DISTRICT HEATING IN ROMANIA - A CHOICE OF EQUALITY OR EQUITY

Mihai Ludovic Demeter, Cleopatra Sendroiu and Florin Cazacu

Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, 2018, vol. 12, issue 1, 951-956

Abstract: Household heating in countries like Romania is arguably one of the most important public services, and when district heating is in the question, problems of pricing of the thermal energy, technical losses and weather or not subsidies should be granted always arise. The challenge is, for most operators and local authorities, to balance the price paid by the population for eliminating the risk of energy poverty, while keeping public spending in certain limits. For this, we can discuss about technical aspects of the producer of thermal energy and of the distributor, or subsidies granted by the local government to cover the difference between the real price and what the population can afford. In this article we will cover certain aspects of subsidy allocation for thermal energy distribution and weather or not equality is more important than equity in this case of local subsidizing of a public service.

Keywords: comparative analysis; district heating; equality; equity; public service; subsidies; supportability. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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