09.26.2013

The power price increase by almost 38% in the years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, according to Eurostat data, is hurting industrial consumers. more

09.26.2013

The five years of crisis led to an accelerated increase in utility prices, which places Romania again on the top spot in Europe in terms of price hikes, according to Eurostat data. more

09.24.2013

Romanian power companies should channel their investment into upgrading existing production facilities instead of building new ones, because the country already produces surplus electricity, an more

09.19.2013

Connecting Romania’s power grid system to other states in the region could boost energy exports, but it could also expose the local market to a massive influx of electricity, an official of the more

09.19.2013

Romanian energy watchdog ANRE Thursday said that price deregulation in the sector is going more smoothly than expected as a decline in electricity production triggered lower prices in the market. more

09.04.2013

Romanian state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) estimates the country’s electricity consumption will drop at an annualized rate of around 4% in 2013-2014, the company said in a more

08.26.2013

Romanian oil and natural gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) signed energy deals worth 39.4 million lei (about EUR9 million) on energy exchange OPCOM at the end of last week. The electricity is produced more

08.22.2013

Romanian state-run energy holding CE Hunedoara will invest 907 million lei (EUR203 million) to refurbish an electricity production unit and make it less polluting, according to an announcement more

08.08.2013

New taxes applied starting February this year to electricity and natural gas transporters, as well as to natural gas producers, increased budget revenues by about EUR28 million by the end of June, more

07.25.2013

Romania’s OPCOM power exchange saw more than EUR650 million worth of electricity traded in the first half, 85% more than in the same time of last year. The amount of power sold and bought was almost more

07.19.2013

The share of green certificates in end-consumers’ electricity bills will decrease by 33.3% to RON0.034/KWh, following the energy regulator ANRE’s decision Friday to lower the annual certificate more

07.18.2013

Romanian state-run natural gas producer Romgaz Medias will use the gas from its newly discovered Cojocna field to fuel two low-power electric units in the region, the company said in a statement more

07.17.2013

Forty-two major wind projects, which have attracted investments of almost EUR3.3 billion, were operational or in the final testing stage at the beginning of this month. They have a total capacity of more

06.26.2013

Romania’s Government approved an emergency ordinance Wednesday allowing the land improvement agency ANIF to sell electricity and lease land improvement equipment to agricultural organizations, which more

06.21.2013

Electricity prices for households and nonindustrial consumers in Romania will fall by an average of 1.3% starting July 1, the country’s energy market regulator ANRE said Friday. more

05.27.2013

Household electricity prices rose 4.4% in Romania in the second half of 2012 to EUR10.8 per 100 kWh, while the price adjusted for purchasing power is double and exceeds the EU average, official data more

05.14.2013

Energy Holding, one of the major electricity traders in Romania, posted about 643 million lei (EUR149 million) revenue last year, down 14% on 2011, after losing access to its cheapest source of more

04.25.2013

Last year ended with declines for electricity production, exports and consumption, which was largely affected by the drop in industrial demand, according to the latest report of Romania’s energy more

04.10.2013

The average electricity price dropped almost 40% in the first quarter of the year, and the trading price on the day-ahead (spot) market is now closer to the price in the similar period of 2009. more

04.08.2013

Investors in green energy kicked off production at facilities with a capacity of EUR350MW in the first two months of the year, following investments of around half a billion euros. more

03.27.2013

Bucharest subway operator Metrorex will organize an open auction to purchase approximately 175,000 megawatt-hours of electricity, the company said in a statement. more

03.21.2013

Romanian power producer Hidroelectrica Friday sold electricity worth 53.69 million lei (EUR12.12 million) on the local energy exchange OPCOM, the company said in a statement. more

03.20.2013

Romania’s planned deregulation of electricity tariffs will lead to higher costs for household consumers, but the duration of the process will make the impact less severe, the head of utility company more

03.20.2013

Electricity distribution networks in Romania are similar to those in southern Italy back in 1995 and the country needs some 10-15 years to meet current European standards, Luca D'Agnese, chief more

03.14.2013

Electricity suppliers should show more flexibility toward consumers and take on some of the producers’ responsibilities, an official of the country’s energy regulator ANRE said Thursday. more