The National Anti-Corruption Department (DNA) has a lot of work to do at Transelectrica, as it is currently conducting six investigations, market sources claim. The prosecutors of the DNA are allegedly investigating complaints received from Spanish investors in the wind energy sector, who claim that they were denied the authorizations to connect to the grid or that they were asked to pay bribes for the issue of such authorizations. Another investigation allegedly concerns the rental contract between Transelectrica and Dagesh Rom, the owner of Platinum Center (the current headquarters of the energy carrier).
The prosecutors are also allegedly collecting information about irregularities in the import and export of energy, transit and the Balancing market (which do not concern acts of corruption at Transelectrica), according to our sources.
According to rumors inside Transelectrica, one of the people who filed a complaint with the DNA is Corneliu Dică, former administrator of Eolica Dobrogea.
Under his management, Eolica Dobrogea filed a lawsuit against Transelectrica, against Horia Hăhăianu, former CEO of Transelectrica, against Corneliu Ene, deputy CEO of the company, and the ANRE, because they have refused to issue a statement confirming that Eolica met the requirements for being allowed to connect to the grid the 600 MW wind park of Cogealac, without any valid reason for this refusal.
However, the shareholders of Eolica have announced in the beginning of the year that they have dropped the lawsuit in question, by which they were asking for 118 million Euros in annual damages. At the time, Eolica claimed that the lawsuit was initiated by administrator Corneliu Dică, without a legal basis and without the agreement of the shareholders. Eolica, a company with Swiss shareholders, has announced that Corneliu Dică, has decided to file lawsuits on b
