The people in Moldova will continue to be fully supplied with electric power, the Ministry of Economy said, noting it monitors the situation in the energy sector and keeps in touch with the companies that supply electric power so as to deal with all the problems that appeared in the sector, IPN reports.
The Ministry described the statements of economic entities supplying electricity to end-users as provoking and pressure exerted on institutions involved in the calculation and approval of new electric power tariffs.
The institution considers that given the latest socioeconomic and political developments in the region and the country, the demands to adjust the electricity and natural gas tariffs are partially justified. But the arguments for such adjustments are unilateral, based on the promotion of corporate interests, without taking into account all the macro and micro economic factors that influence the political and economic processes in the region and the country.
To overcome the created situation, the Ministry holds consultations with all the partners so as to work out efficient measures for overcoming the situation in the energy sector, taking into account the interests of the people and the economic entities. But the Ministry considers that people’s interests must prevail when new electric power charges are considered.
Recently, the companies Red Union Fenosa and Gas Natural Fenosa Furnizare Energie, which form part of Gaz Natural Fenosa Group and serve about 70% of the country’s territory, said they were warned by the state-run company Energocom, which is managed by the Ministry of Economy, that the supply of electricity could be reduced by up to 40% owing to the delay in paying for the supplied power starting with July 1.
