License holder may register to the Centralized Market for Universal Service (Romanian abbreviation PCSU) as:
- Buyer-Participant – if designated by ANRE to provide the services of last resort supplier (FUI) under the terms of the law and the specific regulations. The FUI's participation in PCSU is voluntary for bidding to buy electricity to cover the electricity consumption of end customers serviced under universal service regime;
- Seller-Participant – producer/supplier (except FUI)/trader of electricity registered on the PCSU.
Applicants will submit to OPCOM a letter of intent to register as Participant in the PCSU, accompanied by the following documents:
- Participation Agreement in the PCSU, two original copies signed and stamped by the legal representative;
- In case the applicant is already registered to another electricity centralized market, will file the documents, if necessary, specific to the Centralized Market for Universal Service, accompanied by an affidavit that all documents filed in the previous registration process/processes are effective, fully applicable and requires no update;
- In case the applicant is not already registered to another centralized electricity market, will file the documents specific to Centralized Market for Universal Service, according to the Procedure regarding participants’ registration at centralized electricity markets administered by OPCOM S.A.
Steps to follow by applicants during registration process as Participant to the Centralized Market for Universal Service:
1. Submission of a letter of intent to OPCOM, accompanied by documents specific to electricity centralized market (if appropriate);
2. Payment of the invoice corresponding to the payment obligation for the PCSU regulated tariff – component of registration (if appropriate).
Documents available in Romanian only
- Procedure regarding participants’ registration at organized electricity markets administered by OPCOM S.A.
- Regulation (consolidated form) for organizing and conducting auctions on the centralized market for universal service, subsequently amended and supplemented:
- Participation Agreement in the Bilateral Contracts Markets
- Addendum to Participation Agreement on the centralized market for universal service
- Operational Procedure for conducting auctions on the centralized market for universal service. ANRE Advice no. 8/06.03.2018, that will be applied starting with 01.07.2021
- Framework-Contract to sell-buy the electricity traded on the centralized market for universal service. ANRE Advice no. 7/06.03.2018, that will be applied starting with 01.07.2021
- Tariffs applied by the centralized electricity markets administered by OPCOM S.A.
- User Guide for the centralized market for universal service IT Platform.
We inform you that starting July 1st, 2025, only digital certificates valid for 1 year will be granted for access to trading platforms.