However, the increases could be lower if gas imports decline, ANRE’s president Niculae Havrilet told an energy conference organized by Mediafax.
Under a deregulation scheme agreed with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, Romania has pledged to deregulate gas and electricity prices and align them to European levels by 2018.
The gas bill for corporate consumers will not be increased this year, as the tariffs in the sector are already aligned to those of the other countries in the region, according to the Energy Department.