Legislation and procedures
See which laws and emergency ordinances we comply with.
Primary legislation governing our activities
Rețele Electrice România operates its electricity distribution activity based on several laws and government emergency ordinances. These are part of primary legislation, one of the categories in which normative acts are classified.
Consult the laws and emergency ordinances we comply with.
- Energy and natural gas law no. 123/2012, with subsequent amendments and completions.
- Law no. 220/2008 establishing the promotion system for electricity production from renewable energy sources, with subsequent amendments and completions.
- Law no. 206/2022 approving Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022 on measures applicable to final customers in the electricity and natural gas market from April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023, as well as amending and supplementing certain energy-related regulations.
- Law no. 357/2022 approving Government Emergency Ordinance no. 119/2022 amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022 regarding measures applicable to final customers in the electricity and natural gas market from April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023, as well as amending and supplementing certain energy-related regulations.
- Law no. 206/2023 approving Government Emergency Ordinance no. 153/2022 amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022 on measures applicable to final customers in the electricity and natural gas market from April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023, as well as amending and supplementing certain energy-related regulations, and amending Government Emergency Ordinance no. 119/2022.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022 on measures applicable to final customers in the electricity and natural gas market from April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023, as well as amending and supplementing certain energy-related regulations.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 42/2022 amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 112/2022 establishing measures to stimulate investments funded by external non-reimbursable funds in energy efficiency, renewable energy resources for large and small and medium enterprises, green energy from renewable sources for local public authorities, and smart specialization measures, as well as amending and supplementing certain regulations.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 119/2022 amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 153/2022 amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022 and modifying Government Emergency Ordinance no. 119/2022.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 163/2022 completing the legal framework for promoting the use of renewable energy and amending and supplementing certain regulations.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 192/2022 amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 90/2023 approving budget expenditure reduction measures for 2023 to meet the deficit target under the Convergence Program.
- Emergency Ordinance no. 32/2024 amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2022 and adopting energy sector measures.
Secondary legislation governing our operations
Rețele Electrice România’s electricity distribution activity is regulated by orders and decisions issued by the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), which establishes how the national energy system functions.
ANRE orders and decisions are part of the secondary legislation.
Find information about the orders and decisions we follow in our electricity distribution activity:
Connection to the power grid
Regulation on user connection to the power grid
- ANRE Order no. 59/2013 for the approval of the regulation regarding the connection of users to public interest electricity networks. Amended by ANRE Order no. 63/2014. Amended by ANRE Order no. 111/2018. Amended by ANRE Order no. 15/2019. Amended by ANRE Order no. 22/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 68/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 160/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 16/2021. Amended by ANRE Order no. 45/2021. Amended by ANRE Order no. 17/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 81/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 53/2024. Amended by ANRE Order no. 60/2024.
- ANRE Order no. 85/2014 regarding the organization and operation of commissions for resolving disputes regarding access to networks/systems in the energy field. Amended by ANRE Order no. 227/2020.
- ANRE Order no. 36/2019 for the approval of the methodology for evaluating financing conditions for investments for electrification of localities or for the extension of electricity distribution networks, with subsequent amendments and completions. Amended by ANRE Order no. 159/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 53/2021. Amended by ANRE Order no. 80/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 133/2022 for amending and supplementing several orders of the ANRE president in the field of user connection to the public electricity network.
- ANRE Order no. 4/2023 for amending and supplementing several orders of the ANRE president in the field of user connection to the public electricity network.
- ANRE Order no. 70/2023 for amending and supplementing several orders of the ANRE president in the field of user connection to the public electricity network.
Regulation on defining the connection to the power grid solutions
- ANRE Order no. 102/2015 for the approval of the regulation on defining user connection solutions to public interest electricity networks. Amended by ANRE Order no. 184/2019.
- ANRE Order no. 20/2004 for the approval of the technical code of the electricity transmission network.
- ANRE Order no. 128/2008 for the approval of the technical code of the electricity distribution network.
Location approval
- ANRE Order no. 25/2016 regarding the approval of the methodology for issuing location approvals by network operators. Amended by ANRE Order no. 183/2019. Amended by ANRE Order no. 201/2019. Amended by ANRE Order no. 184/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 11/2023.
