OPCOM

Press Release (Bucharest, September 7, 2022)

10 new entries in OPCOM market places during August 2022, ELCYROM REALTY & DEVELOPMENT (DAM), SUN ENERGY COMPLET (CME-RES-GC), SUN EVOLUTION (CME-RES-GC), A+++ STREAM ENERGY AND GAS (DAM), GREENLIGHT SOLUTIONS (CME-RES-GC), D. TRADING INTERNATIONAL SA (CM-OTC), STOCK ENERGY (CME-RES-GC), GROUND INVESTMENT CORP (CME-RES-GC), ELEKTRA GREEN POWER (CME-RES-GC) and ELEKTRA WIND POWER (CME-RES-GC).

At the end of August, 336 participants were registered in the spot market, 147 were enrolled in the Intraday Market, 175 companies were listed in the Trading registry of Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts Extended Auction – flex mechanism, 182 companies were listed in the Trading registry of Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts Continuous Negotiation mechanism, 86 companies were listed as registered participants in the Centralized Market with double continuous negotiation for Electricity Bilateral Contracts (CM-OTC), 15 participants were registered in Centralized Market for Universal Service, 10 participants were listed in the Electricity Market for Large Consumers (LCM) and 155 participants were registered in the Centralized market for electricity from renewable energy sources supported by Green Certificates.

Green Certificates Market had 907 registered participants at August 31.

At the end of August, 24 companies were listed as registered participants in the Centralized Market for Natural Gas - PCGN-LN mechanism, 20 companies were listed as registered participants in the Centralized Market for Natural Gas - PCGN-LP mechanism, while 17 participants were registered in Centralized Market for Natural Gas - PCGN-OTC mechanism. 22 participants were registered in the Day Ahead Market for Natural Gas (DAM-NG) and 20 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 August 31.

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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. Almost 900 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, Balancing Market, as well as the Imbalances of the Balancing Responsible Parties. OPCOM also manages the Green Certificates Register. Today, OPCOM is acting as Registered Reporting Mechanism under REMIT managing more than 450 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.

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 9.7.2022