The Commission for Exceptional Situations suspended for a month the procedure for reviewing the electricity rates. In the period, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection will design a program to cover a part of the costs for electrical energy incurred by socially deprived categories of people, IPN reports.

“In this state of uncertainty, it is very important to ensure particular stability for the people. Even if the rates need to be raised, this should be done when the Government is ready to support the vulnerable groups in a targeted way,” Premier Natalia Gavrilița stated after the meeting of the Commission for Exceptional Situations.

The Commission also decided to suspend the tendering procedures for purchasing electricity announced earlier, to prolong the contract with the supplier of electrical energy at the current price and to maintain the current financial and contractual conditions until March 31, 2023.