The ministry added that a draft government decision published Monday on the ministry’s website “creates the mechanisms whereby (power grid operator) Transelectrica (TEL.RO) can restore equilibrium” between consumption and production.
“The Government can take the measures included in the document mentioned, namely prioritizing internal consumption or limiting or halting energy exports, should reserves in the system near a certain limit. Romania, right now, is not facing such a situation,” the ministry said in a press release.
Under the government decision in question, Transelectrica is able to limit or even halt energy exports over a one month interval, between February 16 and March 15, 2012.
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday said there is no chance of interruption in the delivery of electricity to households, adding the Government might decide to halt energy exports.
In addition, Transelectrica announced that the national electricity system is working safely and there is no risk of major interruptions.
The company added it will be able to reconnect, by Wednesday, the 10,000 clients facing problems in electricity supply, if the weather does not worsen.