OPCOM

Date	Subject
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romania�s Cernavoda moves forward Romania’s answer to its coming power shortage has taken a step closer, with a technical consultant chosen to develop new nuclear units Cernavoda 3 and 4.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Nuclear key to extending Romanian supply margins � TSO Romanian transmission system operator (TSO) Transelectrica forecasts comfortable supply margins going forward to 2018, despite growing demand.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - CEZ takes over Romanian distributors Czech power incumbent CEZ has agreed to buy out Romanian Electrica’s 19% stake in Romanian power distributors CEZ Distributie and CEZ Vanzare for �145.36m, according to a statement released on Friday (9th October).
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - OPCOM spot volumes fall month on month Romanian exchange OPCOM saw spot market volumes fall 9% month on month, with 451.3GWh of power contracted. However, this still represents a 9% increase in Day-ahead market volume year on year.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - OPCOM gains new members Romanian exchange OPCOM’s Day-ahead market gained three new members last month. ICCO Electric, Ecogen Energy and AMV Style have all joined the spot Day-ahead markets, which now has 95 participants.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romania�s Opcom August volumes rise Romanian exchange Opcom’s Day-Ahead market volumes hit new year-on-year highs in August, with 495.1GWh of power contracted. This represents a 15.5% increase from August 2008
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Government�s stake in Cernavoda could be cut The Romanian government might be considering reducing its share in the proposed new units at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant, local media reported on Tuesday (8th September). ICIS Heren understands this could mean the six minority share holders in the project would consequently have their stakes increased.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romanian state to quit CEZ units Romanian government-controlled investment fund Fondul Proprietatea has agreed to sell its minority stakes in two companies owned by Czech utility CEZ – 30% in distribution company CEZ Distributie, and 30% in sales arm CEZ Vanzare – to the energy company for �230m, a spokeswoman for the fund confirmed to ICIS Heren on Tuesday (8th September).
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Bulgaria disbands state energy company Bulgaria’s new prime minister Boyko Borisov announced plans to break up Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) within a matter of weeks, according to reports from regional newswires.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Ukrainian western exports to increase Ukraine’s energy ministry on Wednesday (2nd September) said that Ukrinterenergo resumed power exports to its western neighbors, in particular Poland, at the start of September.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - New OPCOM spot member Romanian oil and gas operator Petrom has joined the Day-ahead market operated by the OPCOM exchange. The spot market now numbers 92 members.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Renewables Roundup Czech utility CEZ is planning to invest �1.1bn in the ongoing construction of two windfarms in Romania, Fantanele and Cogealac. The two sites will have a combined capacity of 600MW, produced by 240 wind turbines, CEZ said at the announcement of its fourth-quarter results Thursday (13th August).
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romania�s OPCOM July volumes up again Romanian exchange OPCOM’s Day-Ahead market volumes hit new year-on-year highs in July, with 635.8GWh of power contracted. This was up 61% from the same period last year, and a 3% rise month on month.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - Romania gets funding for cleaner power Romania’s 2,310 MW Turceni power plant is to receive �170m to cut emissions and increase efficiency. This will make it one of the least CO2 – intensive lignite plants in Europe, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, one of the project financiers.
10-04-06	©ICIS HEREN - EU to choose regulator home in December The EU will make a final decision on the location of the new Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in December. The timetable was announced at a meeting of the bloc’s energy ministers held in Sweden on Thursday (23rd July). Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia are vying to host the agency.