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The 10 Percent Trap: Why Supreme Court Rulings Shook Up the Energy Market

News 01.06.2026 14:45

The public procurement market of electricity for budgetary institutions has found itself in the tight grip of strict judicial practice. Resonant rulings by the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court have conclusively restricted the ability to raise contract prices, capping increases at a hard limit of 10%. Whether this scenario could have been predicted, why the gas market experience proved prophetic for the power sector, and what legal formula-based tools remain available to suppliers today—we break it all down in this article.