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15:55, 10.02.2022

Gov't adopts memorandum to support large energy consumers

The Government approved on Thursday, at the proposal of the Ministry of Energy, the Memorandum regarding the initiation of a state aid scheme to support companies in sectors and sub-sectors exposed to a significant…




15:30, 08.02.2022

Senate President: Price capping would promptly trigger shortages, Romania is not headed in this direction

Liberal Senate leader Florin Citu said today that price capping would immediately result in shortages, as no producer would be willing to invest in an industry with price controls, but that Romania is not moving…




13:40, 28.01.2022

Energy suppliers will have losses since drawing up bills (AFEER)

Energy suppliers will have losses once they start drawing up the bills, because the price established through the new bill compensating ordinance is smaller than the company's costs, according to a press release…




17:36, 25.01.2022

Chiritoiu: Let's not go back to that stupid system in which we subsidize all consumers, pretend energy is cheap

Support measures for energy consumers should be aimed only at the vulnerable ones, and not return to that stupid system when everyone was supported and we pretended that energy was cheap, the Competition Council's…




15:50, 25.01.2022

Energy regulator: If we regulate energy price, Romania will be directly convicted at European Court of Justice

A new regulation of the energy and gas price would mean a violation of European legislation and would lead to a direct conviction of Romania at the European Court of Justice, said on Tuesday, Claudiu Dumbraveanu,…




19:10, 23.01.2022

Energy Minister informs EC of Romanian authorities' plans to step up support to final consumers

Energy Minister Virgil Popescu, attending on Saturday an informal meeting of the EU Energy and Environment Ministers in Amiens - France, informed the European Commission about the Romanian authorities' plans to…




18:35, 17.01.2022

PNL to propose household consumer to return to regulated price for energy

The Senate president and leader of PNL (National Liberal Party) Florin Citu declared on Monday, before the governing coalition session, that PNL is proposing that the household consumers, for a determined period,…




12:10, 15.01.2022

Ce conține pâinea noastră cea de toate zilele

Asociația InfoCons – Organizație pentru Protecția Consumatorilor membra cu drepturi depline in Consumers International, a realizat un studiu pe baza produselor tip pâine ce se regăsesc pe piața din România. 50…




13:50, 14.01.2022

Competition Council contemplates overcharging energy suppliers, directing money to vulnerable consumers

The Competition Council has the high electricity and gas prices under scrutiny to see whether they are correct and if overcharging the suppliers would be necessary to offset the bills of vulnerable consumers, Competition…




13:11, 12.01.2022

Parakletos Association advises consumers to challenge excessive energy bills, not wait for state's intervention

Consumers who consider that they are charged too much for gas and electricity should challenge the bills at the National Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC), the Competition Council or in court and shouldn't wait…




12:40, 12.01.2022

Energy providers must give clear explanations to consumers regarding value of bill

Final consumers who have questions regarding the value of the bill must first address the provider, who must offer clear explanations, and then, if the answers are unsatisfactory, they can submit complaints with…




15:55, 11.01.2022

PM Ciuca: As of April 1, household electricity consumers will benefit from new protection scheme

Household consumers with a monthly consumption of up to 300 Kw/hour will benefit from a new protection scheme starting April 1, PM Nicolae Ciuca announced on Tuesday, Agerpres reports. "As of April 1, household…




10:35, 08.12.2021

Large energy consumers receive aid of 130 mln euros from state for paying bills

The Ministry of Energy paid over 130 million euros to large energy consumers, an amount related to last year's state aid scheme for paying bills, according to a ministry's release issued on Wednesday for AGERPRES.…




13:20, 24.11.2021

Energy Ministry's Dragan: We hope emergency ordinance on quantitative compensation be adopted in first Gov't meetings

Quantitative compensation is highly anticipated by all consumers in the market, as the installed capacity for prosumers is increased in that bill, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Energy Dan Dragos Dragan…




17:35, 29.10.2021

Consumers' Protection watchdog proposes a 6-month shut down of two Cora stores in Bucharest

The National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC) has proposed the closure of two Bucharest-based Cora stores, namely Cora Pantelimon and Cora Alexandria for a maximum 6-month period, following the finding…




