The Romanian government is ordered by the court, for the first time, to pay an energy supplier the amounts it has owed for a year as compensation for supporting the capped price scheme, after the Ministry of Energy lost a lawsuit with PPC Energie, writes e-nergia.ro.

The court’s conclusion states that the court “admits the request. It obliges the debtor, the Ministry of Energy, to pay the creditor, within 10 days of notification, the amount of 2,399,055.03 lei, as compensation. It obliges the debtor, the Ministry of Energy, to pay the creditor, the amount of 200 lei, as legal expenses. With a request for annulment within 10 days of notification. The request for annulment is filed with the Bucharest Court, Section VI Civil”.

This is the decision of the Bucharest Court of Justice given on January 28, in a lawsuit in which PPC Energie, one of the major electricity suppliers, sued the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Finance, according to the court portal.

The supplier won in court against the Ministry of Energy under the conditions that the amount was among those approved for payment, therefore recognized as an obligation on the part of the state (the Ministry of Energy pays compensation to suppliers for the consumption of non-household customers) but not honored.

The Association of Suppliers (AFEER) announced a few days ago that the total state debts (the Ministry of Labor, for households, and that of Energy, for non-households) are 8-9 billion lei, including from November 2023.