Demand for electricity has started to grow, but there may be problems in the distribution sector due to a lack of investment, Bende Sandor, president of the Industry and Services Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, said during a conference organized by Oxygen. Events on the topic of climate change. In his opinion, rather large investments began to be made in the transportation of natural gas and electricity, but not in the field of distribution.

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“Regardless of which distributor we are talking about, they all have the same problem,” stated the head of the Industry and Services Commission in the Chamber of Deputies. He also noted that these are investments that last for a long time, for years, starting from the permission to carry out the works until their completion. “If we want to have tangible investments in 5 years, then we must start working,” Bende Sandor also stated.

According to the deputy, the lack of investments in the field of distribution of both electricity and gas has now begun to appear. It is difficult for distributors to connect consumers who also want to be suppliers.