Now that the Ministry of Economy informed that Moldova will pay by 20% less for the gas imported from Russia, the suppliers must update calculations and submit a justified application to the National Energy Regulation Agency (ANRE). After examining the application, the Agency will decide if there are reasons for reducing the charges for end-users or not.

Contacted by IPN, the Agency’s director general Sergiu Ciobanu said that they haven’t yet received the new contract. But the operators should inform the ANRE and submit the copy of the contract. The Agency will afterward take a decision.

The Ministry of Economy on February 10 announced that Moldova in the first quarter of this year will pay by 20% less for the natural gas imported from Russia. According to acting Deputy Minister of Economy Valeriu Triboi, Russia’s gas company Gazprom informed SA Moldovagaz that in accordance with the clauses of the bilateral agreement, the price of gas supplied to Moldova in the first quarter of 2015 will be US$311 per 1,000 cubic meters. This price is by 20% lower than the price paid in the fourth quarter last year, when 1,000 cubic meters of gas cost US$376.