The total value of planned investments in the Development Plan of the Power Transmission Grid is estimated at 5 billion lei. The mentioned value does not include the connection investments of new users at the Power Transmission Grid, the funding of these investments will be done by connection fee paid by the connected user.

Transelectrica intends to use a balanced and adequate mix for funding the planned investments, taking into consideration “all the options and tools offered both by the financial market and by grant programs managed by European Union”.

The Development Plan of the Power Transmission Grid for 2016-2025 will be available on the website www.transelectrica.ro at Power Transmission Grid Management.

Through the Development Plan of the Power Transmission Grid for the period 2016-2025, the following priority paths in making investments have been established:

• the extension of the Power Transmission Grid by building new lines and by refurbishment of existing stations;
• the growth of the interconnection capacity, the growth of the transmission capacity between the Est (Dobrogea) and the rest of interconnected National Power System;
• the safety of consumption supply in poor areas and the refurbishment of the existing stations.

Thus, at the end of the year 2025, “Transelectrica will manage an equipment park, updated in terms of technology, with a high degree of reliability and power efficiency. The benefits will be obvious: the increase of the quality of transmission service and the decrease of the network operation cost (exploitation, maintenance and internal consumption)”, informs the company in a document delivered to Bucharest Stock Exchange.

The Power Transmission Grid’s development projects integrate in the efforts of all transmission and system operators to develop trans-European networks and to ensure their interoperability.

The projects considered of European common interest are included in the Ten Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) 2014 and “the Development Plan of the Power Transmission Grid for 2016-2025” as:

• project 138 “Black Sea Corridor” (LEA 400 Kv dc Smardan – Gutinas; LEA 400 kV dc Cernavoda – Stalpu, with an input/output circuit in Gura Ialomitei).
• project 144 “Mid Continental East Corridor” (LEA 400 Kv Resita (RO) – Pancevo (Serbia); LEA 400 Kv Portile de fier – Resita and expansion of 220/110 Kv Resita station by building new 400 kV station
• the passing at 400 Kv of LEA 220 kV dc Resita – Timisoara – Sacalaz – Arad
• the building of 400 Kv Timisoara and Sacalaz stations)