The measure to increase customer protection against abusive practices was included in an energy bill approved by the government earlier Friday.
The bill upgrades penalties by up to 10 times their current level, reaching 10% of the company’s turnover, Bode said. He added that customers will be entitled to change their energy supplier within a three-week period.
Romanian government met in a special session Friday to approve the new energy bill, which transposes into national law the European directives on the single markets of electricity and gas.
The bill was sent to parliament for emergency approval. Failure to adopt the bill would likely trigger an infringement procedure from the European Commission.