The Ministry of Energy has published a draft bill that
brings major amendments to the renewable law no 220/2008, including new price
limits and transaction changes for green certificates, which represent one of
the main revenue generation channels for renewable energy producers in Romania.
The amendments are included in a draft government ordinance
that is currently under debate. Thus, the government proposes the enforcement
of an annual obligation for the acquisition of a constant number of green
certificates for 15 years starting 2017. This option was selected by an
inter-institutional group comprising representatives of the Ministry of Energy,
the Ministry of Finance, energy regulator ANRE, the energy stock exchange
OPCOM, the Competition Council and grid operator Transelectrica.
