The company “Moldavskaya GRAS”, which was registered temporarily in the Republic of Moldova, won all the tender contests staged by the electricity market operators. The price agreed as a result of negotiations is of 53.5 USD/MWh or by approximately 10% higher than in the previous period. The National Agency for Energy Regulation (NAER) said the supply of electrical energy in 2020 for all the domestic market operators was ensured by SA “Energocom” from the same generation source (ZAO “Moldavskaya GRAS), at the purchase price of 48.65 USD/MWh, IPN reports.
The Administration Board of the NAER examined also the contracts for the purchase of electricity for the universal service providers and suppliers of last resort, distribution system operators and the national electricity system operator, namely: ÎS Moldelectrica, SA “Red-Nord”, SA “FEE-Nord”, ÎCS “Premier Energy” SRL and ÎCS Premier Energy Distribution SA.
The contracts for the purchase of electrical energy were assigned as a result of a new tendering procedure performed by the electricity market operators. This was approved by the NAER and is aimed at ensuring that the electrical energy is bought according to market competition principles and mechanisms.
The competition involved five prequalified providers from Moldova and Ukraine: ZAO “Moldavskaya GRAS”; SA “Energocom”; “D Trading” LLC; “DE Trading” LLC; “Navitas Energy” SRL.
The Agency explained that the low number of prequalified companies that took part in the tendering procedures is due to the lack of interconnection with the market of the EU member states (ENSO-E) and the limited capacity of the bids to supply electricity on the domestic market.
“Given the results of the tender contests held by the domestic market operators for purchasing electrical energy for 2021, the tariff methodology in the field and the macroeconomic indicators used to calculate the electricity tariffs, the NAER ascertains the lack of legal preconditions for reviewing/increasing the electricity charges for household and non-household end-users this year,” the institution noted in a press release.
