The electricity and natural gas distribution companies, as well as the two operators of the national transmission systems received from ANRE a postponement of the deadlines for carrying out the mandatory investments assumed, amid the effects of the pandemic.

All operators are obliged to achieve at least 95% of the investments assumed by the plans sent to ANRE, under penalty of fines, but the Authority has developed two draft orders extending the deadlines, according to e-nergia.ro.

Thus, for the operators in the electricity sector, “the term for recovering unrealized investments is 12 months for investments planned in 2019, 10 months for investments planned in 2020 and 6 months for investments planned starting with 2021,” according to the new draft order. In the old form, the recovery period was of eight months for investments related to 2019 and not made on time and six months for those to be assumed starting from 2020.

For the operators in the natural gas sector, “the term for recovering unrealized investments is 12 months for the investments planned in 2019, 10 months for the investments planned in 2020 and 6 months for the investments planned starting with 2021.”