Supreme Court rules Consumer Protection Court rulings on energy certificates are appealable decisions, not mere procedural orders.

The Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding whether rulings by the Consumer Protection Court on energy certificates constitute final decisions subject to appeal. The dispute arose when the President of the Energy Regulatory Office refused to issue a certificate, leading to a challenge by the court. The Court held that such rulings resolve the substantive merits of the dispute between the energy company and the regulator, thereby terminating the proceedings and qualifying as appealable judgments under the two-instance principle.