Technical grid connection approval
- ANRE Order no. 74/2014 for the approval of the framework content of technical connection approvals. Amended by ANRE Order no. 162/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 85/2021. Amended by ANRE Order no. 82/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 53/2024.
- ANRE Order no. 133/2022 for amending and supplementing several orders of the ANRE president in the field of user connection to the public electricity network.
Connection fee
- ANRE Order no. 11/2014 for the approval of the methodology for establishing the connection fees for users to public interest electricity networks. Amended by ANRE Order no. 87/2014. Annex 1,4 amended by ANRE Order no. 21/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 60/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 141/2014 for the approval of specific tariffs and specific indicators used for establishing connection fees for users to public interest electricity networks. Amended by ANRE Order no. 113/2018. Amended by ANRE Order no. 22/2022.
- ANRE Order no. 61/2014 for the approval of the methodology regarding the establishment of fees for issuing and updating technical connection approvals, connection certificates, and location approvals. Amended by ANRE Order no. 62/2017.
- ANRE Order no. 114/2014 for the approval of the fees for issuing and updating technical connection approvals, connection certificates, and location approvals. Amended by ANRE Order no. 63/2017.
Connection to the power grid contract
- ANRE Order no. 105/2022 for the approval of the framework connection contract for public interest electricity networks. Amended by ANRE Order no. 4/2023. Amended by ANRE Order no. 53/2024. Amended by ANRE Order no. 60/2024.
- ANRE Order no. 95/2018 regarding the approval of mandatory clauses in contracts for the provision of services for carrying out connection works to public interest electricity networks. Amended by ANRE Order no. 185/2018.
Energization for trial period
- ANRE Order no. 74/2013 for the approval of the procedure regarding energization for the trial period and technical compliance certification of wind and photovoltaic power plants. Amended by ANRE Order no. 59/2014. Amended by ANRE Order no. 51/2019.
Connection to the power grid certificate
- ANRE Order no. 5/2014 for the approval of the framework content of connection certificates. Amended by ANRE Order no. 163/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 83/2022.
Technical standards regarding connection requirements
- ANRE Order no. 72/2017 for the approval of the technical standard regarding connection requirements to public interest electricity networks for synchronous generator groups. Amended by ANRE Order no. 214/2018.
- ANRE Order no. 208/2018 for the approval of the technical standard regarding connection requirements to public interest electricity networks for generating modules, power plants consisting of generating modules, and offshore power plants.
- ANRE Order no. 228/2018 for the approval of the technical standard “Technical connection conditions to public interest electricity networks for prosumers with active power injection into the grid.” Amended by ANRE Order no. 132/2020.
- ANRE Order no. 191/2018 for the approval of the procedure regarding granting exemptions for power generation installations from the obligation to meet one or more requirements stipulated in the technical connection standard.
- ANRE Order no. 30/2013 – Technical connection conditions to public interest networks for photovoltaic power plants – amended by ANRE Order no. 74/2013 and ANRE Order no. 208/2018.
- ANRE Order no. 51/2009 – Technical connection conditions to public interest electricity networks for wind power plants – technical standard. Amended by ANRE Order no. 29/2013. Article 2 from the annex repealed by ANRE Order no. 208/2018.
- ANRE Order no. 3/2023 – for the approval of the technical standard regarding connection requirements to public interest electricity networks for electricity storage installations and the notification procedure for connecting electricity storage installations.
Procedures regarding connection to the power grids
- ANRE Order no. 51/2019 regarding the approval of the notification procedure for the connection of generating units and the verification of the compliance of generating units with technical connection requirements to public interest electricity networks. Amended by ANRE Order no. 60/2024.
- ANRE Order no. 137/2021 for the approval of the procedure regarding the determination of available capacity in electricity networks for the connection of new electricity generation installations. Amended by ANRE Order no. 108/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 18/2022 for the approval of the procedure regarding connection to low voltage public interest electricity networks of household consumers. Amended by ANRE Order no. 133/2022.
