The Ministry of Energy published on Tuesday evening the draft emergency ordinance by which the gas price will be regulated between April 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027. Thus, according to the document, «natural gas producers who carry out both onshore and/or offshore extraction activities, regardless of the start date of this activity, and natural gas sales activities are obliged to deliver, at the price of 110 lei/MWh, the necessary quantities of natural gas resulting from the internal production activity to suppliers and thermal energy producers». The government justifies the new ceiling claiming that the sudden removal of protective measures can lead to significant and unpredictable increases in the prices billed to household consumers and producers of thermal energy intended for the population, with a direct impact on the cost of life and on the population's standard of living. «In the absence of the adoption of transitional measures or a new regulatory framework, there is a risk of a full return to price formation mechanisms exclusively on a competitive basis, with potential negative effects on final consumers».
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