Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu declared on Tuesday that the maximum electricity tariff effective as of January 1, 2023 will be 1.3 RON per kWh, stressing that if the government does not take a decision in this respect, Parliament will, according to Agerpres.

„Your tariff will be 1.3 RON at the most, even for a monthly consumption in excess of 200 kW. This was our red line. It will be published in the Official Journal until January 1, it will come in force. If it is not approved by the government, I will pass it through Parliament and I’ll still have it enacted. The bill settlement will be done in February with the inclusion in consumption tiers. The maximum tariff will be 1.3 RON, but there could also be lower tariffs,” Ciolacu told broadcaster Romania TV.

The Social Democrat leader also explained that there are around 8.7 million consumers in Romania, of whom 8 million fall within the consumption limit of 255 kW per month, while 700,000 consumers exceed this threshold.

He added that the price for natural gas is regulated and that gas stocks are sufficient to ensure there is no problem with gas this winter. Ciolacu also argued that out of control energy prices are to blame for the soaring inflation.

„We shouldn’t have waited so long to grasp once and for all that we are bringing a country and a population to its knees, if we don’t set a regulation in place for a certain period. Now the traders are very upset, but I suppose I am also the target of certain attacks. There are companies that gained 200 million euros in six months, traders who made profit between 1 and 3 percent… There were traders who operated in Romania but couldn’t be tracked and taxed. (…) This is the result of an irrational, chaotic liberalization,” Ciolacu said.

Agerpres