​On Monday, the post office started paying electricity bills for vulnerable people who received so-called energy cards, and Minister Marcel Bolosh says that in the first 8 hours alone, 13,012 payments were made with energy cards worth 4,375,605 lei.

The Ministry of European Investments and Projects (MIPE) has transferred to the accounts of the Romanian Post the sums of money intended for vulnerable groups of the population, so that from now on the beneficiaries of the support can use the aid to pay their electricity bills through three ways:

• Straight to the postman, at the beneficiary’s place of residence, by postal order. If they choose to pay at home, beneficiaries must either ask the postman directly or request the presence of a postman at home by calling the Romanian Post call center at 031.9966;
• By postal order, at any post office from an urban area or at a post office within the radius of which the beneficiary lives, in a rural area;
• Onlinethrough the IT application that Poșta Română provides to the beneficiaries.

“An online payment request can be made by visiting the Romanian Post website www.posta-romana.ro under the section “Energy compensation”. There, the beneficiary registers an application, guided by step-by-step instructions for uploading documents. At the end, he receives a confirmation by e-mail about the registration of the payment request.

No later than 5 days later, he receives, also by e-mail, another confirmation that his request has been resolved. If any of the uploaded documents are found to be inappropriate, the beneficiary receives a corresponding message.”, This is stated in the release of the Romanian post office.

• Those who have not yet managed to receive the vouchers provided by the Government to vulnerable sections of the population will receive them by the end of the month.

The Energy Card enables beneficiaries to pay current or outstanding bills for:

• electricity,
• thermal energy in a centralized system,
• Propane cylinder for liquefied gas for heating (except cylinders for liquefied gas with butane for domestic use – cooking),
• gases,
• firewood (except construction wood, wood for processing, etc.),
• fuel oil, pellets and other materials for heating only (eg geothermal water, coal, sawdust briquettes).

The Post emphasizes that the mandatory documents for making payments by postal transfer are:

• energy card, valid on the date of payment through postal transfer services, in the original,
• a document certifying the identity of the recipient of assistance, in the original,
• supporting document(s) confirming current and/or outstanding debt to the energy supplier and/or, as the case may be, to the owner/tenant association: invoices, debt certificate, tax receipts.

You can use energy cards of both the first and second installments until December 27, 2023.

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