flanked by the Government and opposition party’s economic teams. PM Kovachevski said the Cabinet elaborated all activities undertaken by the Government towards overcoming of the energy crisis, the production of energy companies, and the procurement of coal and mazut. “We highlighted the need for sooner parliamentary approval of all laws related to the overcoming of the energy crisis, such as the law on securing a loan in the amount of EUR 100 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to support the operations of Power Plants of North Macedonia (ESM), the Law on Energy, the Law on Oil and its Derivatives, and Budget reallocations for the energy crisis management,” said Kovachevski. Discussions also focused on the transfer of primary and secondary schools onto the regulated electricity market but also health institutions. “In this regard, we also referred to the opposition’s request for inclusion of public utility enterprises on the regulated market, a demand that will be looked into by the Ministry of Economy and the Association of Local Self-Government Units,” said Kovachevski. The PM also informed that the Government decided to charge ESM with the task of performing the public service of heating energy production in Skopje after an agreement was signed with company Adora for lease of the heating plants in the capital.