ENERGY POLICY DEVELOPMENTS EE & RE OPPORTUNITIES U.S. Business Mission 2010 June 15 – 17, 2010 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Energy Sector Overview  RM highly dependent on energy imports  94% of the energy needs (fossil fuels and electricity) are covered from imports In absence of national fossils, promotion of EE and RE is key

Energy Sector Challenges  Lack of own resources (natural gas, oil, coal);  High energy intensity and poor energy efficiency;  Low level of RE use (6%);  Dominance of imported natural gas;  Old equipment (about 60-70%) in the energy transformation sector;  Insufficient investments in the energy sector, etc.

Energy Consumption  The major consumers’ groups are the households, transport, industry and public services with 45%, 23,5%, 10% and 8,6% correspondingly.

Urgent Investment Needs  Gas Ungheni-Iasi (18 mln Euro), length 18 km, 530 p.d Geological research in the South for local gas  Heat Modernization of CHP 2 - Investment needs - 4,8 mln. EURO  Electricity Electricity interconnection, 400 kV line, “Suceava-Balti” between Romania and Moldova Length: 115 km (55km - Moldovan (cost: 35,1 mln Euro (15,2 mln Euro – Moldovan part) planned construction: kV voltage line “Balti-Novodnestrovsk” between Moldova and Ukraine. 330 Balti –Straseni-Ungheni Length: 121,5 km (88km - Moldovan territory) (Cost: 28,5 mln Euro, planned construction: Ungheni–Iasi, plus a power station, 360 Mw (coal) (Czech investment company

Moldova - Energy Community

 EU-RM Action Plan  Energy Strategy 2020, GD No 958 of % in 2010 and 20% in 2020 (If the targets stated above are reached, they will result in an annual reduction of CO 2 emissions by ths tones CO 2 equivalent) Accession to the Energy Community Treaty – a key objective of the Republic of Moldova’s 2020 Energy Strategy: December 23, 2009 – RM adopted the Law on no 117-XVII on RM Accession to the Energy Community Treaty  March 17, 2010, Vienna – singed the Protocol on Accession to the Energy Community  May 1, 2010 – Moldova is a member of Energy Community Treaty EE & RE Legal Framework

Legal Framework/RE Law on Renewables, No. 160 of RE support mechanism; Energy Efficiency Fund; Feed-in tariff for 15 years; Distributors’ obligation to accept green energy into the national grid. Biodiesel target – 5% by year 2010 (2013 new amendment), 20% by 2020 Bioethanol target – 6% by year 2010 (2013 new amendment), 20% by 2020 National Agency for Energy Regulator: Methodology to determine, approve and apply tariffs for electricity produced from renewable energy and biofuel. Regulation on Guarantee of Origin for Green Energy

Legal Framework/R&D Law on Technology Parks and Innovation Incubators, No. 138XVI of Incentives for the residents of the park:  No value added tax on import of goods and services  No custom tax on import of goods and services  No value added tax on goods and services bought on the RM territory  No profit tax/3 years Law on Public-Private Partnerships, No 179 of

December 17, RM Parliament approved the Law on Amending and Supplementing Some Laws no. 107-XVIII, which:  conveyed the responsibility for heat tariff setting from the local public authority to the national energy regulator;  Transferred the responsibility for the national energy regulator’s budget approval and Administrative Board assignment from the government to the parliament. These changes allowed setting the heat tariff at the cost-recovery level. Legal Framework/Heat Tariffs

Legal Framework/EE Government of Moldova approved the draft Law on Energy Efficiency (in the Parliament):  creates the framework for application of EU Directive 2006/32/CE of April 5, 2006on energy end-use efficiency and energy services;  AEE - institutional capacity in charge of EE and RES promotion and monitoring;  energy audit;  energy managers for regions, municipalities and Gagauz Territorial Administrative Unit;  ESCOs, third party financing, performance contracting, energy consumption metering;  minimum energy performance standards, etc.  the Law also provides for periodical national and local EE Programs and Action Plans to be developed and approved aimed at reaching the intermediary 9% and long-term 20% energy saving targets by 2016 and correspondingly, 2020.

Legal Framework/EE Already developed and subject to immediate approval:  Regulation on Energy Efficiency Agency  Regulation on Energy Auditors’ Certification  Operational Manual for the Energy Efficiency Fund  National Energy Efficiency Program and the National Communication Strategy  Regulation on Minimum Energy Performance Requirements for Buildings (Ministry of Construction and Regional Development with EBRD support)  Activities launched to transpose the energy labeling and eco-design directives.

Thank You for Your Attention! Tanya Daniel Lujanskaya President, Alliance for Energy Efficiency and Renewables 78, Vasile Alecsandri St., Office 510, Chisinau – 2012 Tel: (37322) ; Fax: (37322) ;