PRESS RELEASE

Start of the year marked by record trades on the Day Ahead Market

(Bucharest, January, 6^th 2009)

On the background of the high interest for the spot trading expressed by the number of 68 active participants on the market session for 7^th January 2009 delivery, several record values have been recorded as good premises for the evolution of the product liquidity in the current year:

- an yearly volume of 21,505 MWh, the biggest one since January 2008, as well as a market share of 13.77%, value which is also underscoring the 2008 maximum value of 13.33% from consumption;

- an hourly value of 1,225 MWh/h, the historical maximum of the highest values’ ranking while during the latest trading days (5^th and 6^th January) more than 10 hourly intervals which surpassed the value of 1,000 have been recorded.