National Statistical Institute

'Environmental and Energy Accounts' Department

Antonia Parvanova - Oil and petroleum products

Irina Dencheva - Electricity and heat

Iveta Minkova - Natural gas

Luba Yaneva - Renewables and wastes

Daniela Koleva - Solid fossil fuels

State expert

Chief Expert

State Expert

State Expert

Chief Expert

2 P. Volov street, 1038 Sofia

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

dkoleva@nsi.bg

+359 2 9857 589

+359 2 9857 625

+359 2 9857 191

+359 2 9857 621

+359 2 9857 590

The Overall energy balance sheet presents data on resources, transformation and final consumption of all forms of energy. Includes detailed indicators for fuels used and produced fuels/energy from transformation processes: in power plants, heat plants, petroleum refineries, coal briquetting plants, etc. Final consumption of energy products is divided by: non-energy and energy consumption, as energy consumption is presented by economic activity groups (according to the used by Eurostat structure), which ensure international comparison of data.

• National Classification of Economic Activities (NCEA-2003, for international use NACE.BG-2003) is valid от 2007
• Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008) in force as of 2008
• Nomenclature of energy products as part of Nomenclature of Industrial Production (PRODCOM.BG) is valid to 2007
• Nomenclature of energy products (PRODENERGY) in force as of 2008.

Includes data from all producers, importers and exporters, and consumers of primary and transformed energy products of all economic activities in accordance with the Regulation (ЕО) № 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics.

Overall energy balance is an aggregated table of the balances of all fuels and energies, presented by groups:

• Solid fossil fuels
• Oil and petroleum products
• Natural gas
• Renewables and biofuels
• Non-renewable waste
• Nuclear energy
• Heat
• Electricity.

Overall energy balance is presented by three blocks, including certain sets of indicators:

• Primary energy
• Transformed energy
• Final energy consumption.

For the eight surveys, used to collect data for the preparation of the Energy Balances, and respectively of the Overall Energy Balance, the statistical unit is enterprise.

All economic entities that produce, import and/ or export, store and consume energy products.

For the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Since 2001.

Not applicable.

Common unit of measurement used for the Overall energy balance is thousand tons of oil equivalent.

Year.

Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics and its amendments (consolidated version): 

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02008R1099-20200105&from=EN

Data are provided to Eurostat, the International Energy Agency and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

• Law on Statistics
• Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:EN:PDF

According Art. 25 of the Law on Statistics individual data are not published (they are suppressed). Dissemination of individual data is possible only according to Art. 26 of the Law on Statistics.

Overall Energy Balance is published on 30 November of the year following the reporting year.

Calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Overall energy balance is published on the NSI website, in rubric 'Energy' in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

Annual

Not applicable.

• Electronic publication 'Energy balance sheets'
• Statistical Yearbook
• Statistical Reference Book
• 'Bulgaria' (brochure).

Overall energy balance is available to all users of the NSI website under the section 'Environment and energy', rubric 'Energy' - Overall energy balance sheet: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5055, as well as in Information system for statistical information online requests 'INFOSTAT', section 'Environment and energy', rubric 'Energy' - Overall energy balance sheet: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/external/login.jsf

Not applicable.

Information service upon request according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services.

Annexes A and B of the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics and its amendments. 

Quality report for the data from the statistical surveys, conducted in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EC) № 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics and its amendments - prepared on every 5 years.

Data from all surveys are validated and corrected by the NSI in case of established inaccuracies.

Following the reporting of the data, Eurostat and the International Energy Agency carry out data validation procedures, after which, if necessary, the NSI sends additional clarifications related to the reported data, or make corrections in case of an error.

Aggregated information in the Overall energy balances by groups of energy products is comparable with the information prepared by the other member states as it is produced according to a unified methodology.

Information is used for analytical, forecasting and managing needs by Ministries and other organizations, companies and citizens.

No user satisfaction survey was conducted.

Data fully meet the requirements of the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics in terms of the observed indicators, scope of energy products and structure of consumption.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Data from respondents for preparation of the Overall energy balance is collected six months after the reporting year. Analysis, verification, processing and preparation of the Energy balances and Overall energy balance are carried untill the end of November following the reporting year.

Data are published on the dates indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys of the NSI.

Data are comparable with the data of the EU Member States for the entire period - from 2001.

Data are geographically comparable for the entire period for which they are available - from 2001.

Data are comparable over time for the entire period for which they are available - from 2001.

Partial coordination with the annual data in the field of Environmental statistics.

Data for the indicators Import (Entries), Exports (Exits) and Marine bunkering are consistent with the data of External Trade in Goods Statistics for the respective year, except in cases where methodological differences between the two areas exist.

For certain indicators and energy products, consistency of data is sought between the individual surveys in the field of Energy Statistics.

Costs related to the collection and production of statistical data are announced annually in the National Statistical Program.

No specific studies on the burden of the respondents.

No established official policy for data revision.

Revision is made as a result of changes in the used classifications, methodologies, or when establishing incorrect data - omissions or inaccuracies in the data presented by the respondents.

Main data sources for the compilation of Overall energy balance are statistical surveys for energy products (included in the National Statistical Programme), collecting data  by producers, importers and exporters, and consumers, as well as information from administrative sources.

Annual

Information is collected by conducting statistical surveys on energy products online or through electronic forms:

• Consumption of fuel and energy - online by “Business Statistics” Information System
• Production and sales of energy products - online by “Business Statistics” Information System
• Balance of energy transformation processes - by email
• Electricity and heat generation - by email
• Supply of liquid biofuels - by email
• Characteristics of solar collectors - by email
• Statistics on nuclear energy - by email
• Electricity, heat, natural gas, lubricants supplied to end-users - by email.

A comparative analysis of the data from respondents is made with the data from other statistical surveys, with administrative data and with data from previous periods. Validated primary data are used for construction and preparation of 50 balances of energy products that have production and consumption in the country. Each energy product has its own specificity and reporting methodology, so the data analysis is done for each energy balance individually for all indicators.

Statistical difference between resource and consumption of every balance should be reduced below 5 %.

The validated (ready) Energy balances in natural units of measurement are recalculated in energy measure Terajoule. For thе purpose, calorific value of each energy product is used, and for some indicators - the weighted average calorific value. Data obtained in Terajoules is multiplied by the conversion factor for recalculation to a common energy unit of measurement thousand tons of oil equivalent - 0.023885, which allows comparability between different product groups.

Not applicable.