⚡️ Electricity prices 🇷🇴 Romania ⚡️
Today's electricity price in Romania is € 175.71 /MWh (≈ 922.98 lei /MWh) (€ 0.1757 /kWh (≈ 0.923 lei /kWh)).
Today's electricity price hour by hour
Hourly spot prices for Romania on 2026-09-07. Updated automatically every night at midnight and refreshed again when ENTSO-E publishes new day-ahead data. Times are shown in EEST.
| Hour | RON/MWh€/MWh | RON/kWh€/kWh |
|---|---|---|
| 03:00 | 820.02 lei€ 156.11 | 0.820 lei€ 0.1561 |
| 04:00 | 833.44 lei€ 158.66 | 0.833 lei€ 0.1587 |
| 05:00 | 857.09 lei€ 163.16 | 0.857 lei€ 0.1632 |
| 06:00 | 963.37 lei€ 183.40 | 0.963 lei€ 0.1834 |
| 07:00 | 1,155.54 lei€ 219.98 | 1.156 lei€ 0.2200 |
| 08:00 | 1,093.85 lei€ 208.23 | 1.094 lei€ 0.2082 |
| 09:00 | 1,115.25 lei€ 212.31 | 1.115 lei€ 0.2123 |
| 10:00 | 631.27 lei€ 120.17 | 0.631 lei€ 0.1202 |
| 11:00 | 321.14 lei€ 61.14 | 0.321 lei€ 0.0611 |
| 12:00 | 487.20 lei€ 92.75 | 0.487 lei€ 0.0927 |
| 13:00 | 516.57 lei€ 98.34 | 0.517 lei€ 0.0983 |
| 14:00 | 424.51 lei€ 80.81 | 0.425 lei€ 0.0808 |
| 15:00 | 455.83 lei€ 86.78 | 0.456 lei€ 0.0868 |
| 16:00 | 573.44 lei€ 109.17 | 0.573 lei€ 0.1092 |
| 17:00 | 755.66 lei€ 143.85 | 0.756 lei€ 0.1439 |
| 18:00 | 1,253.59 lei€ 238.64 | 1.254 lei€ 0.2386 |
| 19:00 | 1,369.72 lei€ 260.75 | 1.370 lei€ 0.2608 |
| 20:00 | 1,538.24 lei€ 292.83 | 1.538 lei€ 0.2928 |
| 21:00 | 1,418.32 lei€ 270.00 | 1.418 lei€ 0.2700 |
| 22:00 | 1,299.16 lei€ 247.32 | 1.299 lei€ 0.2473 |
| 23:00 | 1,298.27 lei€ 247.15 | 1.298 lei€ 0.2471 |
| 00:00 | 1,181.91 lei€ 225.00 | 1.182 lei€ 0.2250 |
Romania's electricity grid combines a balanced mix of nuclear (Cernavodă, ~20% of supply), hydro (~25%), gas (~15%), coal (~12%) and rapidly-growing wind and solar (~25% combined). Transelectrica operates the RO bidding zone synchronously coupled to Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine, with the Bucharest-area OPCOM running day-ahead trading. The Cernavodă plant's two CANDU reactors will be joined by a third and fourth unit currently under refurbishment-and-newbuild contracts with EDF, AECL and Korea's KHNP — first concrete on Cernavodă-3 is targeted for 2026.
Romania is uniquely positioned among EU members to host SMRs: the first US-designed NuScale modular reactors are planned for the Doicești coal-plant site, with commercial operation in 2030. Coal phaseout follows a court-mediated 2032 deadline.
The Iron Gates 1 hydropower complex on the Danube — co-owned with Serbia at 1 100 MW each — remains one of Europe's largest run-of-river plants.
