Electricity to become more expensive as of 2 December

Chisinau, Nov. 30 /MOLDPRES/- The energy crisis in the region brings new electricity prices, or, the Board of Directors of the National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) examined and approved at today's public meeting the regulated prices for the electricity provided by the providers of the universal and last option service. The new prices will be applied from 2 December 2022, the date of publication in the Official Journal.

Thus, following a thorough analysis of the data presented by the suppliers, the following regulated electricity supply prices were approved by Premier Energy, differentiated according to the delimitation points or places of consumption of the final consumers: 0.524 lei/kWh for the electricity supplied at the entry points in the electricity transmission networks; 0.538 lei/kWh - at the exit points from the electric transport networks; 0.541 lei/kWh for final consumers whose installations are connected to high voltage distribution networks (35–110 kV); 0.555 lei/kWh - medium voltage (6–10 kV); 0.591 lei/kWh - low voltage (0.4 kV).

For Furnizaria Energiei Electrice Nord company the following differentiated regulated prices were approved, namely: 0.461 lei/kWh for the electricity supplied at the entry points in the electric transport networks; 0.475 lei/kWh - at the exit points from the electric transport networks; 0.495 lei/kWh for final consumers whose installations are connected to medium voltage distribution networks (6–10 kV); 0.560 lei/kWh - low voltage (0.4 kV).

The reasons that generated the need to adjust the prices for electricity supplied to consumers were the following: the aggravation of the energy crisis in the region, caused by the war in Ukraine; the destruction of the Ukrainian energy system as a result of the Russian bombings; total stoppage of electricity supplies by the Kuciurgan plant (MGRES) following Gazprom's limitation of natural gas supplies to the Republic of Moldova; for the time being, the lack of available producers who could provide our country with all the necessary consumption; the limited number of offers and the increase in the price of electricity on the European markets.

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