Following the tender, the company will select contractors with expertise in maintenance, design and installation works in the distribution network in the region of Banat.
Works will consist in modernizing installations, expanding or overhead and underground low voltage networks, as well as improving the voltage level by upgrading transformer posts and medium and low voltage networks.
“Through this tender, we want to ensure solid partnerships with contractors that meet our needs for safety in the execution and efficient operation of electrical networks. These maintenance and investment works are essential for maintaining and developing networks so that we can meet the growing needs of our customers,” said Mihai Peste, General Manager of Retele Electrice companies.
At the end of 2023, the three Retele Electice companies used to operate over 1.5 million smart meters installed for residential clients and companies: some 713.000 at Retele Electrice Muntenia (which serves Bucharest and the counties of Ilfov and Giurgiu), more than 436,000 at Retele Electrice Banat (the counties of Arad, Caras Severin, Hunedoara and Timis), and more than 376,000 at Retele Electrice Dobrogea (the counties of Calarasi, Constanta, Ialomita and Tulcea).
Since 2015, Retele Electrice companies have been installing smart meters for clients in the regions of Banat, Dobrogea and Muntenia, in accordance with the implementation calendar set by Romania’s energy regulator ANRE.
Retele Electrice companies operate networks covering a total of over 133,000 km across three important regions in Romania: Muntenia Sud (including Bucharest), Banat and Dobrogea, covering a third of the local distribution market. The electrical networks operated by the three Retele Electrice companies have 289 transformer stations and over 25,000 transformer posts.