OPCOM

Date	Subject
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romanian Tariffs stable Romanian energy regulator ANRE is not expecting gas and power prices to rise this year, according to ANRE president Petru Lificiu.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - New traders admitted to Romanian power exchange Four new companies were admitted to Romanian power exchange OPCOM last month.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romanian TSO aims at installations revamp Romanian grid operator Transelectrica is seeking a credit line of �65m to help with the upgrade of its power station installations. The loan will supplement additional financing sources.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romanian spot volumes hit record highs Transaction volumes surged to new highs on the Romanian spot and intra-day exchange earlier this week, breaking all records since OPCOM was launched five years ago, the platform said.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romanian transmission tariff hikes come in force Transelectrica, the Romanian power grid operator, has announced a 5.39% rise in the average tariff for transmission, bringing the current price from Romania New Lei 16.13 (�3.87)/MWh to New Lei 17.00/MWh.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romanian ArcelorMittal mill seeks cheap power Romanian steel mill ArcelorMittal Galati is expected to buy 1.73TWh on the local market on Wednesday (23rd December) following revelations it might end its contract with a state supplier from next year, according to reports in the local press.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Intra-day platform to boost Romanian market OPCOM is to launch an intra-day platform that would allow traders to hedge their risk, the Romanian exchange told ICIS Heren. The pilot project is expected to come on stream in the second quarter of next year and will operate six sessions of four hours each, handling 50MW/hour of trade.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Transelectrica to invest �100m Romanian transmission system operator (TSO) Transelectrica has unveiled �100m investments for next year. These include plans to uppgrade plants and extend transimission cables across the country.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - OPCOM volumes fall month on month Spot volumes on the Romanian exchange OPCOM dropped 6% month on month, totalling 460.23 GWh in November. But this volume represents an increase of 8.24% over the 425.18 GWh of volumes from the same period a year earlier.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Nuclearelectrica to sell power on exchange Romania’s state-owned nuclear generator, Nuclearelectrica, expects to sell around 30% of its generated power through local exchange OPCOM, the company confirmed to ICIS Heren on Thursday.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Europe TSOs declared well-supplied for winter European transmission system operators (TSOs) do not envisage any risk of power shortages in the region this winter, according to an outlook published on Tuesday (1st December).
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romania eyes NER sales Romania’s massive surplus of EU allowances (EUAs) from its new entrant reserve (NER) will ultimately be auctioned to the market, the country’s environment ministry has confirmed to ICIS Heren.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Renewables Roundup�For The Record�Romania Iberdrola Renovables, the Spanish utility’s green energy subsidiary, has opened an office in Romania, to support the 700MW of installed wind capacity that it describes as being at “an advanced administrative stage” in the country. Another 900MW of capacity is in the pipeline. The projects are spread across the Dobrogea region, in eastern Romania, connected to the grid by a new station at Tariverde.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romanian trading volumes up in October Spot volumes on the Romanian exchange OPCOM increased slightly month on month in October, reaching 489.45GWh, the exchange said on Wednesday. Year on year, the increase was just under 25%.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Renewables Roundup�For The Record�Romania EDP Renovaveis is commissioning a 90MW wind farm in the southeast of Romania by the middle of 2010 according to regional news reports. The renewables arm of Portuguese utility EDP is investing �100m in the park in Medgidia, installing Vestas turbines.