Press Release (Bucharest, 19.10.2026)
OPCOM: PCCB-LE-Flex sets a new record: 1,018,470 MWh traded in a single day
The total volume traded on the Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts, under the PCCB-LE-Flex trading mechanism, reached 1,018,470 MWh on 19 October 2026, representing the highest volume contracted in a single trading day over the period from April 2021 to date
This result reflects the growing interest of market participants in bilateral electricity contracting and confirms the liquidity and attractiveness of this market segment operated by OPCOM.
The high level of traded volume also highlights the market’s capacity to handle significant quantities of electricity. Trading takes place within a transparent and competitive framework.
Sustaining this trend will depend on the ability of all stakeholders involved to support the further development of transparent market mechanisms adapted to the energy transition, enabling the bilateral contracts market operated by OPCOM to strengthen its role in ensuring stability and predictability in Romania’s energy sector.
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About OPCOM
OPCOM is the Romanian Electricity and Gas Market Operator. Since 2000, OPCOM has been committed to strengthen a marketplace where energy and environmental certificates are traded in conditions of transparency and integrity. Today, the trading portfolio offered by OPCOM ranges from electricity products to 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 settlement of the transactions concluded on short-term energy markets and also acts as Registered Reporting Mechanism under REMIT almost 400 reporting agreements on its electricity and gas markets. OPCOM was designated by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority as Nominated Electricity Market Operator (NEMO) in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 for fulfilling tasks related to the coupling of the day-ahead and intraday markets. In 2024, OPCOM was appointed as CfD counterparty under the Contracts for Difference support scheme for low carbon technologies.
OPCOM applies the Quality Management System complying with ISO 9001:2015, respectively the Information Security Management System complying with ISO/IEC 27001:2022, both systems being certified by LRQA.
For more information about OPCOM, please visit us at www.opcom.ro.
PRESS RELEASE 19.10.2026 
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