USR parliamentarians Cristina Prună and Remus Negoi submitted a legislative initiative for the exemption from the payment of green certificates and the extension of quantitative compensation to electricity prosumers, according to a press release. The initiative comes in the context in which prosumers currently pay the tax for green certificates even if they inject more energy into the grid than they consume during the year.

The state currently applies green certificates to all energy consumers, and the money from this tax goes to renewable energy producers.

“It is absurd for prosumers, who in turn produce green energy, to pay a subsidy to other renewable energy producers through green certificates.

“At the beginning of 2023 there were more than 40,000 prosumers, and cumulatively they had an installed power in energy production capacities of about 400 MW. This means more than what the Romanian state has done in over 10 years. However, the legislation in force requires them to continue paying the tax for green certificates related to the energy consumed. So, even though a prosumer generates more energy than it consumes, it still pays a subsidy for renewable energy (green certificates) despite producing 100% green energy. With this legislative initiative, we are coming to the support of tens of thousands of Romanians who have invested in good faith to become energy independent,” said the USR deputy Cristina Prună.

At the same time, prosumers receive in exchange for the electricity injected into the network the price they pay for the electricity consumed. This can be to the disadvantage of prosumers, because the evolution of the electricity market is not followed.

“Energy consumers receive the same price for the energy injected into the network as for the energy consumed. Whereas a prosumer produces more than it consumes, the energy supplier will have no interest in offering it the market price. Through this initiative, tens of thousands of consumers will receive the price on the OPCOM exchange for the surplus energy delivered to the network. Considering the problems generated by the secondary legislation in the application of quantitative compensation, this draft law comes in support of the prosumers,” said USR Senator Remus Negoi.