Nomad Capital Group has asked Bulgaria’s competition authority to approve its proposed acquisition of the companies that own and operate the Maritsa East 3 thermal power plant.
The notification submitted to the Commission on Protection of Competition covers ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 and ContourGlobal Operations Bulgaria. The regulator said the deal could affect Bulgaria’s electricity generation and trading markets and opened a seven-day window for comments from interested parties.
Nomad Capital Group was incorporated in Sofia in March 2026. It is wholly owned by Nomad Energy Company, a licensed Bulgarian electricity and natural gas trader.
The filing follows an agreement announced earlier in the year under which ContourGlobal would sell its 73% interest in the lignite-fired power station to the Bulgarian investor. State-controlled National Electricity Company, or NEK, owns the remaining 27%.
Competition clearance is the next formal step in the transfer of control. The authority will assess whether combining the generation asset with a company linked to an active energy trader could materially affect competition in domestic power production or wholesale trading.
