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The Ministry of Energy paid over 130 million euros to large energy consumers, an amount related to last year's state aid scheme for paying bills, according to a ministry's release issued on Wednesday for AGERPRES.
The amount paid in 2021 in the form of state aid for 2020 is 637.6 million lei, the equivalent of 131.8 million euros at the average reference rate for 2020 of 4.8371 lei/euro;
The total number of companies that benefited from state aid according to Emergency Ordinance no. 81/2019 is 33, all with 100% private capital, of which 12 limited liability companies and 21 joint stock companies.
