Central 

The central government is responsible for:

• The overall legislation;
• Support of the Electricity Regulatory Agency in the definition of the legislation;
• The preparation and update of the National Strategy of Energy through the National Energy Agency;
• The approval of the National Energy Efficiency Action and of the National Renewable Energy Sources Action Plan;
• The promotion of private, domestic and foreign investments;
• Market reform in accordance with EU standards;
• Support to public energy companies in view of privatisation.
• Publish the fees for:
• connection and access to national networks, including transmission tariffs and distribution;
• performance of energy services
  
• Provide cross-border infrastructure access
• Ensure the separation of duties between transmission system operators and distribution
• International cooperation with regulatory authorities and development of a harmonized regulatory framework in the regional energy market.
• Monitoring frameworks and evaluations of programmes and energy usage
• Promotion of energy efficiency

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Energy and Industry

Energy Regulatory Office

Regional

No competencies identified at the regional level.

Local

Other than hard infrastructure maintenance of energy networks, no competencies identified at the local level.

Sources:

Law no. 43/2015