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30 September 2026 · deadline approaching
Submissions open for the €102.8 million call dedicated to energy communities
The applicant's guide for the component Dezvoltarea surselor de energie regenerabilă în perspectiva creării comunităților de energie (developing renewable energy sources with a view to creating energy communities), part of the Programul Tranziție Justă (PTJ, Romania's Just Transition Programme, funded by the EU Just Transition Fund), was published on 13 August 2026. Total budget: €102,822,173. Submissions open on 30 September 2026, 17:00, and close on 31 March 2027, 17:00. Six counties are eligible: Gorj, Hunedoara, Dolj, Galați, Prahova and Mureș.
The PTJ guides on mfe.gov.ro →
2 September 2026 · ANRE
Romania's first two energy communities enter the national register
The association ‘Comunitatea Portului’ in Galați is the first renewable energy community to be registered, and the cooperative Societatea Cooperativă Energetica Micăsasa Coop, in Sibiu County, is the first citizen energy community. The register is no longer theory. The registrations were made under ANRE Order 50/2026 (ANRE is Romania's energy regulator).
Official ANRE page →
23 July 2026 · Monitorul Oficial
The prosumer law: netting becomes monthly
Law 160/2026, published in Monitorul Oficial (Romania's Official Gazette) no. 603 and in force since 26 July, replaces the 24-month settlement with monthly quantity-based netting. The threshold up to which netting can be requested rises to 400 kW, and the exemption from paying imbalance costs goes up to 900 kW. The figures on the bill, however, depend on the ANRE methodology in Order 15/2022, which is due to be updated by 24 September 2026.
See the act on the Legislation page →
30 June 2026 · Monitorul Oficial
The national register of energy communities gets a procedure
ANRE Order 50/2026, published in Monitorul Oficial no. 535, approves the procedure by which a community that has already been legally set up enrols in the register. Registration is the step that turns an association or a cooperative into an energy community recognised on the market. Members must switch to smart meters within 180 days of registration at most.
The text of the order (ANRE PDF) →
7 May 2026 · Monitorul Oficial
Communities can enter the wholesale market and use batteries commercially
ANRE Order 9/2026, published in Monitorul Oficial no. 384, sets out how a community sells its surplus on the wholesale market and how it buys energy for its members, directly or through an intermediary. It also opens up the possibility for the community's storage to provide balancing services to grid operators, which turns the battery from a cost into a source of income.
The text of the order (ANRE PDF) →
10 March 2026 · European Commission
Citizens Energy Package: Brussels puts communities at the centre
The Commission published the package on 10 March and the recommendations on 30 April. It is not binding legislation, but recommendations and an action plan for energy communities: enabling frameworks, access to finance, social inclusion, digital innovation. Useful when you make the case for a project before a local council or a funder.
The package on the Commission's website →
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ANRE - Autoritatea Națională de Reglementare în Energie (Romania's energy regulator)
The national regulator of the energy sector. This is where the secondary regulations that apply to energy communities are published (register, reporting, indicators).
anre.ro →
official RO sources
MFE - Ministerul Investițiilor și Proiectelor Europene (the Ministry of Investments and European Projects)
The PTJ and PNRR (Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan) calls, and other EU instruments managed at national level.
mfe.gov.ro →
official EU sources
DG ENER - European Commission
The Directorate-General for Energy. This is where EU packages and directives are announced (RED II/III, IEM, Citizens Energy Package).
energy.ec.europa.eu →
official EU sources
EUR-Lex - the official texts of the EU
The primary source for EU directives and regulations. In any formal application, quote directly from here, not from the press.
eur-lex.europa.eu →