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The authorities in Bucharest intend to ask for compensation from the European Commission, due to the significant differences in energy prices between Eastern and Western Europe, the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, said yesterday, during...

• "The rate of distribution of profit to dividends remained close to that of last year, with a decreasing yield, but still above the average of BSE issuers", the report states 

Due to the existence of an oligopoly in the energy balancing market, which imposes ever higher prices, a significant part of the energy suppliers could close their doors in the next three months, if the Government, the Ministry of Energy or the...

The increase in energy prices, including the increase in fuel prices, the increase in RCA tariffs and the fiscal measures taken by the Government last autumn, but with applicability from January 1, 2024, will increase the number of transport...

The state has stopped paying the settlement of the costs borne by the energy suppliers for the invoices issued for the month of February 2023, the representatives of the Romanian Electricity Suppliers Association (AFEER) stated yesterday, during...

• "The free market is not a political desideratum, but a law of nature" 

• (Interview with Ondrej Safar, CEO of CEZ Romania) 

Chimcomplex Borzeşti, the chemical plant which has taken over a large portion of the assets of Oltchim, has made its strategic mission to become a chemical company that is strong regionally and integrated, said Tivadar Runtag, the new CEO of the...

• "Starting with July 1st, the prices of electricity for end users will depend on the competitive market"  

The 114 Emergency Ordinance passed at the end of last year has led to discontent in the energy market as well, because it sets a tax of 2% on the turnover of companies in this sector and caps the price of natural gas and electricity to 68...

The European Commission is encouraging dialogue with the Romanian authorities concerning Emergency Government Ordinance 64 of 2016 concerning the natural gas sector, but if the issues on this matter cannot be resolved, we may resort to the...

Niculae Havrileţ, the president of the National Authority for Regulation in the Energy Sector (ANRE), together with other members of the Regulatory Committee of the ANRE, will arrive before the Commission for the Investigation of the activity of...

The National Authority for the Regulation of the Energy Market (ANRE) has asked for the reconsideration of gas storage policies in Romania to be made a priority, Emil Calotă, the vice-president of the ANRE recently said, in the debates in the...

The price of electricity and its increase on the Day-ahead market (PZU) of the OPCOM exchange keeps causing discontent among the players and specialists on the market and is keeping consumers on edge, as they will probably feel the price hikes of...

The European Commission reacted on Tuesday, after the deputies of the Commission for Industries and Services have passed a series of amendments to the Natural Gas Law, according to which the gas producers will be required to fully trade their...

The intense debates in the Industries Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, about Government Emergency Ordinance 64/2016 concerning the liberalization of the natural gas market did not yield any results, because the Ministry of Energy thought...

Reporter:How do you see the scandal from the Industries Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, concerning Emergency Government Ordinance 64/2016 on the liberalization of natural gas starting with April 1st?

The Hunedoara energy complex needs a deep restructuring to be able to survive on the domestic energy market under competitive conditions, Gert-Jan Koopman, deputy general director in the State Aid Department of the European Commission.

It is the domestic natural gas market that has called for the "freeze" of the liberalization schedule in mid-2014, Niculae Havrileţ, the president of the ANRE told us.

The Court of Bucharest recently ruled that the former president of Bancorex, Răzvan Temeşan (ex lege the current employee on the equivalent position of CEO of BCR, according to the ruling no. 51 of the High Court of Cassation and Justice), must...

The delegate minister for Energy, Răzvan Nicolescu, warned companies in the energy sector, which have an interest in an increase of the price of natural gas paid by the population to reduce or even eliminate their lobby actions in Brussels.

The Romanian energy sector needs significant investments, according to Mr. Frank Hajdinjak, the CEO of E.ON Romania, who says that the company he leads is proceeding with its investment plan in the electricity and gas distribution network, which...

Energy consumers should be educated about energy efficiency, said Martin Zmelik, Country Manager and president of the Directorate of CEZ România.

The gas imports that Romania needs fell to 15% of the total consumption last year, and this year they are estimated at 9%, said Niculae Havrileţ, the president of the National Authority for the Regulation of Energy (ANRE). He said that depending...

Reporter: What should people who want to subscribe in this IPO know about "Electrica"?

• The Government would like to give up the gas price rise The Prime Minister Victor Ponta has been analyzing the...  

Romania's gas imports are completely monopolized by Gazprom, Iulian Iancu, the president of the Commission for Industry of the Chamber of Deputies said. He told us: "They say that we could bring natural gas to the country through the...

The Romanian energy market has been struggling for some time now, with the dramatic drop in the gas and electricity consumption and the need to improve the efficiency of production. Starting last year, the market has stepped on the path towards...

Nuclearelectrica is the main beneficiary of the liberalization of the energy market, Daniela Lulache, the chairman of the company, said on Friday. In her opinion, the main risk for the nuclear energy producer comes from the evolution of the...

The natural gas exchanges managed by the OPCOM (the operator of the energy exchange) and the Romanian Commodities Exchange (BRM), will become functional starting in August, said Niculae Havrileţ, the president of the ANRE (the regulator of the...

Reporter: What is the strategy of Ligatne Ltd for expansion on the Romanian natural gas distribution market, by acquiring Petrom Distribuţie Gaze?

The population and the small companies, which still benefit from regulated prices for electricity and natural gas have understood that liberalization means higher prices, but they haven't understood why we need to bear these hikes "just...

Reporter: This year, Petrom and its partners will interpret the data, after the making of the seismic studies in the perimeters of the Black Sea. What does that mean? Will we find certain data about the deposits of the Black Sea?

The first draft bill requires companies exploiting natural resources and markets, other than natural gas, to pay a special tax of 0.5%, which will be applied to the income taken into account for calculating turnover. If approved, this fee will be...

• Interview with Mr. Bogdan Chiriţoiu, the president of the Competition Council 

• Interview with Mr. Bogdan Chiriţoiu, the president of the Competition Council 

• Deadline much too optimistic, market sources say 

The battle for the energy resources has been constantly in play over the course of history, it has generated coup d'etats and led to regimes being overturned, has generated colonialism, conquests of land, armed and economic conflicts, but, at...