Under an Emergency Ordinance adopted by the government on Wednesday, the suppliers are required to recalculate within 15 days the wrong energy bills where the capping and offsetting mechanisms were not applied, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu announced at a briefing at the end of the government meeting.
"As promised, the government introduced today the suppliers' obligation to redo the wrong bills, that is those where the capping and offsetting mechanisms were not applied. The suppliers shall do the recalculation with no penalties in 15 days' time and invoice payment is also suspended during these 15 days," said the Minister.
He pointed out that in order to prevent "any potential abuse by a party" towards customers, utility shutoffs are prohibited as long as this Emergency Ordinance is in force.