{"id":94338,"date":"2023-01-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/energy-cards-under-way-94338.html"},"modified":"2024-02-19T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T07:11:36","slug":"energy-cards-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/today-in-the-news\/energy-cards-under-way-id94338.html","title":{"rendered":"Energy cards, under way"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, the&#13;<br \/>\ngovernment of Romania approved support measures, partly financed from EU&#13;<br \/>\nfunding under the 2014-2020 cohesion policy, to help vulnerable citizens cover&#13;<br \/>\ntheir energy bills.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Energy cards will be&#13;<br \/>\ndelivered by post as of February 1, and beginning on February 20 they can be&#13;<br \/>\nused for the payment of electricity, heating and natural gas bills, and for purchasing&#13;<br \/>\nfirewood, natural gas bottles, fuel oil, pellets and other heating materials. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A card carries a value&#13;<br \/>\nof around EUR 140, the first installment of the total aid of EUR 280 for the&#13;<br \/>\nyear 2023, addressing beneficiaries with incomes below <a name=_Hlk125617369><\/a>EUR 410 per family member. Where several beneficiaries share the same address,&#13;<br \/>\none card will be issued for the address. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>For those living in individual&#13;<br \/>\nhouses, things are quite straightforward. But if a beneficiary lives in a block of flats and&#13;<br \/>\nwants to use the card for their energy expenses, the building manager will have&#13;<br \/>\nto break down expenses and issue a debt validation certificate. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The second installment&#13;<br \/>\nof the aid will be distributed in September, and will consist of cards with a&#13;<br \/>\nsimilar value, but the Government considers broadening the category of&#13;<br \/>\nbeneficiaries to include people earning less than EUR 600 per family member per&#13;<br \/>\nmonth.&#13;<br \/>\nEnergy card beneficiaries will be able to pay energy bills using this document,&#13;<br \/>\ntheir ID and the invoice in question only via the Romanian Post, the minister&#13;<br \/>\nfor European Projects and Investments Marcel Bolo\u015f explained: <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Marcel&#13;<br \/>\nBolo\u015f: Beneficiaries will be able to use the cards either with their&#13;<br \/>\nmailman, or at their local post office, and as of next week we hope to have the&#13;<br \/>\nelectronic postal order service also available, where possible. After each&#13;<br \/>\noperation, they must request the proof of payment, which is the document that&#13;<br \/>\nconfirms that the Romanian Post will transfer the money received from us to the&#13;<br \/>\nbeneficiary&#8217;s energy supplier. Also, using the card serial number,&#13;<br \/>\nbeneficiaries will be able to check their balance and payment history. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian authorities will also continue to fund the social&#13;<br \/>\nvouchers worth around EUR 50 every 2 months, used for the purchase of food and&#13;<br \/>\nhot meals. The vouchers are partly financed from EU funds and partly from the&#13;<br \/>\nstate budget, and since 2022 over 2.5 million people have been receiving them. Also,&#13;<br \/>\nin 2023 as well, an energy price cap and subsidy system will be in place for&#13;<br \/>\nall household consumers. 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