| Date | MW | RON/MWh€/MWh | RON/kWh€/kWh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08day-ahead | 5,433 | — | — | |
| 2026-09-07 | 5,643 | ▲55% | 922.98 lei€ 175.71 | 0.923 lei€ 0.1757 |
| 2026-09-06 | 4,699 | ▼14% | 596.41 lei€ 113.54 | 0.596 lei€ 0.1135 |
| 2026-09-05 | 5,039 | ▼25% | 696.65 lei€ 132.62 | 0.697 lei€ 0.1326 |
| 2026-09-04 | 5,567 | ▼11% | 924.11 lei€ 175.92 | 0.924 lei€ 0.1759 |
| 2026-09-03 | 5,885 | ▼0% | 1,033.89 lei€ 196.82 | 1.034 lei€ 0.1968 |
| 2026-09-02 | 5,807 | 1,035.85 lei€ 197.19 | 1.036 lei€ 0.1972 | |
| 2026-09-01 | — | — | — | |
| 2026-08-31 | 5,519 | ▲40% | 918.73 lei€ 174.90 | 0.919 lei€ 0.1749 |
| 2026-08-30 | 4,426 | ▲7% | 655.61 lei€ 124.81 | 0.656 lei€ 0.1248 |
| 2026-08-29 | 4,796 | ▼24% | 611.48 lei€ 116.41 | 0.611 lei€ 0.1164 |
| 2026-08-28 | 5,640 | ▼12% | 804.40 lei€ 153.13 | 0.804 lei€ 0.1531 |
| 2026-08-27 | 5,788 | ▼6% | 917.08 lei€ 174.58 | 0.917 lei€ 0.1746 |
| 2026-08-26 | 5,934 | ▲7% | 979.67 lei€ 186.50 | 0.980 lei€ 0.1865 |
| 2026-08-25 | 5,710 | ▲3% | 919.22 lei€ 174.99 | 0.919 lei€ 0.1750 |
| 2026-08-24 | 5,493 | ▲57% | 894.94 lei€ 170.37 | 0.895 lei€ 0.1704 |
| 2026-08-23 | 4,701 | ▼13% | 568.67 lei€ 108.26 | 0.569 lei€ 0.1083 |
| 2026-08-22 | 5,333 | ▼27% | 652.91 lei€ 124.29 | 0.653 lei€ 0.1243 |
| 2026-08-21 | 5,722 | ▲5% | 890.79 lei€ 169.58 | 0.891 lei€ 0.1696 |
| 2026-08-20 | 5,646 | ▼4% | 845.00 lei€ 160.86 | 0.845 lei€ 0.1609 |
| 2026-08-19 | 5,750 | ▲2% | 882.72 lei€ 168.04 | 0.883 lei€ 0.1680 |
| 2026-08-18 | 5,559 | ▼5% | 862.37 lei€ 164.17 | 0.862 lei€ 0.1642 |
| 2026-08-17 | 5,253 | ▲26% | 906.55 lei€ 172.58 | 0.907 lei€ 0.1726 |
| 2026-08-16 | 4,246 | ▲19% | 719.15 lei€ 136.90 | 0.719 lei€ 0.1369 |
| 2026-08-15 | 4,480 | ▼19% | 604.60 lei€ 115.10 | 0.605 lei€ 0.1151 |
| 2026-08-14 | 5,343 | ▼13% | 750.72 lei€ 142.91 | 0.751 lei€ 0.1429 |
| 2026-08-13 | 5,548 | ▲19% | 859.07 lei€ 163.54 | 0.859 lei€ 0.1635 |
| 2026-08-12 | 5,703 | ▼8% | 724.43 lei€ 137.91 | 0.724 lei€ 0.1379 |
| 2026-08-11 | 5,699 | ▼4% | 785.51 lei€ 149.54 | 0.786 lei€ 0.1495 |
| 2026-08-10 | 5,459 | ▲64% | 818.15 lei€ 155.75 | 0.818 lei€ 0.1558 |
| 2026-08-09 | 4,866 | ▼16% | 499.82 lei€ 95.15 | 0.500 lei€ 0.0951 |
Price comparison — Romania
| Period | Average | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 0.923 lei€ 0.1757 /kWh | — |
| Yesterday | 0.596 lei€ 0.1135 /kWh | ▼ 35% |
| Last 7 days | 0.868 lei€ 0.1652 /kWh | ▼ 6% |
| Last 30 days | 0.792 lei€ 0.1507 /kWh | ▼ 14% |
| Current month | 0.868 lei€ 0.1653 /kWh | ▼ 6% |
| Previous month | 0.794 lei€ 0.1512 /kWh | ▼ 14% |
| Same month last year | 0.516 lei€ 0.0982 /kWh | ▼ 44% |
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