Stup de Energie is the initiative through which the Romanian Smart City Association (ARSC) sets up and runs energy communities for municipalities and citizens. That's it.
We are not a supplier, we are not an integrator, we don't sell panels. We are the operator of your energy community, from the first phone call to the last bill.
Pre-feasibility, legal form, statutes, registration with ANRE (Romania's energy regulator), EU funding application. From zero to a registered hive in 4-6 months.
Applications to PTJ (Programul Tranziție Justă, Romania's Just Transition Programme, funded by the EU Just Transition Fund), the Modernisation Fund and LIFE. On PTJ calls in Just Transition regions, co-financing reaches up to ~98%.
We work with carefully selected integrators. You have a single point of contact - us.
Every month: we read the smart meters, apply the allocation coefficient, each member sees the reduction on their bill, and we sell the surplus to the supplier. Every year: we report to ANRE and ANAF (the Romanian tax authority) and hold the general assembly. For years.
The legal framework for energy communities has existed in Romania since 2022. EU funding is open. The technology is mature. Citizens want cheaper energy. Mayors want projects with impact.
The only missing piece: someone to carry the whole list from one end to the other - legal, technical, financial, operational. Not a consultant who prepares your application and leaves. Not an integrator who installs your system and leaves. Someone who stays by your side for years.
That's what we do. Because the result isn't a PDF - it's a smaller bill in month four. And the smaller bill only stays alive if someone keeps the community alive, month after month.
Stup de Energie is a permanent programme of the Romanian Smart City Association. The brand belongs to ARSC, and all contracts are signed through the association.
President of ARSC. Coordinates the STUP agenda, institutional partnerships and EU funding advice. Single point of contact for relations with municipalities, ANRE and DG ENER.
Contact: [email protected]
Non-profit founded in 2016. Promotes the adoption of smart city models in Romania. National partner of the Covenant of Mayors. Coordinates several programmes in energy, mobility and urban planning.
arsc.ro · 10 years of activity
Four ways to start a conversation, depending on how much time you have and what you need. We reply to each within 24h on working days.
A direct question, some background, something you are curious about. Write however it comes to you. We reply within 24h on working days. Detailed questions get detailed answers.
[email protected] →If you already have an outline - a municipality, a community, an idea - the 'Start your hive' form gives us everything we need to reply with a plan, not with a question.
Open the form →For questions that work better spoken than written. ARSC reception answers and puts you through to the person in charge of STUP. No robot.
031 425 42 63 →For a longer conversation with Eduard - strategy, an EU application, a political dilemma. Send an email with 2-3 preferred times, and we confirm the next day with a meeting link.
Request a slot →Asociația Română pentru Smart City · Integral Business Center · Bd. Pipera nr. 1-IA · Voluntari 077190, Ilfov County · [email protected]
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