Regional Disparities of the Romanian Energy System

The paper highlights the regional disparities of the Romanian energy system, evaluated from three different perspectives: the generation utilities structure within the eight country development regions; the human resources endowment; the economic and financial situation of the energy companies administrated by each region. Also, our research envisages the regional development perspectives for the national energy system in terms of production units that should be decommissioned in order to comply with the environmental regulations that Romania agreed with the European Commission. The analysis revealed that, despite a national level structural equilibrium triggered by a diversified structure of primary energy resources, the energy systems’ situation at regional and microeconomic levels indicate an important lack of balance between the country regions. Main determinants and effects are depicted in this paper