Romania: the number of green certificates could be reduced with January 2014

Every company which produces energy from renewable sources receives a number of green certificates, according with the technology used and the energy produced: for photovoltaic panels 6 green certificates and for hidro panels 3 green certificates. There is a proposal from 2012, according to ANRE (The National Regulatory for Energy) which decreases the number of green certificates received by the green energy producers.

The proposal was not adopted in 2012 and in the meantime another law appeared which establish that the legislation in this field can not be changed until 2015. Having in view that the suppliers must buy these certificates from manufacturers, according to legislation and this cost reflects in the price that consumers pay for electricity, the Government could adopt starting with January 2014 a reduced support scheme for renewable energy in the fields where these are overcompensated.

Florentina Staicu