Things will not change since more and more employers have announced they will continue to implement a hybrid working schedule after the pandemic, as requested by thousands of employees.
Competition among suppliers for small consumers will increase, those in the sector say.
The data in the report of Romania’s energy market watchdog ANRE says consumption of power fell by some 3% in the country last year, but the industry was to blame for that, since it was badly hurt by the health crisis.
With the lockdown in place, the start of online classes at schools and the implementation of work-from-home strategies nationwide, household consumption rose a lot, 5%, ANRE data show. The trend will continue for a long time given the implementation of hybrid work systems by more and more employers.
“Considering the development of this hybrid working format, household consumers will focus more and more on cost efficiency of the power they used. Once the electricity market deregulated, competition among suppliers increased,” say the officials of power supplier Restart Energy.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)