Gas
Gas rates up by 12.2 per cent on average in Moldova
January 26, 2011The National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE) today approved new gas rates, which exceed the present ones by 12.2 per cent on average. The households consuming less than 30 cubic metres of gas monthly will pay 4,777 lei (over 295 euros) for ...
Salvgardare association thinks Moldovagaz steals 2 billion lei per month from citizens
January 25, 2011The Salvgardare people's association has said that the Moldovagaz Moldo-Russian natural gas supplying enterprise "steals over 2 billion lei from Moldovan population" every month. During the press conference on Monday, head of the association...
Moldovan premier seeks efficient solutions to secure reasonable prices
January 24, 2011Prime Minister Vlad Filat chaired a meeting focused on increase in prices, the government's communications and press relations department has said. Attending the meeting were representatives of the Economics Ministry, Finance Ministry, Agriculture...
Moldovagaz losses due to new tariff non-adoption go up 2.5 million lei every day
January 19, 2011The losses of the Moldovagaz natural gas supplying enterprise exceeded 40 million lei within first 16 days of 2011. According to the company press service, every day of the gas provision at former tariffs increases the losses by 2.5 million lei. A...
Moldovan energy regulator approves tariff-included expenses lower than demanded by gas operator
January 11, 2011The National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE) has accepted to calculate new gas tariffs based on the new price for Russian gas, as well as on the basic costs for distribution, transportation and operational expenses as requested by the joint venture...
Energy firm E.On to raise electricity and gas prices
January 11, 2011Customers of energy firm E.On will see a 9% increase in electricity prices and a 3% rise in gas prices from 4 February. The supplier said it had "no option" but to increase prices because of the rising wholesale cost of energy. E.On is now...
Moldovan gas supplier seeks 13-per-cent increase in gas tariff
January 05, 2011The Moldovagaz joint venture has asked the National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE) to increase the gas tariff for the final consumers from 4,098 lei to 4,636 lei per 1,000 cubic metres, or by 13.1 per cent, according to a communiquй by the...
Oil industry set for record exploration spending in 2011
December 30, 2010A new report says the global oil industry is planning to spend a record $490 billion next year on oil and natural gas exploration. The London investment bank Barclays Capital says that its survey of 402 energy companies - from large international companies...
Moldovan authorities must reconsider gas pricing formula
December 30, 2010Moldovan authorities together with the Gazprom Russian company must reconsider the natural gas pricing formula for Moldova and the payment for transited gas via Moldovan territory in 2011. The statement was provided by the Institute for Development...
Gas tariffs to increase in January
December 28, 2010"The gas price will inevitably increase but tariffs will be adjusted after public consultations," the head of the National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE), Victor Parlicov, has said. The price for gas will be 289 dollars per 1,000...