Romania’s average day-ahead electricity price reached EUR 239.32/MWh in October, up 35.87% from September and 96.32% year on year, OPCOM, the market operator, reported. Traded volume remained below its level a year earlier.
The increase reflected broader tightening across Southeast European wholesale power markets during the month. The October price compared with EUR 176.14/MWh in September.
Day-ahead trading totaled about 1.263 TWh, up 4.17% month on month but down 13.8% year on year. Average traded volume was around 1,695 MWh per hour.
The value of day-ahead transactions reached approximately EUR 299.6 million, rising 41.72% from September and 62.28% from EUR 184.6 million a year earlier. Higher electricity prices, rather than volume growth, drove the increase in turnover.
Intraday trading reached around 147,720 MWh, up 6.73% month on month and down 11.52% year on year. Its average price was EUR 232.08/MWh, a rise of 36.62% from September and 83.72% from October 2025.
The results indicate that price volatility and the cost of balancing short-term positions rose faster than physical trading volumes. They also underline the importance of forecasting, cross-border access and flexible generation for Romanian market participants.
