Elektroprivreda BiH asks businesses to pay 29% more for electricity in 2027

Elektroprivreda of Bosnia and Herzegovina (EPBiH) has sent companies new contracts under which the electricity price for industrial customers would rise by 29% in 2027, the BiznisInfo and 6yka portals reported on 5 November, citing unofficial confirmation obtained by the daily Avaz. Firms have 15 days to sign and return the contracts.

Employers react. The offer has upset businesses, which want to seek talks with the Government of the Federation of BiH, the majority owner of the public company. Negotiations would be conducted through the FBiH Chamber of Commerce and the FBiH Employers' Association. According to BiznisInfo, an increase of almost a third would weigh especially on firms for which electricity is a large share of production costs and could reduce exporters' competitiveness.

The figures. Industrial customers buy energy on the market, and the price is set by contract with the supplier. The FBiH Government capped increases at no more than 20% a year in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and for long-standing EPBiH customers on market supply the 2025 increase was limited to 10%. According to the BiH Agency for Statistics, cited by BiznisInfo, medium-sized business customers paid 7.7% more in the first half of 2026 than a year earlier; the average price for firms with annual consumption between 500 and 2,000 MWh was 23.19 KM per 100 kWh, excluding VAT.

Republika Srpska too. On 4 November, the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Republika Srpska, Goran Račić, told Nezavisne novine that electricity accounts for 5–9% of costs for firms in the wood and metal industries and 12–18% for some companies in the chemical industry. The chamber is seeking talks with Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske on freezing the price for businesses; these have not yet taken place.

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