ANPC establishes the Energy Command, to verify the irregularities in the bills
The National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC) establishes the Energy Command, as a result of the large number of complaints…
Gov’t asks Prosecutor’s office to investigate rising energy and gas prices
Romanian Minister of Justice, Cătălin Predoiu, sent to the General Prosecutor Gabriela Scutea on Thursday, January 13, 2022, an address…
New support scheme for the population’s energy bills, from April 1. VAT on energy drops to 5%
Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announced that, from April 1, a new support scheme will enter into force for household consumers…
MOL acquires more than 400 gas stations in Poland, sells 185 to PKN Orlen
MOL enters the Polish market by acquiring 417 LOTOS service stations nationwide for USD 610 million. Thus, MOL has the…
Nicolescu: State aid for the payment of energy bills must be given differently, economic agents must not be forgotten
Energy price increases go from 65% -70% to the state budget, directly or indirectly, and this money must be given…
ANRE: Energy suppliers are obliged to give clear explanations to consumers about the value of the bill
Final consumers who have doubts about the value of the invoice should first contact the supplier, who is obliged to…
Romgaz: Neptune Deep deal needs clarifying some issues
The signing of the sale-purchase contract for ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited shares has not yet taken place, as…
Ukraine gas transit down 25% in 2021, flows to Romania resumed at low speed
As Gazprom resumed transit towards Romania via Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, flows are still weak and reflect a poor…
Europe’s gas shortage led to a record level of US LNG exports
Extremely high demand in Europe led to a record increase in US exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in December,…
Alexandr Nikolov: Bulgaria loses money due to delays in completing gas interconnection with Greece (Euractiv Bulgaria)
Bulgaria continues to be depleted of revenue because of persistent delays in completing the gas interconnector with Greece, energy minister…
Gazprom has sued the EU for violating the Energy Charter Treaty
The European Commission strongly disputes that the EU Gas Directive infringed any provision of the Energy Charter Treaty, as Nord…
Major protests by large energy consumer unions
About 400 trade unionists from Alro Slatina, as well as from other companies in Slatina and in the country, organized…
About 75% of gas suppliers have withdrawn their offers for household consumers
Only 20 energy suppliers have more offers for household consumers, according to the price comparator of the National Energy Regulatory…
EU drafts plan to label gas and nuclear investments as green
The European Union has drawn up plans to label some natural gas and nuclear energy power plants as “transitional” or…
US becomes the world’s largest exporter of LNG
For the first time in history, the United States became the world’s largest exporter of liquefied gas last month, as…
Gas crisis is causing German utility companies to raise funds
European utility companies are rushing to raise billions of euros, a proof to the financial stress caused by record prices…
European gas price up 30% amidst limited Gazprom supply
European natural gas benchmark prices rose by more than 30% on Tuesday as limited deliveries from Russia raised concerns about…
OPEC: Global oil demand will return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022
The elected secretary general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting States said on Monday that global oil demand should…
Electricity and fuel prices have risen in January
The year 2022 brings to the Romanians an increase of the minimum wage, of the pension point and of the…
OPEC and Russia decide on Tuesday whether to increase oil supply
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia and other oil producers decide on Tuesday whether to increase their supply…
Petrobrazi Ploieşti Refinery, affected by a voltage variation
Several installations of the Petrobrazi Ploieşti refinery, owned by OMV Petrom, were stopped and restarted, due to a voltage variation…
Termoenergetica refuses to pay the increased gas bills, sues Tinmar
Bucharest Thermal Power Company Termoenergetica received on December 17 from its supplier, Tinmar Energy, a notice of disconnection of 48…
Republic of Moldova will buy Russian gas at a higher price
In January 2022, the Republic of Moldova could buy natural gas from Russia at an even higher price. The statement…