In Moldova, the entry into force of the Electricity Market Rules has been postponed for another month - from April 1 to May 1.
This decision was made by the National Agency for Energy Regulation at a meeting on Friday, having made appropriate amendments to its previous resolution on the approval of the Electricity Market Rules. The entry into force of the Electricity Market Rules was postponed in accordance with the earlier decision of the Commission for Emergency Situations, which, in derogation from the procedures established by the current legislation, instructed the National Agency for Energy Regulation to change the date of entry into force of the Electricity Market Rules approved by the previous decision until March 18 NAER not to apply them during the state of emergency. It is planned that the postponement of the entry into force of the Electricity Market Rules will provide additional time for electricity market participants to establish an operating mode and business model, taking into account existing circumstances at the regional and international level. In the period before the entry into force of the Rules of the Electricity Market, their provisions will be applied in a test mode, without the application of financial liability between participants in the electricity market. Earlier it was reported that the entry into force of the rules of the wholesale electricity market was postponed in Moldova from January 1 to April 1, so that all market participants could conduct a three-month testing phase. The new electricity market rules were adopted by NAER in August 2020, and they define the procedures for resolving the imbalance, purchasing electricity on the forward, daily, intraday and balancing markets, as well as purchasing additional services. The updated market rules contain an improved procedure for the purchase of electricity and the rules for balancing market participants located on the left bank of the Dniester. // 18.03.2022- InfoMarket.
