Joint workshop on Enhancing efficiency and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation presentation - Kisvárdai Gábor, Aggregation of utilities in Hungary

1. 1
Aggregation of utilities
in Hungary
Gabor Kisvardai
Head of Secretariat
Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority
16 June 2021

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Size
93 030 km²
Local
governments
3 155
Population
9,78 million
Service Providers
33 municipal
5 state owned
2 private
Information
about Hungary
Introduction

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1950 1962 1989 2010 2012 2013 2018
Number of Service Providers from 1950

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THEN
 Chaos in tariffs and tariff setting
methods (lack of uniform
principles)
 Lack of development (aging of
infrastructure)
 Cross-financing
 Lack of responsible management
 Lack of regulation and supervision
 Ownership issues
 Frozen tariffs and central price
regulation
 The implementation of the WFD
 Lack of development (aging of
infrastructure)
 Prohibition of cross-financing
 Obligation of licences for operation
 Setting up a regulatory agency
 Settled ownership issues
NOW
Water sector reform

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The result of aggregation
2011 2021

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Gabor Kisvardai
kisvardaig@mekh.hu
www.mekh.hu/en