Romania will have a surplus of 1 bln. cm of natural gas for next winter
Romania will have a surplus of one billion cubic meters of natural gas next winter, which will come from the…
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Călin Meteș (Franklin Templeton): Hidroelectrica could be listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange this year
Călin Meteș, Deputy General Manager for Investments, Franklin Templeton Bucharest and Deputy Portfolio Manager Fondul Proprietatea, stated during the ZF…
AUR calls for immediate dismissal of Energy Minister Virgil Popescu over energy prices
The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) demands the “immediate” dismissal of the Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, for…
Ministry of Energy wants 50% of the gas price to be offset from the state budget
Ministry of Energy wants to increase the level of gas price compensation from 33% to 50% or more and is…
Pro Consumers Association requests the dismissal of the Minister of Energy
Pro Consumers Association (APC) is asking Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca to dismiss Virgil Popescu, the Minister of Energy, on the…
Major protests by large energy consumer unions
About 400 trade unionists from Alro Slatina, as well as from other companies in Slatina and in the country, organized…
Energy minister to ask ANPC to investigate the application of the cap law
The Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, announced that on Thursday he will ask the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC)…
Minister of Energy: I will support the resumption of production at Alro Slatina
On Thursday, the Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, informed the trade unionists from Alro Slatina that he will support the…
Minister of Energy: The first company fined by ANPC for not compensating consumers’ bills
The Gaz Vest supplier from Bihor did not compensate the bill for consumers and was fined 50,000 lei (10,000 euro)…
2021: The energy price has increased 10 times
The year 2021 brought unprecedented records on the energy market, with prices more than 10 times higher than last year…
Minister of Energy: Restructuring plan for Oltenia Energy Complex could be approved in January
The restructuring plan for the Oltenia Energy Complex is expected to be approved by the European Commission in January 2022,…
European gas prices surge. Why and for how long?
Dutch TTF gas futures are seen as a Europe-wide natural gas benchmark. They reached 96.65 euros per megawatt hour (euro/MWh)…
Large-scale capping and compensation
The price of gas in suppliers’ offers for household consumers in Romania increased over 4-fold during September 2019 – November…
Gov’t to adopt by the year-end the Ordinance on concluding power purchase agreements (PPAs)
Government Ordinance transposing Directive 944, which will allow for the conclusion of long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), is on the…
PM proposes Virgil Popescu also as interim minister of Research
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca took note of the resignation of Florin Roman from the Government and sent to President…
OMV Petrom doesn’t foresee any issues with gas supply for this winter
OMV Petrom doesn’t foresee any issues with gas supply for this winter The Romanian market will have enough gas to…
Large energy consumers received subsidies of over 130 mln. euro for the payment of bills
Ministry of Energy has paid more than 130 million euro to large energy consumers, an amount related to last year’s…
Minister of Energy: Enel’s investments are not affected; energy producers will only be surcharged until March
Enel’s investments in Romania will not be affected by the measures taken by the authorities for consumer protection this winter,…
Romania will increase its gas storage capacity to over 4 bln. cubic meters
Romania plans to increase gas storage capacity to more than 4 billion cubic meters, from 3 billion at present, Energy…
Azomureş will carry out the revision planned for next summer this winter
Azomureş made the decision to move this winter the revision that was planned for next summer, in the context in…
Minister of Energy: A Norwegian company wants to invest 800 mln. euro in Romania
A Norwegian company wants to invest 800 million euros in Romania in the production capacity of a fuel that can…
Virgil Popescu: I categorically deny that there will be problems with gas in winter, someone is trying to raise the price with these rumors
There is no risk regarding the gas supply in winter, this being just a rumor that appears periodically to increase…
Virgil Popescu keeps the Energy portfolio, PSD will appoint the Minister of Economy, most likely, Radu Oprea
The new government equation includes 20 ministries, and the Ministry of Energy will continue to be headed by Virgil Popescu.…