Premier Energy will find a solution to the current problems related to rising electricity prices and will return to the issue of raising the electricity tariff for end consumers in March-April - Andrei Spinu.
The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Andrei Spinu expressed this opinion at a press conference on Tuesday while answering journalists' questions regarding the request of Premier Energy to almost double the electricity tariffs for end consumers starting February 1. Andrei Spinu noted that until December 2021, Premier Energy had positive deviations in tariffs, and in December there were negative deviations due to a sharp increase in the purchase price of electricity generated by Thermoelectrica and CET-Nord amid rising gas prices. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, in this situation, Premier Energy could wait until March, before the completion of a new tender for the purchase of electricity, in order to change the tariff depending on the new purchase price, under a new contract, and find other solutions for the first few months of this year in order to overcome the current situation. “Premier Energy could ask for an increase in the tariff in April, when after the end of the heating season the bills for gas and heat for consumers will no longer be so high, the tension will subside and the social pressure will be lower,” said Andrei Spinu. He stressed that the government learned from the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE), which published this information, about the request of Premier Energy to increase electricity tariffs almost twice since February 1. “Now ANRE has to analyze this petition and make a decision on it. Depending on this, we will see how we will act,” said the Deputy Prime Minister. As previously reported, Premier Energy sent a request to the National Energy Regulatory Agency for consideration to establish new tariffs from February 1 of this year, proposing to increase the tariff for end consumers of Premier Energy, whose electrical installations are connected to low voltage distribution networks (0.4 kW), 1.85 times - from 151 bani per 1 kWh to 278.99 bani (excluding VAT). //11.01.2022 - InfoMarket.
