The Nationals Agency for Energy Regulation published the requests of electric power distribution companies, which ask for a rise of almost 0.70 lei in the current tariffs. Earlier, the Commission for Exceptional Situations suspended for a month the tariff review procedure and the electricity tariffs cannot be raised before April 1, IPN reports.

Premier Energy requested to increase the tariffs from 1.51 lei to 2.17 lei/kWh, while for the consumers from the northern districts – from 2.04 to 2.51 lei/kWh.

The energy operators argue they sustain financial losses due to deviations as a result of the increase in the prices of energy supplied by thermoelectric plants.

Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița said the Government will examine all the factors and, if necessary, will provide subsidies for electric power as well.

Earlier, the director of the Nationals Agency for Energy Regulation Veaceslav Untilă said the tariffs for household users will be raised in two stages. The next stage will come after April 1, when a new contract for the supply of electrical energy is to be signed and the new purchase price and the negative deviations of power distribution companies will become known.

The last time the electricity tariffs were adjusted at the end of last January. Then, the tariffs for household users were decreased by 10.1% to 1.51 lei/kWh.