The perpetuation of formalistic electricity procurement practices amplifies the security threats facing the country and undermines the development of the electrical energy sector - Muntean, Ion (IDIS VIITORUL Institutul pentru Dezoltare şi Initiative Sociale, 2020)
Each year, the Republic of Moldova carries out its electricity procurement procedure. To increase the transparency and competitiveness of the process, a procedure for electricity procurement was elaborated with the support of the secretariat of the Energy Community and was approved by the order no. 04 of 05.01.2017 of the Minister of Economy. The purpose of the approved instructions is to guide and steer the process towards identifying the safest and cheapest electricity sources to address both the demand of the regulated electricity suppliers and the electricity losses of the transport and distribution companies, applied to each particular company, following the principles of competitiveness, transparency and non-discrimination