OPCOM

Press Release (Bucharest, December 8, 2022)

9 new entries in OPCOM market places during November 2022, ELECTRO ENERGY SUD (CMBC-EA-flex, CMBC-CN), COMPANIA LOCALA DE TERMOFICARE COLTERM (CMBC-EA-flex), DACIA ENERGY SOLUTIONS (GCM), ROMUK ENERGY (IDM), TRANSENERGO MICROHIDRO (CME-RES-GC), HS TIMBER PRODUCTIONS RECI (DAM), SOCIETATEA ELECTROCENTRALE CRAIOVA (CMBC-EA-flex, CMBC-CN, IDM), AOT ENERGY (CMBC-CN) and A6 IMPEX (GCM).

At the end of November, 338 participants were registered in the spot market, 151 were enrolled in the Intraday Market, 178 companies were listed in the Trading registry of Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts Extended Auction – flex mechanism, 185 companies were listed in the Trading registry of Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts Continuous Negotiation mechanism, 85 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, 13 participants were listed in the Electricity Market for Large Consumers (LCM) and 162 participants were registered in the Centralized market for electricity from renewable energy sources supported by Green Certificates.

Green Certificates Market had 911 registered participants at November 30.

At the end of November, 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 November 30.

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About OPCOM

OPCOM is the Romanian Electricity and Gas Market Operator. Since 2000, OPCOM has been committed to strengthen a market place 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 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 480 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 the 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 - SR EN ISO 9001, respectively the Information Security Management System complying with ISO/IEC 27001 - SR EN ISO/IEC 27001, both systems being certified by Lloyd's Register LRQA.

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

PRESS RELEASE 08.12.2022