Prime Minister Luca Niculescu declared on Tuesday evening, on TVR, that Romania’s gas reserves for this winter are almost 90% of the storage capacity. “Regarding the security of energy and gas supply this winter, I would not have too many emotions”, says the prime minister.
“If it is about electricity, there is a voucher mechanism that we will extend for the most vulnerable people. Now we are about to discuss to see how far we can go with these vouchers and we have discussions every day with both the Minister of Energy and the Minister of Finance”, said Luca Niculescu, according to News.ro.
For natural gas, rates remain regulated until March next year.
“Romania’s gas reserves are, at the moment, close to 90%. I hope that we have good news soon regarding the Mintia plant, the Cernavodă plant, I hope that in the next few days we will have good news again. Regarding the security of energy and gas supply this winter, I would not have too many emotions”, added the prime minister.
