​The total amount verified and sent for calculations from the state budget to electricity and natural gas suppliers exceeded 18.7 billion lei, the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) reports. Over the past month, the amount approved under schemes for compensation of electricity bills has increased by 1.6 billion lei.

At the moment, 106 applications submitted for settlement are at the stage of analysis, they are being checked as operators upload data and supporting documents required by appointed experts. Calculations are made on the basis of GEO 118/2021 regarding the scheme of compensation for consumed energy and gas, for the period November 2021 – March 2022 and GEO 27/2022, for the period April 2022 – May 2023.

GEO 118/2021: (November 2021 – March 2022)

total number of companies that applied: 82,

total number of submitted applications: 351,

total number of approved applications: 294,

total number of unacceptable applications: 52,

amount sent to me: 2,425,505,201.08 RON,

GEO 27/2022 (April 2022 – May 2023, arrangement November 2021 – March 2022):

total number of companies that applied: 115

total number of submitted applications: 1,561

total number of approved applications from domestic consumers: 434

total number of approved applications, foreigners: 794

total number of approved applications, domestic and foreign consumers: 1228

total number of unacceptable applications, internal consumers: 50

total number of unacceptable applications, non-domestic customers: 0

amount sent by ME to non-residential customers: 9,765,408,707.50 RON

amount sent to ANPIS, household customers: 6,231,863,200.57 RON

transferred amount, household and non-household customers: 15,997,271,908.07 RON

amount sent for regularization between November 2021 and March 2022: 333,473,895.63 RON

amount sent for regularization after reclassification of consumption from 2022: 308,313.39 RON

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