Gas now costs 26.14 lei per cubic metre, close to a record
The gas tariff has reached 26.14 lei per cubic metre, and Premier Energy asks for power to rise from 3.56 to 4.64 lei.
What it means for you
You already pay for heating at these prices, and your bills could rise. ANRE decides electricity tariffs and usually does not grant suppliers their full requests. Until it decides, the current tariffs stay in place.
What happened
The gas tariff is 26.14 lei per cubic metre, and 1 Gcal of heating costs 3,277 lei in Chisinau and 3,374 lei in Balti. Premier Energy asked ANRE, the national energy regulator, to raise the electricity tariff from 3.56 to 4.64 lei per kWh. Authorities say Energocom's costs and salaries have almost no effect on the tariff.
In short
- The gas tariff rose from about 14 lei to 20 lei per cubic metre in September, then to 26 lei in October.
- The highest tariff of the 2022/2023 season was 29.27 lei per cubic metre for gas.
- Premier Energy asks for an electricity tariff of 4.64 lei per kWh, instead of 3.56 lei.
- Energocom bought 2 million cubic metres of gas in Ukraine at about 10 euro per MWh below the market price.
- In Transnistria, gas will cost 1.75 Transnistrian roubles per cubic metre after New Year, about 1.96 lei.
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