OPCOM

Press Release (Bucharest, August 7, 2024)

9 new entries in OPCOM market places and in the Centralized Electricity Acquisition Mechanism (CEAM) during July 2024, CRISUL SUPERMARKET (GCM), ELECTRO ENERGY SUD (IDM), AGRI RAF (IDM), PPC RENEWABLES ROMANIA - aggregated entity (CME-RES-GC), ELNET ENERGY (GCM), SOCIETATEA COMPLEXUL ENERGETIC (CEAM), HS TIMBER PRODUCTIONS RECI (IDM), VOLTACOM DOL (IDM) and HERMES ENERGY INTERNATIONAL (CME-RES-GC).

At the end of July, 281 participants were registered in the spot market, 176 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, 108 companies were listed in the Trading registry of Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts Continuous Negotiation mechanism, 72 companies were listed as registered participants in the Centralized Market with double continuous negotiation for Electricity Bilateral Contracts (CM-OTC), 12 participants were registered in Centralized Market for Universal Service, 15 participants were listed in the Electricity Market for Large Consumers (LCM) and 189 participants were registered in the Centralized market for electricity from renewable energy sources supported by Green Certificates.

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

Green Certificates Market had 853 registered participants at July 31.

At the end of July, 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 July 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. 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 market.
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 7.8.2024