NARE announced on Wednesday the first fines as a result of numerous reports of failure to issue electricity bills and control measures by the main electricity suppliers.

The subject of control actions was to check how, during the period 04/01/2022 – 09/30/2022, suppliers complied with their obligations regarding invoicing in accordance with the invoicing period agreed with end consumers.

After the inspections, it was established that the controlled suppliers did not comply with their legal obligations, i.e. they issued late or did not issue electricity bills after each billing period, fines totaling 380,000 lei were imposed on them, namely:

• Electricity supply – 120,000 lei
• Hydroelectric plant – 70,000 lei
• CEZ Sale – 60,000 lei
• E.ON Energie Romania – 50,000 lei
• Enel Energy – 50,000 lei
• Enel Energie Muntenia – 30,000 lei

NARE declares that it will continue to monitor compliance with current legislation to eliminate those violations that concern electricity and natural gas consumers.

And the government receives electricity bills from Hidroelectrica late

Electricity bills are also late in Victoria Palace, not only in Romanian households. In the Government, for example, although we are in November, the last received energy bill is from August, said Wednesday, November 2, the spokesman of the government, Dan Carbunaru, who presented what savings were made in the first 8 months.

The supplier of electricity for Victoria Palace is Hydroelectricityaccording to information sent to HotNews.ro by Givernului officials.

How the state fee for electricity increased this year

Figures released by the Government on electricity bills and savings show a wide variation in prices this year, although consumption has been lower.

So, if in January 2021 the government paid more than 96,000 lei for consumption of more than 150,000 kWh, then in January of this year the bill increased to more than 300,000 lei for consumption of more than 127,000 kWh.