Prices can be divided into: gas prices and service prices (non-standard services related to gas distribution and non-standard services related to gas supply, in accordance with the regulatory periods to which they apply)
Gas prices
The final price of gas (the one at which we calculate the cost of gas sold to end customers) consists of several components, i.e. the prices of individual gas system activities. Some of these activities, due to their monopoly and/or public significance (transport, storage, distribution, supply to households under public service obligation), should be carried out according to the principles of providing public services, so the prices of their services must be regulated in order to protect the public interest and prevent the monopoly of the energy company. The prices of the energy services for which there is competition on the market (e.g. procurement and supply of customers in the business category) can be freely formed and negotiated with end customers. Accordingly, the final price of gas is a greater or lesser combination of regulated and free prices.
Regulated prices for public services are called tariffs. Since the tariff is a complex price, for the purpose of applying it objectively (in terms of quantity and conditions of consumption) it is broken down into tariff items. Tariffs or tariff items are calculated by energy companies in accordance with prescribed methodologies, and are approved by the Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (HERA).
Due to disruptions in the domestic energy market, the Croatian Government has adopted the Regulation on Elimination of Disturbances in the Domestic Energy Market (OG 31/23, 74/23, 107/23, 122/23, 32/24 and 104/24). The regulation establishes special measures for the supply of natural gas, the method and conditions for forming prices for certain categories of natural gas customers, supervision over the application of prices and special conditions for performing energy activities. The special measures are temporary and are prescribed for the period from 01/10/2022 to 31/03/2025.
