The National Agency for Energy Regulation (NAER) will soon announce a public meeting to examine the proposal of reviewing the electric power tariffs down. The Agency’s specialists suggest higher reductions than those proposed by suppliers.

Contacted by IPN, Galina Sanduta, press officer of the NAER, said the institution’s specialists, following calculations done based on the proposal submitted by Gas Natural Fenosa in March, concluded that for the household users connected to a low-voltage powerline, the tariff reduction should be of 12%, not of 5.5% as the supplier proposed.

For the users connected to a medium-voltage powerline, the NAER suggests decreasing the tariff by 13.1%, while the supplier estimated a reduction of 6.1%. For the consumers connected to a high-voltage powerline, the Agency proposes a reduction of 13.5%, as opposed to the 6% decrease suggested by Gas Natural Fenosa.

Also, the NAER suggests that the tariff for end-users in northern Moldova who are connected to the low-voltage power networks and are served by RED-Nord and FEE should be decreased by 10%, while for those connected to a medium-voltage powerline - by 9.7%.

Gas Natural Fenosa in March requested the NAER to review the electricity tariffs down so that the new tariffs started to be applied on April 1. It suggested a tariff of 187.99 bani/kWh for the consumers connected to a low-voltage powerline, as opposed to 199 bani/kWh at present, of 170.9 bani/kWh for those connected to a medium-voltage powerline, as against 182 bani/kWh now, and of 143.85 bani/kWh for those connected to a high-voltage powerline, in contrast to 153.00 bani/kWh at the moment.