Electricity prices in Romania 2022
In 2022, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Romania was 1.394 lei /kWh. Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2022
| Month | RON/MWh | RON/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | 1,022.84 lei | 1.023 lei | 7,472 |
| February 2022 | 992.35 lei | 0.992 lei | 7,228 |
| March 2022 | 1,446.41 lei | 1.446 lei | 7,035 |
| April 2022 | 925.98 lei | 0.926 lei | 6,271 |
| May 2022 | 1,065.58 lei | 1.066 lei | 6,083 |
| June 2022 | 1,213.83 lei | 1.214 lei | 6,152 |
| July 2022 | 1,933.73 lei | 1.934 lei | 6,424 |
| August 2022 | 2,576.05 lei | 2.576 lei | 6,133 |
| September 2022 | 1,986.34 lei | 1.986 lei | 5,901 |
| October 2022 | 1,083.63 lei | 1.084 lei | 5,841 |
| November 2022 | 1,172.52 lei | 1.173 lei | 6,374 |
| December 2022 | 1,307.46 lei | 1.307 lei | 6,504 |
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.