Preliminary assessment of the fourth payment request of Romania

lignite, by removing Turceni 4 and 7 with an installed capacity of 660 MW and Ișalnița 7 with an installed capacity of 315 MW from the licence (Evidence No. 4 and No. 6). In addition, the certification issued by Transelectrica, in Letters No. 54878 of 11 December 2025 and No. 1507 of 30 March 2026 sent to the Ministry of Energy (Evidence No. 5 and No. 7), confirms that the units Turceni 4 and 7 and Isalnita 7 with a combined lignite-fired installed capacity of 975 MW, had been permanently withdrawn from the NTS. Transelectrica also specified that these power units were no longer producing electricity nor participating in the electricity balancing market.

The Council Implementing Decision required “the disconnection of a cumulative 3070 MW of coal and lignite-fired decommissioned electricity production capacity”. As outlined above, the amount of electricity production capacity to be decommissioned specifically under target 119 is 1 045 MW. Romania provided evidence for the decommissioning of 1 025 MW. Whilst this constitutes a minimal numerical deviation of 1.95% from the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, the overall objective of this target is considered met notwithstanding this minor deviation. On this basis, it is considered that this constitutive element of the target is satisfactorily fulfilled.

4. Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled.

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