Romania’s centrist government will approve the structure of an
integrated energy holding company by the end of the year, Prime
Minister Calin Tariceanu told the state news agency on Saturday.
Finance
and Economy Minister Varujan Vosganian had said the state will hold 25
to 40 percent of the company that would pull together state-owned power
transporters, distributors and producers from the nuclear, thermal and
hydro sectors.
Asked by state news agency Rompres in an interview
if the government had reached a decision on the future holding’s
structure, Tariceanu said: “No. But this does not mean that we gave up
the project. In the next two weeks, we will make an assessment that
will be the basis for making a decision regarding setting up the
national energy company.”
In September, the cabinet approved a
long-term energy strategy that stipulates the creation of an energy
holding and envisages investment of about –35 billion in the sector.
Bucharest
plans to become an important electricity exporter in the region by
2020, as the strategy envisages doubling the country’s power output to
around 100 TWh, which would be more than estimated domestic consumption.