The capping of energy prices was excessive and allowed some to earn a lot of money, possibly legal, but immoral, unjustified from the point of view of opportunity, which is why the capping should not continue, said the president of the Competition Council, Bogdan Chirițoiu, at a specialized conference.

“We (the Competition Council, editor’s note) have never been fans of the cap. I think it was excessive (…) We introduced it early – and it was good that we introduced it. But, at the same time, the fact that it was capped for everyone, I think was excessive – and there were also certain problems in the market, which allowed some to earn a lot of money, possibly legally. We are also looking into whether the law was somehow violated during that period, but from the way the scheme was designed, there were possibilities for legal, but immoral, unjustified gains from the point of view of opportunity. So, I don’t think it should continue,” said Bogdan Chirițoiu, according to Agerpres.

According to him, large energy-consuming companies also need support, not just the vulnerable population.

“I understand that the minister says that a plan is being worked on to protect the vulnerable population, which is absolutely natural. I am glad that the minister also said that a plan is being worked on for companies that are large energy consumers. Because here it seems to me that we did not think things through very well. We went with the idea that we protect the population, we protect those who consume less, so we suspect that they are poorer – and we did the same thing with companies, which with companies, the logic is different, so you have to protect those who consume a lot, not those who consume little. So, here I think that things were not very well thought out. I hope that we will have measures for companies that consume a lot of energy and electricity and gas”, added Bogdan Chirițoiu.