every sector whether heat electricity or gas distribution has high future investment needs which makes it important to attract capital with a fair return through anre the government of moldova has several options for inducing subsidies not adjusting tariffs for an extended period as was the case with natural gas tariffs between and approving district heat and natural gas tariffs separately which carried the risk that increased heat tariffs might lead to disconnections from the district heating system approving the tariff using a weak definition of the rate of return this puts centralised production of heat and electricity at a disadvantage compared to smallscale boilers