The Department added the Government and energy regulator ANRE will draft a new deregulation calendar for the gas market for the period July 2015-July 2021.

Minister-delegate for Energy Razvan Nicolescu had a meeting Tuesday in Bucharest with officials of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Commission to discuss the implementation of corporate governance rules in state-owned energy companies and the deregulation of the natural gas market.

Deregulation for non-household consumers will occur on January 1, 2015, as agreed with the European Commission.