News about Electricity
Chairman António Costa said that threats against EU leaders were unacceptable, commenting on Ukrainian President Zelensky’s remarks against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Slovakia’s state-owned company SEPS has officially notified Ukraine about the cessation of emergency electricity supplies.
The authorities urge not to encourage inflation expectations. The rise in fuel prices over the past two weeks has increased the total costs of businesses by a maximum of 1.5%.
The transportation of liquefied natural gas from the USA via Romania is extremely important for Ukraine and at the same time beneficial for Moldova. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in Bucharest at a joint press conference with Romanian President Nicusor Dan after their official meeting.
In recent days, drivers from neighboring countries have started coming to Moldova to refuel, as the prices for gasoline and diesel fuel here are among the lowest in the region. This was reported by Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu, who said that this situation should be thoroughly analyzed.
Overcoming the 2025 energy crisis by about two-thirds has been financed by the EU and European bilateral partners to the tune of €215 million, mainly in the form of grants for electricity procurement and support to households, businesses and social institutions. External support to the energy sector will be significantly reduced in 2026.
In 2025, 24.5% of the gross final electricity consumption of the Republic of Moldova was provided by renewable energy sources (RES). The increase in the share of electricity from RES was due to the growth in the number of RES electricity producers, as well as the dynamics of the total installed capacity at the country level.
The government and importers of petroleum products have analyzed several options and mechanisms that could be applied to ensure that a possible price increase would be “gradual” and would not have a drastic impact on consumers.
Tehran is experiencing a “temporary shortage” of fuel amid U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, according to the governor of Iran’s capital province. Residents have been urged to refrain from unnecessary travel and save fuel.
Export and re-export of gasoline and diesel fuel from Giurgiulesti port may be restricted if stocks fall below 8,000 tons of gasoline and 25,000 tons of diesel fuel. Under the same conditions, ship bunkering services will be suspended.
This is reported by the National Crisis Management Center.
For the first time since November 2025, Ukraine started supplying electricity abroad. Specifically, on March 5, a minimum export to Moldova was recorded. Before that, the last time electricity was exported was on November 11, 2025.
The Board of Directors of the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has revoked the status of qualified small power producer from 13 companies that failed to fulfill the obligations set forth in the current legislation.
On the initiative of the National Crisis Management Center and in accordance with the appeal of the Ministry of Energy and the National Energy Regulatory Agency, the government imposed a 60-day high alert regime in the energy sector.
Premier Energy Group reported strong operational and financial growth in 2025 on the back of expanded renewable energy generation capacity, increased energy supply and continued investment in distribution networks in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
January 2026 was a record year for imported electricity supplies to Ukraine – 894.5 thousand MWh, according to Logos Press.
Hungary has decided not to stop exporting electricity to Ukraine despite recent threats and tensions in the energy sector over the termination of oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, Logos Press reported.
Slovakia’s threats to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine from February 23 could create a dangerous capacity shortage in the common energy hub, which in winter conditions could lead to power outages or a sharp rise in tariffs, Logos Press reported.
Moldova Fruct Association responded to the call for help from the Ukrainian Embassy in the Republic of Moldova. As part of the global campaign “Heat for Ukraine”, the organization provided seven electric generators as a gift to the population of the neighboring country left without stable access to electricity, Logos Press reported.
The difficulty of mining bitcoin has increased by 15%. This is the largest increase since 2021, according to Logos Press.
In January this year, 194.4 million cubic meters of gas were supplied to Moldovan consumers – about 50 million cubic meters more than in December 2025 and the same amount more than in January last year, Logos Press reported.
