THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT RESPECTS ITS COMMITMENT TO THE MINERS OF VALEA JIULUI. THE NEW VALEA JIULUI ENERGY COMPLEX HAS A FUTURE

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The Ministry of Energy initiates two GDs by which 50 million lei are allocated from the Budgetary Reserve Fund at the disposal of the Prime Minister for the financing of the new company Complexul Energetic Valea Jiului SA and by which a General Economic Interest Service is established for implementation activities safety in mines and coal mining in the Jiului Valley.

For the provision of the public interest service by Societatea Complexul Energetic Valea Jiului SA, in the remaining months of 2023, fair compensation will be granted in the amount of 65,804,000 RON, fully borne from the state budget, through the budget of the Ministry of Energy, in in order to support the costs of the units in the closing process, costs that are not related to current production.

Complexul Energetic Valea Jiului SA will take over the functional assets of Complexul Energetic Hunedoara SA in the next period. The 2000 miners and staff from Complexul Energetic Hunedoara SA will be employed in the new Complex. Moreover, the company’s representatives are holding talks with potential investors in green energy, in order to diversify the energy production activities in the area and ensure new jobs and a decent standard of living for the inhabitants of Văia Jiului.

Sebastian Burduja, Minister of Energy: “Promise kept: we secure the present and shape the future for the Jiului Valley. We tried to speed up a series of steps, where we noticed delays. Our goal is to leave no one behind. The two HGs are living proof of the continuation of mining and the granting of a new perspective in the Jiului Valley. The area has a future, we are looking for potential investors in green energy, to diversify energy production activities and ensure new jobs and a decent standard of living for all the inhabitants of Văia Jiului”.

This money will be followed by approximately 300 million lei awarded for rectification, which will support coal-based energy production activities, making mines safe and preparing for the transition to other sources of energy production in the area.

22.09.2023 / Editor, Andreea Dragan

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