“On the basis of provisions of article 5, section (1) letter a) of Law no. 160/2012, ANRE’s regulatory committee decided to reject a request of companies DELALINA SRL and FOTO DISTRIBUTIE SRL to be granted license to provide electricity distribution services. The committee grounded its decision on the provisions of article 27, section (5) of the Regulation on the granting of licenses and permits in the energy sector (Regulation), approved through ANRE Order no. 12/2015, considering that DELALINA SRL fails to meet the conditions stipulated at article 23, section (2) letter g), article 23, section (2) letter i) and article 29, section (1) letter b) and c) of the Regulation and that FOTO DISTRIBUTIE SRL fails to meet the conditions stipulated at article 23, section (2) letter i) and article 29, section (1) letter b) of the Regulation,” ANRE said in a statement.
ANRE representatives said they made “the only decision allowed under the valid legislation.”
In 2015, RCS&RDS accused ANRE of limiting the competition on the power distribution market, and even violating the Constitution, considering that it refuses to license as power distributors certain companies within RCS&RDS group.
RCS&RDS is carrying out, through two companies, some projects aimed at developing electricity distribution networks and requested ANRE, in September 2015, to grant the necessary licenses for pilot projects in the city of Oradea and in the vicinity of the western city of Timisoara. ANRE, however, bans the provision of such services on lack of approval from power distribution operators that currently provide this type of services in each region.