
Moldovan government approves maximal ceilings, compensated prices for energy for November 2023 - March 2024
Chisinau, 22 November /MOLDPRES/ - The government today approved the maximal volumes and the compensated prices for energy for the household consumers, enforced for the period November 2023 – March 2024, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.
Thus, in the case of natural gas, the state will compensate the tariff for the first 180 cubic metres/month or up to a ceiling of 90 cubic metres/month for the households who established the right to monetary compensation (APRA), in order to ensure the next guaranteed prices:
The energy vulnerability category Price paid within the limit of the ceiling (2023-2024)
Extreme 12 lei/cubic metre
Quite high 12.2 lei/cubic metre
High 12.4 lei/cubic metre
Medium 12.6 lei/cubic metre
Low 17 lei/cubic metre
Primary regulated price/provider’s price (18.07 lei/cubic metre)
Without vulnerability regulated price/provider’s price (18.07 lei/cubic metre)
* Most beneficiaries included in the extreme category and quite high vulnerability category will benefit from monthly monetary compensation of 800 lei or from monetary compensation and from capped compensation in invoice at 90 cubic metres/month.
The thermal energy will be compensated up to a ceiling of 1.3 Gcal/month or up to a ceiling of 0.9 Gcal/month for the households which established the right to monetary compensation, in order to ensure the following guaranteed prices:
Energy vulnerability category Tariff paid within the limit of the ceiling (2023-2024)
Extreme 1,450 lei / Gcal*
Quite high 1,475 lei / Gcal*
High 1,500 lei / Gcal
Medium 1,525 lei / Gcal
Low 2,100 lei / Gcal
Primary 2,900 lei / Gcal
Without vulnerability Regulated tariff (3,457 lei/Gcal - Termoelectrica)
* Most beneficiaries included in the extreme category and quite high vulnerability category will benefit from monthly monetary compensation of 800 lei or from monetary compensation and from capped compensation in invoice at 0.9 Gcal/month
The compensation for the electric energy will be provided for a maximal volume consumed of 1,500 kWh per one month or of 750 kWh/month in case of the beneficiaries of monthly monetary payment, for the household consumers who cumulatively meet the following conditions: :
1. the electric energy represents the principal source of heating on the cold period of the year, according to the application submitted;
2. the household consumers registered an average monthly consumption of electric energy of at least 250 kWh/month on the previous cold period;
3. the household consumers are not connected to the centralized supply with thermal energy or registered a monthly average consumption of thermal energy of 0.3 Gcal/month on the previous cold period;
4. the household consumers recorded a smaller consumption of natural gas than 50 cubic metres per month on the previous cold period.
The energy vulnerability category Price paid within the limit of the ceiling (2023-2024)
Extreme 1.54 kWh / kWh
Quite high 1.74 kWh / kWh
High 1.94 kWh / kWh
Medium 2.14 kWh / kWh
Low 2.34 kWh / kWh
Primary 2.54 kWh / kWh
Without vulnerability Regulated price (2.39 lei/kWh - Premier Energy, 2.88 /kWh - North Electric Energy Supply (FEE Nord))
The way the vulnerability categories were helped, the volumes and prices compensated will make sure that, on the one hand, the support for the low-income households is more targeted, as well as that about 80 per cent of the households benefiting from compensations will pay a compensated price of the energy similar to the one from the last year.
The assigning of the energy vulnerability category will be made automatically by the information system starting from 26 November 2023, according to the criteria approved by the government. The citizens will be able to visualize the category assigned in the personal office, on the first days of next December. The energy vulnerability category will be established based on the ratio expressed in percentage between the expenses for the energy resources and the income available for paying the energy source. There are seven vulnerability categories for the 2023-2024 cold season: extreme, quite high, high, medium, low, primary and without vulnerability.
As many as 635,000 applications have been submitted to the platform www.compensatii.gov.md so far. The citizens still have time to submit the application online till 25 November this year, in order to benefit from compensations, including for November. The application can be submitted also after 25 November; yet, the compensations will be provided starting from next December.
The people who do not have technical equipment or abilities necessary for individual registration, can appeal to social assistant or librarians from the settlement. Additionally, specialists of the unified centres of providing public services from the rural settlements of Moldova are ready to provide support to all people, for the submission of the application online.
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