The sun tax will be repealed, minister says

By Romania Journal Last updated Mar 25, 2024

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The Ministry of Energy will propose the repeal through an emergency ordinance of the “solar tax” for prosumers, Sebastian Burduja, the responsible minister, said on Monday. This after the European Commission replied that each country can decide whether or not to introduce this tax.

“The Ministry of Energy supports the elimination of the tax on the sun. Besides, we also have the formal response from the European Commission, which allows us to repeal that article,” said Burduja.

According to him, the European Commission stated that it is a clause of the “may” type, meaning that each country decides whether to implement it or not. “We will repeal it by emergency ordinance,” added Burduja.

The so-called sun tax allows ANRE to charge prosumers starting December 1, 2026, if their power will exceed 8% of the total energy production capacities in Romania.

Two years ago, when the ordinance was approved, the Government specified that it has no intention of applying it, but rather it is about taking over a European directive.

Now, an association of prosumers has brought the discussion of the “solar tax” back into the public space, and the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, stated a month ago that he will eliminate it if he receives an answer from the European Commission that there is no risk of infringement. The “solar tax” refers to the introduction of a tax on the self-consumption of electricity, i.e. the energy produced by prosumers and consumed by them, for their needs.

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