ANRE withdraws a wind farm establishment authorization because the investor did not finally prove that he has the money to build it. This is a first, as the president of the institution told us. Also, ANRE has long started “cleaning” the network of phantom ATRs – over 9,200 MW “on paper” were canceled in 2025. […]
ANRE President George Niculescu took action after I wrote about the complaints of “renewables” regarding a recent ANRE order that imposed a very cumbersome process of mandatory tabulation of new power plants in order to obtain a license. The provision will be eliminated, and other mandatory papers will also be eliminated now that the institution […]
An order from the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) this year requires investors in power plants of all types to tabulate energy capacity before they can receive a license and be able to commercially deliver energy. Market insiders say this will further delay new MW from being injected into the grid. “A lot of developers […]
The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) approved, in today’s meeting of the Regulatory Committee, an Order amending and supplementing Order no. 91/2022 on the approval of the Final Regulation on Electricity, as the institution informed. “The amendment, which will enter into force on April 1, 2025, brings updates to the mechanism for Suppliers of Last […]
The year 2025 will be quite good in terms of new energy capacities that will be installed, according to the latest data published by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE). 137 new energy capacities are expected to be put into operation in 2025, and their total installed power is 6,111 MW, according to the latest […]
The Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) approved in this week’s Regulatory Committee meeting a package of licenses for the commercial exploitation of electricity production capacities totaling 62.37 MW, according to the data announced by the institution. ANRE approved three licenses for commercial exploitation this week, according to public data. This means that the 62 MW, which […]
A draft order of the Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), recently put into public debate, removes the restrictions that an electricity or gas supply and trading company that is not registered in Romania had to operate on the market our. The ANRE order, which is at the draft stage, refers to the “modification of the Procedure […]
With the entire market eagerly awaiting the launch of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, the Ministry of Energy has published another crucial piece of the CfD puzzle: the order approving the scheme. The only missing piece now is the Ministry of Energy’s order for auction initiation. This latter order is also the most important […]
Following two rounds of public consultations over six months, which saw extensive involvement from various market stakeholders, the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (“ANRE”) adopted Order no. 53/2024 approving the Methodology regarding the allocation of the electricity grid capacity for the connection of electricity generation sites, as well as for the amendment of orders issued by […]
The investments made by the four electricity distribution operators in the eight network areas in Romania were 2.87 billion lei in 2023, according to data recently published by the Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE). Distributor Commissioning (PIF), amounting to 2.87 billion lei at the national level in 2023, was, in terms of amount, 51% more than […]
The Regulatory Authority issued an order, put up for public debate, which will change the settlement mechanism of transactions in the balancing market, where huge prices were reached this year, and of 16,000 lei/MWh. Electricity producers who will offer energy in the balancing market will no longer receive the marginal price at which the market […]
The Energy Regulatory Authority established, more recently, a regulated rate of return for gas and energy distribution and transmission operators of 6.94%, according to the Authority’s latest draft order on this topic. A little more than what ANRE had initially put into public debate. “The regulated rate of return on invested capital, expressed in real […]
The energy system has fundamentally changed, and is currently more flexible, more accessible and more oriented towards consumer protection, said on Tuesday, the president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), George Niculescu, at the event marking the 25th anniversary of activity of ANRE. “From 2024 we have an impressive number of market participants, whether […]
A company controlled by Econergy, one of the most active investors in the photovoltaic energy segment in Romania, received from ANRE the final authorization for a 27 MW photovoltaic park in Dobrogea. “Establishment authorization requested by the company VANATORI PV POWER PLANT S.R.L. for the realization of the new energy capacity of the Photovoltaic Electric […]
