Natural gas producers will be obliged to sell at a price set by the Government the quantities of gas resulting from the current domestic production activity to suppliers of domestic customers and of the heat producers or directly to them, according to the draft Ordinance on measures applicable to final customers in the electricity and natural gas market between April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023.

“Between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023, natural gas producers carrying out both onshore and/ or offshore extraction activities, regardless of the date of commencement of this activity, and natural gas sales activities, have the obligation to sell at the price of 150 lei/MWh the necessary quantities of natural gas resulting from the current domestic production activity, to the domestic customers’ suppliers in order to ensure, between April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023, the consumption needs of the domestic customers from the current production and underground storage depots of natural gas established according to Annex no. 5,” is specified in the draft normative act published on the website of the Ministry of Energy.

For the sale of natural gas to the gas suppliers of the thermal energy producers or directly to the thermal energy producers, the established price is of 250 lei/MWh, according to Agerpres.

The draft normative act provides for the capping of final prices billed for electricity for vulnerable household customers or those who may find themselves in a situation of energy poverty, on two tranches of consumption, based on average monthly consumption in 2021, and of final prices at natural gases.