Electricity prices in Romania 2022
In 2022, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Romania was 1.391 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 | 1,020.62 lei | 1.021 lei | 7,472 |
| February 2022 | 990.20 lei | 0.990 lei | 7,228 |
| March 2022 | 1,443.27 lei | 1.443 lei | 7,035 |
| April 2022 | 923.97 lei | 0.924 lei | 6,271 |
| May 2022 | 1,063.26 lei | 1.063 lei | 6,083 |
| June 2022 | 1,211.19 lei | 1.211 lei | 6,152 |
| July 2022 | 1,929.54 lei | 1.930 lei | 6,424 |
| August 2022 | 2,570.46 lei | 2.570 lei | 6,133 |
| September 2022 | 1,982.02 lei | 1.982 lei | 5,901 |
| October 2022 | 1,081.28 lei | 1.081 lei | 5,841 |
| November 2022 | 1,169.97 lei | 1.170 lei | 6,374 |
| December 2022 | 1,304.62 lei | 1.305 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.