
NAER has postponed the entry into force of the Electricity Market Rules until January 1, 2022.
The decision was made by the Administrative Council of the National Agency for Energy Regulation in connection with the difficult situation in the energy sector in the country and the region. The decision was discussed both with the Secretariat of the Energy Community and with the operators of the Moldovan electricity market. The postponement of the entry into force of the Wholesale Electricity Market Rules will give additional time to identify optimal solutions that will help overcome the problem of imbalances in the electricity market caused by unlicensed organizations operating in the Transnistrian region. Recall that the rules define the procedures for resolving the imbalance, purchasing electricity on the forward, day, intraday and balancing markets, as well as purchasing additional services. They were adopted by the National Agency for Energy Regulation on August 7, and were supposed to come into force on October 2 (with the exception of the electricity procurement procedure, which was to come into force from January 2022). The new rules and procedure for the procurement of electricity were developed with the technical support of the EU4Energy Management Project, which is part of the EU EU4Energy initiative. // 29.10.2021 — InfoMarket