OPCOM

Press Release (Bucharest, April 5, 2024)

4 new entries in OPCOM market places and in the Centralized Electricity Acquisition Mechanism (CEAM) during March 2024, EFT POWER (CMBC-EA-flex, CMBC-CN, CM-OTC), AMV SOLAR (DAM, IDM, CMBC-EA-flex, CMBC-CN, CM-OTC), SPINE GREEN FV (CME-RES-GC) and ENERGO NATUR DRAGHINEASCA (DAM, IDM).

At the end of March, 277 participants were registered in the spot market, 163 were enrolled in the Intraday Market, 133 companies were listed in the Trading registry of Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts Extended Auction – flex mechanism, 109 companies were listed in the Trading registry of Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts Continuous Negotiation mechanism, 74 companies were listed as registered participants in the Centralized Market with double continuous negotiation for Electricity Bilateral Contracts (CM-OTC), 13 participants were registered in Centralized Market for Universal Service, 15 participants were listed in the Electricity Market for Large Consumers (LCM) and 185 participants were registered in the Centralized market for electricity from renewable energy sources supported by Green Certificates.

At March 31, 78 participants were enrolled in the Centralized Electricity Acquisition Mechanism.

Green Certificates Market had 851 registered participants at March 31.

At the end of March, 18 companies were listed as registered participants in the Centralized Market for Natural Gas - PCGN-LN mechanism, 16 companies were listed as registered participants in the Centralized Market for Natural Gas - PCGN-LP mechanism, while 13 participants were registered in Centralized Market for Natural Gas - PCGN-OTC mechanism. 15 participants were registered in the Day Ahead Market for Natural Gas (DAM-NG) and 13 participants were enrolled in the Intraday Market for Natural Gas. 1 participant was registered in the Market for Flexible Medium and Long Term Products for Natural Gas (PPF-TL) at March 31.

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About OPCOM

OPCOM is the Romanian Gas and Electricity Market Operator. Since 2000, OPCOM has been committed to consolidating a marketplace where energy and environmental certificates are traded in conditions of transparency and integrity. Today, the trading portfolio offered by OPCOM includes electricity and natural gas products as well as green certificates. More than 800 companies are using the products available for trading on short-term electricity, gas, and green certificates markets as well as on term markets for electricity, gas, and green certificates bilateral contracts. In addition to this role, OPCOM is responsible for the settlement of transactions concluded on the short-term electricity markets and also acts as a Registered Reporting Mechanism under REMIT managing more than 350 data reporting agreements on the electricity and natural gas markets. OPCOM is also Nominated Electricity Market Operator (NEMO), designated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 for fulfilling tasks related to the coupling of the day-ahead and intraday markets.

OPCOM applies the Quality Management System complying with ISO 9001:2015, respectively the Information Security Management System complying with ISO/IEC 27001:2013, both systems being certified by Lloyd's Register.

For more information about OPCOM, please visit us at www.opcom.ro.

PRESS RELEASE 5.4.2024