- ANRE Order no. 19/2022 for the approval of the procedure regarding connection to public interest electricity networks of consumption and production sites belonging to prosumers. Amended by ANRE Order no. 104/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 133/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 4/2023. Amended by ANRE Order no. 70/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 103/2022 for the approval of the procedure regarding connection to public interest electricity networks of electric vehicle charging points.
Financial compensations
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Tariffs for electricity distribution service
Tariff methodology
- ANRE Order no. 102/2016 for the approval of the methodology for establishing tariffs for the electricity distribution service of operators other than the procedure for substantiating and approving the development and investment plans of concessionaire distribution operators. Amended by ANRE Order no. 177/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 86/2021. Amended by ANRE Order no. 5/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 96/2017 for the approval of the organization regulation for maintenance activities. Amended by ANRE Order no. 84/2021.
- ANRE Order no. 67/2024 regarding the approval of the methodology for establishing tariffs for the electricity distribution service.
- ANRE Order no. 75/2020 for establishing the regulated rate of return on invested capital applied to setting tariffs for distribution, transmission, and system services for electricity and natural gas until the end of the fourth regulatory period and for amending certain normative acts issued by ANRE.
- ANRE Order no. 55/2024 for establishing the regulated rate of return on invested capital applied to setting tariffs for distribution, transmission, and system services for electricity and natural gas for the fifth regulatory period.
- Decision no. 1047/2020 regarding the approval of monitoring templates for expenditures and revenues of electricity distribution concessionaire operators and the guide for completing them.
- ANRE Order no. 98/2022 for the approval of the procedure for substantiating and approving the development and investment plans of the transmission and system operator and electricity distribution operators. Amended by ANRE Order no. 6/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 129/2022 for the approval of methodological norms regarding the recognition in tariffs of additional costs for purchasing electricity to cover own technological consumption compared to the costs included in regulated tariffs. Amended by ANRE Order no. 104/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 5/2023 for the approval of the regulation on the supply of electricity to final customers, as well as for amending and supplementing certain orders of the ANRE president. Amended by ANRE Order no. 6/2024.
- ANRE Order no. 82/2023 regarding amending and supplementing certain orders of the ANRE president. Amended by ANRE Order no. 68/2024.
Specific tariffs for electricity distribution service and reactive energy price – Rețele Electrice Banat, Rețele Electrice Dobrogea, and Rețele Electrice Muntenia
- ANRE Order no. 110/2023 – regarding the approval of specific tariffs for the electricity distribution service and the price of reactive electricity, for Rețele Electrice Banat – S.A.
- ANRE Order no. 111/2023 – regarding the approval of specific tariffs for the electricity distribution service and the price of reactive electricity, for Rețele Electrice Dobrogea – S.A.
- ANRE Order no. 112/2023 – regarding the approval of specific tariffs for the electricity distribution service and the price of reactive electricity, for Rețele Electrice Muntenia – S.A.
Distribution contracts
- ANRE Order no. 90/2015 regarding the approval of framework contracts for the electricity distribution service. Amended by ANRE Order no. 25/2021. Amended by ANRE Order no. 5/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 129/2015 for the approval of the procedure for establishing financial guarantees within the electricity distribution service contract.
- ANRE Order no. 33/2014 for amending and supplementing the methodology for establishing payment obligations for reactive electricity and the regulated price for reactive electricity. Amended by ANRE Order no. 76/2016.
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Performance standard
- ANRE Order no. 46/2021 regarding the approval of the performance standard for the electricity distribution service. Amended by ANRE Order no. 64/2022.
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Prosumers
- ANRE Order no. 15/2022 for the approval of the methodology for establishing the trading rules for electricity produced in renewable energy plants with an installed electric power of up to 400 kW per consumption site belonging to prosumers. Amended by ANRE Order no. 95/2022.
- ANRE Order no. 227/2018 for the approval of the framework contract for the purchase of electricity produced by prosumers who own power plants generating electricity from renewable sources with an installed power of up to 100 kW per consumption site and for the amendment of certain regulations in the electricity sector. Amended by ANRE Order no. 61/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 192/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 15/2022.
