10-11 December 2008

Opcom 
   NERC delegation (the electricity regulatory commission of Ukraine) and members of Embassy of Ukraine, are visiting Opcom during a study tour regarding Romania's electricity market.

08 November 2008

Budapest, Flamenco Hotel
   “Romania - Hungary: cooperation towards common electricity projects with regional impact”. The event was organized by the Mediauno media group intending to help to the regional development by providing an enhanced debates’ forum.

27-30 October 2008

Geneva, Switzerland
   OPCOM delegation participated to the 10th editon of EMART Energy Conference, event dedicated to actual issues of electricity and gas markets, crossborder capacity connections and emissions market.

16-17 October 2008

Rome, Italy, Exedra Hotel
  Opcom reprezentatives participate at the 5th edition of "ENERGY FOCUS" Conferences.

5 August 2008

Bucharest, Hilton Hotel
  Opcom reprezentatives participate at "ENERGY FOCUS" Conference.

1st July 2008

OPCOM
Central counterparty machanism for the Day-Ahead Market - First trading day

     Implementing the guarantee mechanism and the IT system for electronic Receipts and Payments, on 1st July 2008, OPCOM became counterparty for each DAM Participant, for the electricity sell/buy trades.

Press Release: The mechanism of central counterparty, applied from July 1st, 2008
  

15–19 June 2008

Neptun-Olimp, România
   OPCOM participated to FOREN2008 – Regional Energy Forum organized by the World Energy Council Romanian National Committee. The main theme was „Regional Energy Policy. Working Together. Next Steps”.
  

   At this edition, Opcom SA was also a co-organizer, managing the discussion session DS2 „The Electricity Market”, and within it organized DS2.1 - „The Role of the Power Exchange Products in Developing the Wholesale Market” si DS2.5 - „Wholesale Market: Risk Management and the Development of the Transaction Products”. Opcom SA has seven presentations, and the paper named „Alternative models towards a regional spot market” won the great prize.

3, 4 June 2008

Budapest, Hungary
   Meeting OPCOM–MAVIR–HUPX–KELER–KPMG. Discussions concerning the launching of HUPX-Hungarian Power Exchange and the market coupling.

19 May 2008

MAVIR-HUPX informed OPCOM about its decision to run the negociations regarding the service contract for organizing the spot transactions at HUPX-Hungarian Power Exchange, following the declaration that OPCOM won the invitation to tender procedure started on 26.07.2007.
  

22 April 2008
Meetings between Transelectrica, OPCOM, MAVIR, HUPX, Nord Pool ASA, Nord Pool International, Nord Pool Consulting.

14 February 2008
Second meeting for clarification regarding the launching of HUPX-Hungarian Power Exchange and the intention of market coupling. Participants: MAVIR, HUPX, KPMG, OPCOM.

17 January 2008
First meeting for clarification regarding the launching of HUPX-Hungarian Power Exchange and the intention of market coupling. Participants: MAVIR, HUPX, KPMG, Transelectrica, OPCOM, Nord Pool

20–22 April 2008

Budapest, Hungary
   OPCOM has participated to the 7th Annual Conference “Energy Investment and Regulation Conference" organized in Budapest by ERRA-Energy Regulators Regional Association.
   The Conference panel (left to right): •Joseph Kelliher - President of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); •Marsha Smith - President of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC); •Dr. Gabor Szorenyi - President ERRA, Director Hungarian Energy Office (HEO); •Robert Archer - Head of Energy and Infrastructure for Europe and Eurasia, USAID; •Vasiliy Zubakin - Vicepresident of Hydro OGK Management Board.

12 January 2008

Rome, Italy
   OPCOM delegation participated to EURELECTRIC Ad-Hoc Working Group meeting „ECSEE – Energy Community for South East Europe”.
   The host of the event was Enel S.p.A, Italy.