Main legal acts regulating the electricity sector

Electricity and natural gas law nr. 123/2012

Tariffs Universal Service tariffs as optional FUI, valid until 30.06.2020

Tariffs Universal Service tariffs as optional FUI, valid until 30.06.2020

Regulated tariffs charged as optional FUI – 2020

Regulated tariffs charged as optional FUI for customers with regulated contracts

FUI designation decision optional

Regulated tariffs charged as optional FUI – 2019

Regulation on the organization and functioning of the online platform for changing the supplier of electricity and natural gas and for contracting the supply of electricity and natural gas

Supply Regulation

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no.59/2013 - for the approval of the Regulation on the connection of users to public electricity networks

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 8/2014 - on the approval of the General Conditions associated with the license for the activity of electricity supply

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 102/2015 - for the approval of the Regulation on establishing solutions for the connection of users to the public electricity networks

Order 16/2015 - for the approval of the Procedure - framework regarding the obligation of electricity and natural gas suppliers to resolve complaints from end customers

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 29/2016 - for the approval of the Regulation on the supply of natural gas to end customers

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 106/2014 - on the procedures for informing end customers by natural gas suppliers about the commercial conditions of natural gas supply

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 34/2013 - on the approval of the Regulation for the granting of authorizations and licenses in the natural gas sector

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 5/2023 - Regulation on electricity supply to final customers

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 3/2022 + amendments /Ordin 109/2022 - Regulation on the organization and functioning of the online platform for changing the electricity and natural gas supplier and for contracting the supply of electricity and natural gas

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 15/2022 - Order approving the Methodology for establishing the rules for the commercialization of electricity produced in power plants from renewable energy sources with installed electrical capacity of 400 kW or less per consumption site belonging to prosumers

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 95/2022 - on amending and supplementing the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 15/2022 for the approval of the Methodology for establishing the rules for the commercialization of electricity produced in power plants from renewable sources with installed electrical capacity of 400 kW or less per consumption site belonging to prosumers

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 33/2014 - Methodology for establishing the payment obligations for reactive electricity and the regulated price for reactive electricity

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 76/2016 - Order on amending and supplementing the Methodology for establishing payment obligations for reactive electricity and the regulated price for reactive electricity, approved by Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 33/2014

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 46/2021 - on the approval of the Performance Standard for the electricity distribution service

Order of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 83/2021 - on the approval of the Performance Standard for the activity of electricity/natural gas supply

Order no. 16 of March 18, 2015 for the approval of the Framework Procedure regarding the obligation of electricity and natural gas suppliers to resolve complaints of end customers

National Energy Regulatory Authority
has approved the new Performance Standard
for the electricity supply service

On 08.02.2017, the new Performance Standard for electricity supply activity was approved by the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority No. 6. Order 6/08.02.2017 repeals Order 118/2015 and takes effect as of April 1, 2017.

The document can be downloaded from the website www.anre.ro, Decisions and Orders section, or from the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no 124/15.02.2017.

New regulations on neutral power factor

 
The Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 76/02.11.2016 orders the amendment and completion of the Methodology for establishing the payment obligations for reactive electricity and the regulated price for reactive electricity, approved by the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no. 33/2014.

Thus the new reference value of the neutral (limit) power factor is modified from 0.92 to 0.90 with the mention that it applies to both inductive and capacitive regimes.

Order 76/02.11.2016 can be downloaded from the website www.anre.ro, section Decisions and Orders, or from the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 893/08.11.2016.
 

As of 01.01.2017, Distribution Operators
changed their name

  • Enel Distributie Muntenia changed its name to E-Distributie Muntenia. The counties served by this Operator are Bucharest, Ilfov and Giurgiu
  • Enel Distributie Banat changed its name to E-Distributie Banat. The counties served by this Operator are: Arad, Caras-Severin, Hunedoara, Timiș
  • Enel Distributie Dobrogea changed its name to E-Distributie Dobrogea. The counties served by this Operator are Călărași, Constanța, Ialomița, Tulcea.
  • FDEE Electrica Distribuie Muntenia Nord si-a schimbat enumirea in Societatea de Distribuție a Energiei Electrice Muntenia Nord. Judetele deservite de acest Operator sunt: Galaţi, Brăila, Buzău, Dâmboviţa, Galaţi, Prahova, Vrancea
  • FDEE Electrica Distributie Muntenia Nord has changed its name to Societatea de Distribuție a Energiei Electrice Muntenia Nord. The counties served by this Operator are: Galați, Brăila, Buzău, Dâmbovița, Galați, Prahova, Vrancea
  • FDEE Electrica Distributie Transilvania Sud has changed its name to Societatea de Distribuție a Energiei Electrice Transilvania Sud: Alba, Brașov, Covasna, Harghita, Mureș, Sibiu
  • CEZ Distributie has changed its name to Distributie Oltenia. The counties served by this Operator are: Argeș, Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinți, Olt, Teleorman, Vâlcea
  • E.On Distributie Moldova has changed its name to Delgaz Grid. The counties served by this Operator are: Bacău, Botoșani, Iași, Neamț, Suceava, Vaslui