Clearer rules for establishing and registering energy communities passed by Parliament

Chișinău, November 5, 2026 – Parliament voted in the second reading on the draft law on energy communities. The legislative initiative aims to create a clear regulatory framework to facilitate the establishment and registration of energy communities. Thus, the legislation more clearly defines the conditions for establishment, categories of founders, required documents, and the mandatory content of the bylaws.

This will ensure the direct and non-discriminatory participation of all categories of participants – individuals, local public administration authorities, municipal enterprises, condominium owners’ associations, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.

According to the document, an energy community takes the form of a nonprofit association whose main purpose is to create environmental, economic, or social benefits for its members and for the local area in which it operates. The adopted provisions also standardize and simplify the establishment and registration procedures by expressly specifying the mandatory documents required for these processes.

The assets and income of energy communities may be used exclusively to achieve the objectives set out in their bylaws. Any profit generated from economic activities will not be distributed to members but will be reinvested in the development and operation of the community. The draft law facilitates the transfer for use by the community of immovable property and energy infrastructure owned by local public administration authorities, where these authorities have member status in the community.

The document was drafted by the Ministry of Energy with the advisory support of the United Nations Development Programme in the Republic of Moldova, as part of the project Resilient Communities through Women Empowerment, Phase 2, funded by Norway and Sweden.

The Law on Energy Communities will enter into force one month after its publication in the Official Journal. At the same time, legal entities that previously obtained the status of a renewable energy community or a citizens’ energy community will have 24 months to reorganize by conversion into energy communities regulated by the new law, with the full transfer of rights and obligations.



Communication and Public Relations Department of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova