Prime Minister Marcel Cholaku will travel to Vala Jiului on Friday to promise the miners of the Hunedoara energy complex that they will get their money for the work they have done. In addition, the government will organize an extraordinary meeting on Monday to resolve the situation in Valya Jului, Çolaku also said.
“We are talking about protecting the jobs of 2,000 employees. Tomorrow (Friday – no.) I will personally go there to assure people that they can continue their activities and that they will continue to receive their salary for the work they have done,” said Marcel Cholaku.
A new company appears in Valea Jiului
In accordance with European obligations, Romania must abandon coal-based energy production. That is why the Hunedoara Energy Complex is on the verge of bankruptcy and has only 2,000 employees out of tens of thousands.
“In Valea Jiului, we are now talking about 2,000 miners, up from 55,000 in 1990. The Hunedoara Energy Complex is on the verge of bankruptcy and we are looking for a solution that will be very short-term and together with Valea Jiului Energy Complex we can save this development and we will make the mines safe until 2032,” Sebastián Burduha, Minister, recently told DC NEWS energy industry
The Ministry of Energy is preparing for the commissioning of the new company Valea Jiului Energy Complex by autumn. In this sense, the payment procedure should be established from Hunedoara energy complex to Vala Jiului energy complex.
Why the government is gathering for the miners of Valea Jiului
The Ministry of Energy announced a few days ago that it is preparing two GDs through which 50 million lei will be allocated from the budget reserve fund available to the Prime Minister to finance the new company Complexul Energetic Valea Jiului SA and through which the Service of General Economic Interest regarding security mines and coal mining activities in the Jiului Valley.
For the provision of public interest services by Societatea Complexul Energetic Valea Jiului SA in the remaining months of 2023, fair compensation in the amount of 65,804,000 lei will be provided, which will be fully paid from the state budget through the budget of the Ministry of Energy. , to support costs of units in the process of closure, costs that are not related to current production.
Complexul Energetic Valea Jiului SA will receive the functional assets of Complexul Energetic Hunedoara SA in the next period. 2000 miners and staff of Complexul Energetic Hunedoara SA will be employed in the new complex.
Source: Hot News
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