Legislation establishing a compensation scheme for the electricity and gas consumption during the 2021-2022 cold season and imposing new taxation of producers on “excess” revenues has just been passed

On 4 October 2021, the Romanian Government approved Emergency Government Ordinance no. 118/2021 establishing a compensation scheme for the electricity and gas consumption during the 2021-2022 cold season and for amending Government Ordinance no. 27/1996 establishing amenities for people living or working in certain areas from the Apuseni Mountains and the “Danube Delta” Biosphere Reservation, …

Envisaged amendments in the energy sector

On 21 September 2021, the Ministry of Energy introduced a new proposal to amend Law no. 123/2012 on electricity and natural gas (“Law no. 123/2012”), in the form of an Emergency Government Ordinance (“Draft EGO”). The main purpose of the proposal is to implement Directive (EU) 2019/944 on common rules for the internal market for …

Amendments to the Energy Law

On 15 December 2020 a law amending the Energy Law no. 123/2012 (“Energy Law“) was passed under no. 290/2020 (the “Amending Law“). The Amending Law, among others, transposes at a national level the provisions of Directive (EU) 2019/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common …