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ACUE: Eliminating the gas cap is inevitable

Energy distributors support the elimination, from April 1, 2026, of the price cap on natural gas, but point out that, in order to reduce the impact of undesirable developments on the wholesale market, solutions must be found to protect consumers,...

Natural gas bill to increase by 5% from April 1, 2026

The natural gas bill will increase by 5% for the final consumer starting April 1, 2026, after the capping scheme ends on March 31, announced Laurenţiu Urluescu, president of the Romanian Energy Suppliers Association (AFEER), yesterday during an...

Special pension reform - blocked by the CCR

Austerity and reforms

The end of the summer calendar recorded a tense economic and political reality in our country, in which the governing coalition was forced to combine financial stability measures with attempts to restore confidence in the population and external...

The electricity bill is blinding. Illustration by MAKE

Factura la curent îþi stinge lumina ochilor. Ilustraþie de MAKE

With the return of the electricity market in our country to free market status, with the termination of the cap-compensation scheme on July 1, consumers will directly feel the market variations, and for many of them, the energy bill could become...

The battle for Cotroceni against the backdrop of the crisis: deficit of 2.3% of GDP and the threat of a "junk" rating

Romania's entry with land borders into the Schengen area, one of the most important diplomatic achievements of the beginning of the year, was quickly overshadowed by a series of events that strained the country's political, social and...

Bogdan Chiriţoiu said: "The energy market must be able to function normally, without capping. Energy prices are now stabilized compared to those existing a year and a half ago, and under these conditions, the Government should withdraw the exceptional measures from the market. However, I believe that we must look carefully at vulnerable consumers, to determine exactly who they are, but also at the industry, its needs, at energy-hungry companies, whose activity may be negatively impacted by the lifting of the cap, companies that could lose their competitiveness due to the abandonment of this exceptional measure".

Chiriţoiu: "The takeover of E.On Romania assets by the hungarian company MVM will end up on the table of the CSAT"

The transaction through which the Hungarian company MVM wants to take over the assets of E.On in our country will end up on the table of the Supreme Council for National Defense, said Bogdan Chiriţoiu, president of the Competition Council,...

AFEER: "The extension of the price cap will lead to the collapse of the energy system"

The Association of Electricity and Gas Suppliers of Romania (AFEER) calls on the authorities to respect the legal deadline for the liberalization of the electricity market, stability for April 1, 2025, warning that any extension of the price cap...

"The final consumer's bill will be indirectly affected by the introduction of the pillar tax"

Reporter: How did 2024 end for energy suppliers, and what are the prospects for 2025?

Bad news for household consumers: gas bill to increase from January 1, 2025

The Association of Electricity and Gas Suppliers in Romania (AFEER) draws attention to a 10% increase in natural gas bills for household consumers, starting January 1, 2025, if Parliament does not quickly adopt a legislative amendment. The gas...

Balancing market prices, totally out of control

Due to the existence of an oligopoly in the energy balancing market, which imposes ever higher prices, a significant part of the energy suppliers could close their doors in the next three months, if the Government, the Ministry of Energy or the...

Social convulsions, deficit over 2% of GDP, decision in the Roşia Montana case, air and maritime Schengen

Social convulsions have been a constant in the first three months of the current year, with a peak in January, when almost half of the country's major cities were blocked by farmers' and transporters' protests, which lasted for three...

Roşia Montană - miraculous win; air and maritime Schengen; Iohannis wants the head of NATO

Political decision-makers in Bucharest continued in the last month of the first quarter of the current year to adopt decisions regarding the extension of some price capping measures and to dilute the provisions of Law 296/2023 and GEO 115/2023...

March in numbers

• March 1

The eighth edition of the annual conference of AFEER, an event that this year was held under the title "Preparations for a competitive energy market".

The suppliers expect the increase in the settlement terms of the state regarding the compensation of energy facts

The delays regarding the payment by the state of compensation for energy facts could increase significantly after the Government's approval of the draft normative act that will amend GEO 27/2022 through which the capping-compensation...