Popescu: We will see a drop in gas prices – geopolitical games will no longer be so obvious
The Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu, considers that after April 1 we will witness a decrease in the price of…
Gov’t asks Prosecutor’s office to investigate rising energy and gas prices
Romanian Minister of Justice, Cătălin Predoiu, sent to the General Prosecutor Gabriela Scutea on Thursday, January 13, 2022, an address…
USR: The cap law is ineffective, measures that include lowering VAT, reiterated
USR reiterates the proposed set of measures to rebalance energy prices, which includes a reduction in VAT and exemption from…
AFEER: Electricity price hits record high after nuclear power plant shut down in France
The record price of electricity these days in Romania and throughout Europe is caused by the shutdown of some nuclear…
Badea: Hidroelectrica has thoroughly prepared for winter; we enter with a reserve in lakes of over 70%
Hidroelectrica has thoroughly prepared for winter, has a comfortable reserve in lakes, of over 70%, and is prepared for any…
Green energy producers: We do not know how Law 259 applies, we are waiting for the norms, the consequences could be disastrous
Renewable energy producers are waiting next week for the application norms of Law 259/2021, which overtaxes revenues, but it is…
AFEER: Prices stabilize after increases in the last quarter
Baseload energy quotations for 2022 recorded on November 8 reached 118 euro/MWh in Germany, 128 euro/MWh in Hungary and Romania,…
Năstase, Alro: Clear rules for OPCOM and continuation of the scheme for CO2 emissions are needed
Clear and transparent rules for OPCOM and the continuation of the support scheme for indirect carbon dioxide (ETS) emissions, in…
New historical maximum for the spot price of electricity in Romania
The closing price of the day-ahead market (DAM) reached a new all-time high in September. Calculated as a monthly average,…
Electrica Furnizare bought energy from SNN worth almost 18 mln. lei
Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and Electrica Furnizare have concluded an annex to the wholesale energy sale contract, for an amount of energy…
AFEER: Suppliers are not to blame for price increases
Bogdan Tudorache Electricity suppliers are taking every effort to ensure that substantial increases in wholesale market prices are felt as…
Consumption and record-prices on the electricity market, amid the heat wave
The country’s electricity consumption reached a record level of 8,865 MW on Wednesday – meantime consumption, between 13:00 and 14:00,…
AEI and FEL Romania explain the increases in electricity and natural gas
Today’s energy price is the result of the situation in the energy sector, emphasizes Dumitru Chisăliță, president of the Intelligent…
OPCOM: Successful go-live of Interim Coupling; Romanian DAM is now integrated in the Pan-European day-ahead power market
The project parties of the Interim Coupling announced the successful go-live of the Interim Coupling solution. On 17 June 2021,…
Energy price increased significantly, by more than 140%, in May 2021, yoy
The price of electricity on the spot market of the OPCOM exchange (Day Ahead Market – DAM) averaged 289 lei…
AEI: Millions of Romanians risk going into energy poverty next year
A study conducted by the Intelligent Energy Association (AEI) of Romania presents the risk of increasing energy poverty after July…
Energy price rises sharply after the shutdown of Unit 2 in Cernavoda
Bogdan Tudorache The average price of electricity on the spot market of the OPCOM stock exchange increased by almost a…
Electricity price increased by 21% on PZU, in February
Bogdan Tudorache The electricity price increased by more than 21% in February 2021, as compared to February 2020, on the…
2025 – the new window of visibility for electricity prices
Theodor Livinschi, founder partnerg-i Usually, local electricity markets give us a maximum visibility of +2 years As a result, we…
AFEER: Approval of bilateral contracts – an important step forward for ANRE
The approval of the legislation related to the new bilateral contracts opens new opportunities for the Romanian electricity market, by…
Romania has started the 15 minutes settlement process on the balancing market
As of February 1, 2021, the Romanian electricity market has moved from one hour’s settlement time to 15 minutes’ settlement…
Energy spot price, up 45% in December 2020, compared to the similar period of 2019
The price of energy on the spot market of the OPCOM exchange (Next Day Market – DAM) had an average…
Following the market demands, ANRE approved the postponement of the settlement to 15 minutes
Bogdan Tudorache Many players of the energy market have stated that the settlement of transactions on OPCOM in 15 minutes…