REPowerEU Package adopted by the European Commission

On 18 May 2022, the European Commission made public the REPowerEU Package, a cross-disciplinary effort meant to ensure the EU’s independence from Russian fossil fuels. However, the measures put forward by the European Commission also offer an in-depth look into the Union’s ambitions to accelerate the energy transition in the following decade(s). We extracted below …

Emergency Government Ordinance regarding the measures applicable to final customers of the electricity and natural gas market for the period 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023, and amending other normative acts in the energy sector

On 18 March 2022, after much anticipation the Romanian Government approved Emergency Government Ordinance no. 27/2022 regarding the measures applicable to final customers of the electricity and natural gas market for the period 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023, and amending other normative acts in the energy sector (“New EGO“). The New EGO was …

Long-awaited changes in the energy sector

On 31 December 2021, Emergency Government Ordinance no. 143/2021 amending and supplementing Law no. 123/2012 on electricity and natural gas (“EGO 143/2021”), entered into effect. It was a long-awaited amendment of Law no. 123/2012 on electricity and natural gas (“Law 123/2012”), since its main purpose was to implement Directive (EU) 2019/944 on common rules for …