The Romanian Competition Council (RCC) continues to focus on the energy markets, not only through investigations and merger control analysis, but also by carefully reviewing the markets through sector inquiries and studies. Given Romania’s declared interest in considerably bolstering its renewable energy capacities in the short term—which is also supported by EU funds and the Contracts for Difference (CfD) support scheme in the pipeline, renewables have recently been high on the RCC’s agenda.
Roughly two months after publishing its preliminary conclusions following its study on permitting bottlenecks in the renewables sector (see our previous article here), the RCC has now teamed up with the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) in a joint effort to assess grid access and barriers thereto. This point, in particular, has been one of the thorniest aspects for developing new power-generation capacities in Romania.
Some of the main points and recommendations highlighted by the preliminary report published yesterday include: Read more