19:20, 18.10.2021

GEO No. 118/2021, modified; higher subsidies for household consumers to cover energy bills

The Senate adopted on Monday, in plenary sitting, with modifications, Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO) No. 118/2021, which increases the subsidies for the household consumers to help them cover the price of…




17:20, 04.10.2021

Chiritoiu: European Commission to announce on Tuesday recommendations to support energy consumers

The European Commission will announce on Tuesday the recommendations for measures that member countries can take to reduce the impact of rising energy and gas prices on the population, Bogdan Chiritoiu, president…




19:15, 16.09.2021

Necessity of protecting vulnerable consumers and economy, expressed by Pres. Iohannis at meeting with OMV Group

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed, on Thursday, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, the delegation of the OMV Group, led by Alfred Stern, the new CEO of the group. "Against the backdrop of the current situation…




09:00, 16.09.2021

Nagy-Bege (ANRE): Gov't's measures cover almost all electricity consumers, half natural gas consumers

The mechanism for compensating household energy bills announced by the government covers almost all electricity consumers nationwide and over half of the natural gas consumers, the vice-president of the National…




17:46, 14.09.2021

PM Citu, ENEL representatives discuss about investments in renewable energy generation, grid and digitalization

Prime Minister Florin Citu met on Tuesday with representatives of the Enel Group, and the talks focused, among other things, on investments in renewable energy generation, grid and digitalization. "Green energy…




16:00, 09.09.2021

PSD announces negotiations for parliamentary majority to cap energy, gas prices for one year

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) announces that it will start political negotiations for the support in Parliament of a bill on the capping, at a sustainable level for consumers, of energy and gas prices for a…




19:30, 07.09.2021

Chamber passes bill on vulnerable consumers to apply from November 1

On Tuesday, the Chamber of Deputies passed, as a decision-making body, a bill on vulnerable consumers establishing that the law will apply from November 1, 2021. There were 281 ayes to no noes and one abstention,…




14:15, 26.08.2021

Labor Minister Raluca Turcan: We want to increase number of consumers to receive support for paying energy bills

The government is seeking to amend the current draft Law on vulnerable consumers so that more than 427,000 households, as provided for so far, can benefit from support in paying the bill, Labor Minister Raluca…




13:45, 19.08.2021

Energy Minister: Vulnerable consumers will receive aid to pay their invoices

Vulnerable consumers will receive aid starting this autumn to pay for their energy and gas invoices, if law allowing the allocation of these aids is approved by Parliament in September, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu…




16:26, 09.08.2021

PSD: Governing coalition must quickly regulate protection of vulnerable consumer

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) returned on Monday with the request that the governing coalition parties "urgently" adopt a solution for the protection of vulnerable consumers, given the "galloping" rise in energy…




12:36, 28.06.2021

ANRE: Over half of energy consumers, on competitive market; for others, price rises by 3-13pct

There are over half of the household electricity consumers on the competitive market at the end of June, and for the other consumers the active energy prices will go up by 3-13%, as of July 1, Zoltan Nagy-Bege…




12:36, 07.05.2021

Energy consumers that remain without supplier in May will be designated to Tinmar Energy

The National Authority for Energy Regulation (ANRE) designated Tinmar Energy as provider of last instance in May for end clients that do not have electrical energy ensured from any other source, according to a…




14:25, 04.05.2021

Study: Pandemic postponed consumers’ plans to purchase a new car

The Global Automotive Consumer Study conducted by Deloitte showed that most European customers maintained their previous intention to buy a new car compared to Asian countries that postponed their purchase plan…




11:31, 20.04.2021

ANRE is granted consent to set out database for all energy and gas consumers

The National Energy Regulator (ANRE) received consent from the the Authority for the Digitalization of Romania to implementing a platform that will contain a database with all the electricity and gas consumers…




16:36, 31.03.2021

Trimestrial reference index for loans granted to consumers goes down to 1.67% per year

The reference index for consumer loans, regulated by OUG 19/2019 is of 1.67% per year, being calculated as an arithmetic average of daily interest loans of inter-banking transactions of the 4th trimester of 2020,…