Eight licenses for alternative energy in 2006 Romania

Romania’s power market regulator, National Authority for Energy Settlement (ANRE), issued last year eight licenses allowing electricity production from renewable sources, according to an ANRE report on 2006.

ANRE granted 52 licenses for the production, distribution and supplying of electricity in 2006. Some 12 licenses were granted for the production of electricity, out of which four were given for the production of electricity coming from fossil fuels. The rest were given for the production of electricity coming from renewable sources.

Last year, ANRE granted 11 licenses for the production of electricity, out of which six were granted for the production of electricity from renewable sources. The government, in June, changed rules for issuing energy licenses and increased five-fold the minimum amount an applicant needs to have, to 500,000 euros.

The new law approved by the government contributes to the strengthening of the business environment by raising standards regarding the viability of economic operators that can receive licenses to deliver electricity in order to protect potential clients. The law was modified so that new applicants receive similar treatment as current ones.