Energy Ministry considers tax on old renewables projects

The Energy Ministry is reportedly considering a scenario of imposing a special tax on the revenues of RES projects that were connected to the grid before 2021 as a key measure for zeroing out the deficit of the RES support account projected to reach 257 million euros by year-end.

Ministry officials stress that the consumer cannot be burdened for the deficits of the market, when these basically come from the very high tariffs of the old projects.

Since European legislation does not allow a reduction of the guaranteed price, the scenario under consideration is the imposition of special taxation on the income of these producers.