The City Hall intends to invest this year in the refurbishment of 31.2 km of network, while more than 75% of the network of nearly 4,000 km of pipeline is over 40 years old and risks causing damage at any time, according to Frames.

The data from the draft budget of the City Hall indicates the amount of EUR 63 million (RON 303.5 million) in the heat expenditures (RADET), of which EUR 20.4 million for continued investments in previous years and 43.4 million for others investment.

“It is relevant that the project does not allocate any lei for new investments in 2019, all of which have been moved in the 2020-2025 horizon. In addition, the budget does not provide any money from external sources (loans, EU funds, etc.), although the municipality boasts, at least on paper, about projects worth hundreds of millions of euros,” according to the analysis of the consultancy firm.

Among the few investments undertaken by Municipality this year is the development of RADET operational dispatch, where 2.5 million lei (commitment credits) are allocated from a necessary of 52.2 million lei (objective assumed since 2000), for the modernization of thermal power stations, where 5.2 million lei are in, out of a total need of 68.5 million lei, the modernization of the thermal network in Crângaşi area (1.25 million lei out of the necessary 52 million lei), modernization of the CET Victoria, the thermal network in the Aviatorilor area and the efficiency of the thermal energy supply of the consumers connected to two power stations in the Bucureștii Noi area.