Romanian electricity joins EU

Romania will join the EU this spring, but only as electrical power carrier. “Romania is set to become a full-fledged member of the Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE – EU’s electricity transport system), after having the national energy system already linked with the European one on February 1,” Ion Lungu, chairman of the National Energy Regulating Authority (ANRE) told Ziarul Financiar. The link with UCTE will directly impact on the increase of the energy flow between Romania and the European countries and will boost competition between the electricity producers and suppliers, with the consumers to benefit in the end, specialists say. The Romanian energy companies have been investing in upgrades for their infrastructure and energy producing capacities over the last two years. ZF