The Association of Energy Companies (ACUE) says it is deeply concerned about the decision to keep the ceiling on suppliers’ costs of purchasing electricity.

“Since the establishment of this ceiling, ACUE has warned that the decision does not comply with the provisions of the Constitution and European norms transposed into national law,” the organization’s press release said.

• In addition, setting the purchase price in a non-transparent manner will have an immediate effect in the form of a reduction in electricity transactions in the medium term.

• This measure unnecessarily makes the market and security of supply vulnerable and will delay the return of the local market to the best and most competitive conditions for customers.

ACUE proposed to decision makers the abolition of the settlement ceiling and the implementation by ANRE of a transparent formula to calculate the base price based on existing contracts, the allocated quantity and the average spot market price as a viable solution that reflects the reality of the market, is predictable and transparent for suppliers and customers .

“This decision is completely inadequate for consumers. Setting an average purchase price without a transparent calculation formula that provides the right way to assess real costs and, implicitly, the evolution of the energy market, will have an immediate impact on the reduction of energy transactions in the medium term,” says Daniela Dărăban, Executive Director of ACUE.

According to her, suppliers are able to limit their transactions, there is a risk that in the future the government/parliament will come back with a non-transparent and unstable price and the purchases made will not be fulfilled. losses

“In this context, the de facto measure makes customers vulnerable, adversely affecting the supply of secure energy at the best prices. The best solution is a transparent calculation formula that correctly reflects the development of the market,” says Dareban.

According to ACUE, the parliament’s decision prevents the conclusion of long-term contracts – the distribution established through the MACE mechanism, with which suppliers can buy electricity at a price of 450 lei/kWh, does not cover all the needs of consumers.

“Suppliers must buy the remaining energy on the market to meet the needs of consumers. Given the possibility that the price may fluctuate above the new upper limit set in the calculations, this means that suppliers have to bear losses again,” the quoted source said.

ACUE members believe that the establishment of a fixed purchase price, which is not based on a transparent and dynamic formula according to the market development, represents an additional risk for the supply sector, which is still destabilized by a debt of more than 3 billion lei before can be recovered in the state only on the basis of data, centralized until now and transferred by ANRE to the two responsible ministries.

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