The Senate adopted, on Tuesday, a draft law stipulating that Romania’s Energy Strategy and the Integrated National Plan in the field of energy and climate change for the period 2021-2030 will be adopted by the Parliament, after the approval of the Government.

The proposal for amending and supplementing the Law on electricity and natural gas no. 123/2012 in this sense was initiated by several PSD PMs.

According to the new adopted project, “The national energy strategy defines the medium and long term objectives of the electricity sector and the ways to achieve them, in order to ensure a sustainable development of the national economy. The energy strategy is developed by the relevant ministry, approved by the Government, after the consultation with non – governmental organizations, social partners and representatives of the business environment and is adopted by the Parliament, by law,” according to Agerpres.

The National Integrated Plan in the Field of Energy and Climate Change for the period 2021-2030 defines the objectives of the electricity sector on all 5 dimensions of the energy union: energy security, internal market, decarbonization, energy efficiency, research, innovation and competitiveness.