“Finally in the Republic of Moldova we have started to talk more and more about energy efficiency. Those who did not know, walking around Chisinau, must have noticed that our architecture has a distinctly Soviet character. All the buildings we inherited, volens-nolens, are responsible for about 50% or even more of the energy losses we record in the energy sector,” said the State Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Cristina Pereteatcu, speaking at the Romania-Republic of Moldova Cross-Border Conference on Sustainable Development.
At the same time, she said that the most inefficient building is the Moldovan government building: “It is there that the biggest losses are recorded when it comes to heat energy”.
She expressed confidence that the path to a sustainable and efficient energy sector Moldova can take together with EU partners, first of all with Romania, because “all good things to Moldova go through Romania.”
“In Moldova, we are often accused of having very high electricity, heat and natural gas bills. The energy transition is still costly and I believe that we can take this European path – the path to energy transition – together, forming a sustainable and efficient sector with the support, first of all, of Romania. This kind of cooperation has already allowed us to avoid major crises in the energy sector,” Cristina Pereteatcu said, addressing the participants of the conference from Romania.
The Chisinau Mayor General Ion Ceban emphasized in the context that the largest energy efficiency projects are implemented in the capital city.
“Today, a very large project is on the agenda of the Chisinau Municipal Council to be approved. We hope that there will be no political tension, as we are talking about investments in the energy-efficient modernization of another 50 kindergartens,” the mayor said.
It should be noted that many Chisinau residents, having received their heat receipts for December, expressed indignation at the high sums. Termoelectrica explained that this was due to the full payment for both heating and hot water, as well as to the extended invoicing period of 32 days.
The tariff for heat energy from January 2025 is 2,510 lei per 1 Gcal (without VAT) and has not changed. In addition, energy consumption is influenced by the quality of thermal insulation of houses, tightness of windows and doors, as well as unauthorized changes in the in-house heating system, which leads to different bills even for similar apartments.
