The major companies in the industry will be exempted from the payment of the green certificates, and the support scheme for the renewable energy makers will be adjusted starting this year even, sources from the Ministry of the Economy say. This is the option version which the delegate minister for Energy, Constantin Niţă, will go for, to allow all categories of consumers to have bearable energy expenses, our sources also say.
One week ago, minister Nita said, exclusively for BURSA, that the current support scheme for the production of renewable energy will be changed, and he was considering the following alternatives: the adjustment of the maximum value of the green certificates, the reduction of the number of certificates issued due to the technology becoming cheaper, the exemption of industrial operators from the obligation to pay these certificates, the introduction of a balancing tax. He said that the solution chosen will consist of a mix between these measures.
The mentioned sources said: "If the industry will be exempted from the payment of the certificates, then the burden of these payments will fall on the remaining consumers. In order to avoid this, the change of the number of green certificates issued to the producers of renewable energy will have to be approved this year even. Thus, the population and the SMEs will no longer see new increases in the cost of green certificates".
Ionel Blănculescu, the executive secretary of the Consultative Secretary of the Advisory Council for the Business Environment told us: "If the delegated minister for energy will go with this version, than I can only congratulate him. The decision will be good for the economy and for consumers alike. In October last year I warned about the impact that the subsidies for the green energy will have".
He said that the reduction of the number of certificates shoul
