The investments we hear about in different projects on the production side will prove effective if they can reach the customer in the most efficient way possible, supporting the transformation we need in the industrial and economic side, said Daniela Dărăban, executive director of the Federation of Associations of Energy Utility Companies (ACUE), during a specialized conference.

“We, in order to be able to capitalize on this money that we intend to invest in the production side, to be able to capitalize on this potential that is always being talked about, which must be felt at the end of the line by the domestic, non- domestically, we must be coherent in the decision-making chain. And, then, the limits of the regulatory framework must be established in accordance with Romania’s desire to achieve certain targets in 2030-2035,” said Daniela Dărăban, according to Agerpres.

The executive director of ACUE referred to “all those billions of investments that we hear about on different projects in the production side”.

In her opinion, there is a lack of analysis, collaboration and coordination between institutions.

“There is a need for collaboration between institutions, coordination between projects. It is a European directive that must be implemented by Romania as well, which will bring 5-6 billion euros of available funds, a very large part of which can go to vulnerable clients. (. ..) The institutions must sit at the table, inform each other about the programs they each have and coordinate. At the moment, from my point of view, what we see as objectives in the Energy Strategy, in the National Integrated Plan in the field of Energy and Climate Change (PNIESC), the revised version, is not supported by the regulatory framework on the part of attracting investments, ensuring the necessary investments until 2030. I am not saying that distribution operators will not make investments, I am only saying that they will be made within the limits established by the regulatory framework,” Dărăban added.