International University of Travnik , Travnik , Bosnia and Herzegovina
As we move towards the end of this year 2022, it can be freely concluded that not only has not been found a permanent and fixed solution to prevent and mitigate the energy crisis, but also that it is experiencing its culmination in the last quarter of the year. The government of the Republic of North Macedonia, in addition to last year's attempts to deal with the emerging crisis situation, also in the second half of this year undertook a series of measures to alleviate the energy crisis and the caused price shock of food products. The effectiveness of the undertaken and planned state measures is still the subject of polemics and discussions among experts.Even though the measures do not apply equally to all consumers of electricity, as well as the fact that there were negative effects from the adopted measures which were obviously not planned, and which are being remedied by the Government in a very hasty manner, using the crisis situation and the government's broad powers and competences provided through it.The state, trying to make the crisis felt as little as possible by households and small consumers, although it promised, still failed to find a way to take care of consumers who independently participate in the market and who are supplied by suppliers and traders on the free market of electric energy.The subject of analysis of this paper is the effectiveness of measures to subsidize the price of electricity for households and small consumers and the inconsistencies that have arisen during their implementation, which caused the adoption of a debatable Decision by the Government aimed at large consumers and preventing their transfer to the regulated electricity market.
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