- ANRE Order no. 228/2018 for the approval of the technical standard “Technical connection conditions to public interest electricity networks for prosumers with active power injection into the grid.” Amended by ANRE Order no. 132/2020.
- ANRE Order no. 19/2022 for the approval of the procedure regarding connection to public interest electricity networks of consumption and production sites belonging to prosumers. Amended by ANRE Order no. 104/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 133/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 4/2023. Amended by ANRE Order no. 70/2023.
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Implementation of smart metering systems for electricity
- ANRE Order no. 177/2018 regarding the approval of the framework conditions for the implementation schedule of smart metering systems for electricity at the national level. Amended by ANRE Order no. 94/2021.
- ANRE President’s Decision no. 778/08.05.2019 regarding the approval of the implementation schedule of smart metering systems for the period 2019-2028. Amended by ANRE Decision no. 1315/2022.
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License and certifications
- ANRE Order no. 73/2014 regarding the approval of general conditions associated with licenses for providing the electricity distribution service. Amended by ANRE Order no. 32/2018. Amended by ANRE Order no. 209/2019. Amended by ANRE Order no. 97/2021. Amended by ANRE Order no. 90/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 12/2015 regarding the approval of the regulation for granting licenses and authorizations in the electricity sector. Amended by ANRE Order no. 158/2015. Amended by ANRE Order no. 211/2018. Amended by ANRE Order no. 209/2019. Amended by ANREw Order no. 197/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 115/2021. Amended by ANRE Order no. 24/2022.
- ANRE Order no. 134/2021 regarding the approval of the regulation for certifying economic operators that design, execute, and verify electrical installations.
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Other
Electricity measurement
- ANRE Order no. 103/2015 for the approval of the electricity measurement code.
- ANRE Order no. 62/2020 for the approval of commercial rules regarding the collection, processing, and transmission of measured electricity values. Amended by ANRE Order no. 152/2020. Amended by ANRE Order no. 92/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 54/2024.
- ANRE Order no. 190/2020 for the approval of the procedure for establishing electricity consumption under a lump-sum system.
- ANRE Order no. 98/2021 for the approval of the procedure for correcting measurement data in relation to the delimitation point.
Supplier switching
Takeover of energy capacities
- ANRE Order no. 134/2021 regarding the approval of the regulation for certifying economic operators that design, execute, and verify electrical installations.
- ANRE Decision no. 2741/2008 for the approval of the procedure regarding the collaboration between distribution, transmission, and system operators for the approval of user connection to electricity networks.
ANRE processes/procedures
- ANRE Order no. 194/2020 for the approval of the procedure regarding the resolution of complaints from interested parties in the energy sector. Amended by ANRE Order no. 64/2024.
- ANRE Order no. 97/2021 for the approval of the regulation regarding the establishment of the compliance program and the designation of the compliance officer by electricity and natural gas distribution operators and by underground natural gas storage operators that are part of a vertically integrated economic operator, and for the amendment and completion of the general conditions associated with the license for the provision of the electricity distribution service by concessionaire electricity distribution operators, approved by ANRE Order no. 73/2014, the framework conditions for the validity of the natural gas distribution system operation license, approved by ANRE Order no. 84/2014, and the framework conditions for the validity of the license for the underground natural gas storage operation activity, approved by ANRE Order no. 109/2018. Amended by ANRE Order no. 90/2023.
- ANRE Order no. 62/2013 for the approval of the regulation for detecting, notifying, and sanctioning violations of energy regulations applicable to ANRE’s control activity and the regulation for detecting, notifying, and sanctioning violations of energy regulations applicable to ANRE’s investigation activity. Amended by ANRE Order no. 5/2019. Amended by ANRE Order no. 169/2019. Amended by ANRE Order no. 120/2022. Amended by ANRE Order no. 143/2022.
- ANRE Order no. 118/2023 regarding the approval of tariffs and financial contributions charged by ANRE in 2024. Amended by ANRE Order no. 64/2024.
- ANRE Order no. 52/2021 for the approval of the methodology for monitoring the promotion system for electricity production from renewable energy sources. Amended by ANRE Order no. 90/2022.
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The procedures we follow
We conduct electricity distribution activities based on clear procedures. See details below.