Electricity prices in Romania 2022
In 2022, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Romania was 1.384 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 | 1,015.84 lei | 1.016 lei | 7,472 |
| February 2022 | 985.57 lei | 0.986 lei | 7,228 |
| March 2022 | 1,436.52 lei | 1.437 lei | 7,035 |
| April 2022 | 919.65 lei | 0.920 lei | 6,271 |
| May 2022 | 1,058.29 lei | 1.058 lei | 6,083 |
| June 2022 | 1,205.53 lei | 1.206 lei | 6,152 |
| July 2022 | 1,920.52 lei | 1.921 lei | 6,424 |
| August 2022 | 2,558.45 lei | 2.558 lei | 6,133 |
| September 2022 | 1,972.76 lei | 1.973 lei | 5,901 |
| October 2022 | 1,076.22 lei | 1.076 lei | 5,841 |
| November 2022 | 1,164.50 lei | 1.165 lei | 6,374 |
| December 2022 | 1,298.52 lei | 1.299 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.