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Gas price liberalization could be delayed for at least one year

25 November 2014
Consumers
Bogdan Tudorache

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Department of Energy and the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) study the possibility of delaying with at least one year the calendar for liberalization of gas prices for companies. The Department received several requests from private companies to postpone the liberalization of prices for industrial consumers, says a press release of the institution.

“The Department of Energy has received a request to initiate an amendment of legislation from the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) also from a number of private operators to delay with at least one year the price liberalization for CHP plants that produce heat for households and to assimilate these to households, in terms of tariffs”, says the press release of the institution.

“The Department of Energy examines these requests and, in turn, asked today ANRE, the institution that monitors Romania’s gas market, additional data to demonstrate the need for postponement of liberalization. The Department of Energy considers that a partial or a total delay of liberalization for industrial consumers (including CHPs) requires prior approval from the European Commission”, the release reads.

However, the prices paid by households for domestic natural gas will remain unchanged from 1 January 2015, comparing to present levels. From 1 January 2015, the natural gas market for industrial consumers should have been liberalized 100%, which would have led to a generalized price increase in the economy.

Autor: Bogdan Tudorache

Active in the economic and business press for the past 26 years, Bogdan graduated Law and then attended intensive courses in Economics and Business English. He went up to the position of editor-in-chief since 2006 and has provided management and editorial policy for numerous economic publications dedicated especially to the community of foreign investors in Romania. From 2003 to 2013 he was active mainly in the financial-banking sector. He started freelancing for Energynomics in 2013, notable for his advanced knowledge of markets, business communities and a mature editorial style, both in Romanian and English.

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