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Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announces cap on energy and gas prices

Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announced on Monday evening that the price of energy and gas will be capped and that all wrong bills will be corrected.

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-► Chronology of today’s events – LIVE UPDATE

-► PNL supports any measure that “does not discriminate”

-► PSD wants reduction of VAT from 19% to 5% on electricity and gas

Event Chronology –

now 22:30 – Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announced on Monday evening the capping of the price of energy and gas and that all wrong bills will be corrected.

The Prime Minister said that in terms of electricity they agreed on 0.8 lei / kw per hour, and consumption increases from 300 to 500 kw, which means 0.68 bani / kw for the household consumer and that for companies it is about 1 leu / kw.

“It is a price cap, liberalization is not given up,” Ciuca said.

He also said that the price for gas decreases from 0.37 to 0.31 lei / kw, and the limit increases from 1,000 to 1,500 kw.

The GEO will take effect from February 1 to March 31.

The impact for the two months is 3 billion lei.

The prime minister also said that all the wrong bills will be corrected, stating that it is about one million bills.

“I want to assure the people that we will take all measures so that we do not have such mistakes that we hope are not deliberately made, that people do not have to pay for the mistakes of others. The GEO will not be late more than next week,” he said. added the prime minister.

The prime minister specified that the tariff will also be capped at schools or churches.

However, when asked what will happen to those who have already paid such high bills, the prime minister said that this issue has not been discussed.

time 18:00 – According to some sources, PNL proposed in the coalition a ceiling of 0.68 lei kWh for energy Plus a voucher system for SMEs.

now 17.15 PNL President Florin Cîțu, before entering the meeting with PSD: “Regulated prices”

Florin Cîțu:The Liberal National Party will have two simple proposals. For the household consumer there is the option to return for a certain period, up to 6 months, maybe less, at a regulated price. For small and medium-sized companies and the rest of the consumers, we need to talk about budget compensation options. “

Reporter: Do you agree with the Social Democrats’ proposal that the 5% VAT reduction come into force on 1 February?

Florin Cîțu: ”I told you the two options that the National Liberal Party supports. Thank you.”

17.00 Ciolacu: “PSD has finalized today the package of measures that can stop the increase of energy and gas bills”

The president of PSD, Marcel Ciolacu, announced in a message sent on Facebook that the Social Democrats will propose in the meeting with PNL the reduction of VAT from 19% to 5%.

Today, PSD finalized the package of measures that can stop the increase of energy and gas bills. We have reduced the level of tariff capping, doubled the monthly consumption volumes and reduced the VAT from 19 to 5%. In this way, over 90% of consumers, individuals and companies, will benefit from the reduction of invoices they will receive after February 1, invoices corresponding to January.

Schools, hospitals, public transport companies, cultural institutions, NGOs will benefit from the same protection. These measures must be applied from February 1, because we are in the middle of winter, in the months of maximum energy consumption, and Romanians now need help the most.

In addition, we propose both a set of #solutions to discourage the speculative behavior of energy companies and short- and medium-term measures to solve the #structural problems of our energy industry.

We will present these measures shortly in the Coalition meeting, with the hope that our partners will quickly understand that PSD solutions are simple, efficient and with a minimal impact on the budget. Romanians expect #responsibility from us, not sterile quarrels and philosophical-useless outings on TV. ”

PNL supports any measure that “does not discriminate”

Before the coalition meeting, the president of PNL Florin Cîțu stated that he supports any solution “that does not discriminate”.

Florin Cîțu is interested in any solution for non-discriminatory energy bills that apply uniformly in all sectors of the economy. At the same time, Florin Cîțu warned that these solutions, with money from the budget for individuals and companies, do not solve the structural problem of energy prices. We need a multi-annual investment plan, undertaken cross-partyally, to ensure Romania’s energy security. “ – stated the liberal sources for Pro TV news.

Subsequently, Cîțu confirmed this information in a press release in the Senate, where he stated that the reduction of VAT only for a certain field would be a “dishonest” measure.

“I do not agree to reduce VAT only for a certain sector. Then you create an uncompetitive, dishonest advantage for a certain sector, versus others in the economy, and I don’t agree with such … ” – Cîțu said before the coalition meeting.

PSD wants to reduce VAT from 19% to 5% on electricity and gas

In turn, PSD President Marcel Ciolacu, said on Monday morning, before the meeting of the governing coalition, that the package of measures regarding the prices for electricity and natural gas is finalized.

“We have finalized the whole package of measures, on all three components, so as to stop this escalation of prices, to reduce the bills to both the population and the economy and, last but not least, to try to compensate from the state budget, as much as the state budget allows, so as not to affect the investment area and what we have proposed for this year. Permanently National and, at 17.00, in the coalition, I had talks also yesterday with the Prime Minister and the day before yesterday with Mr. Cîţu, so I have worked so far“, said Ciolacu at the PSD headquarters.

He added that reduction of VAT from 19% to 5% “is bearable by the state budget” and that this measure could be introduced as soon as February 1st.

There are several options, including we have seen what happened in France with the price cap, with the price cap on energy for state-owned companies, for the largest state-owned company, and this is a measure that we could take. Once we have a final decision in the coalition, we will present it.“, said the PSD leader.

The bill scandal. Minister of Energy: We will amend the cap and compensation law

The Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, declared on Sunday that he is working on the new support scheme for the population from April 1.

“Next week in the Government meeting we will amend the cap and compensation law and we will oblige all suppliers who have drawn up the invoices in an erroneous way outside the cap and compensation law to restore them, to restore them without charging penalties, we will stop any kind of disconnection during the period of application of this law because we want to put the customer on an equal footing with the supplier, so that there is no way, so to speak, of pressure from the supplier to pay an erroneous invoice under the threat of disconnection “, said the Minister of Energy at Profit.ro, according to News.ro.

He said he did not believe. “to take a good look at this impossibility of disconnection from the suppliers, but they showed us that they were not in good faith “.

I understand that the bills must be paid, but the bills must be paid correctly. Not invoices drawn up incorrectly. That is why I adhere to this measure of blocking disconnections during the period of validity of this law“, Virgil Popescu underlined.

Popescu said in response to a question that he did not believe the suppliers had made these mistakes “out of stupidity.”

He added that ANRE could have discussions with suppliers and check them from December if they have updated computer applications.

“It could have prevented the market from issuing invoices as a precaution“, Popescu pointed out.

The Minister of Energy mentioned that, in addition to individuals and companies, there are also schools, hospitals, kindergartens that have incorrectly drawn up bills, but even there the price must be capped.

Popescu also said that work is underway on the new population support scheme from April 1, but that it must be agreed in the coalition at the end of the week or next.

“We have a scheme of support for the population so that we do not go through these situations. (…) We will not make a scheme that will be more disadvantageous than the existing scheme. we will be able to discuss an additional natural gas discount from February 1, or we will increase the discount from 33 to 50% or we will reduce the VAT for natural gas, so we will find solutions“, detailed the Minister of Energy.

He admitted that these solutions require additional pressure, so an analysis must be made by the Ministry of Finance.

Energy and gas bill scandal. PSD wants zero VAT

Referring to PSD’s request for zero VAT, Minister Popescu explained:

“The whole Ministry of Finance has to tell us if zero VAT is possible in the European Union. I know that a directive is being discussed at the level of the European Union’s finance ministers by which there could be zero VAT for food in the future. The Minister of Finance who is much “The most up-to-date European Union Member States’ finance ministers should tell us whether this is possible or not. I agree with any scheme that helps the people, from our point of view, of the Ministry of Energy.”

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