Romania sets emergency rules to reduce industrial electricity use

adevarul.ro (Romanian)

Government holds emergency session Friday to set rules for cutting electricity use by large industrial consumers amid mounting pressure on the national grid. The interim government adopted rules permitting staged disconnection of large industrial users in crises; households and essential services are exempt. An energy alert is in force due to production deficits and high consumption. Interim PM Ilie Bolojan dismissed blackout fears, calling the steps preventive. The plan applies gradually to large industrial users only and includes a national operational center, amid drought and low hydropower output.


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