Electricity prices in Romania 2023
In 2023, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Romania was 0.549 lei /kWh (▼61% vs 2022). Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2023
| Month | RON/MWh | RON/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | 723.79 lei | 0.724 lei | 6,470 |
| February 2023 | 748.20 lei | 0.748 lei | 6,775 |
| March 2023 | 576.75 lei | 0.577 lei | 6,330 |
| April 2023 | 521.74 lei | 0.522 lei | 5,978 |
| May 2023 | 460.18 lei | 0.460 lei | 5,642 |
| June 2023 | 457.77 lei | 0.458 lei | 5,678 |
| July 2023 | 513.71 lei | 0.514 lei | 6,081 |
| August 2023 | 535.46 lei | 0.535 lei | 5,903 |
| September 2023 | 540.65 lei | 0.541 lei | 5,725 |
| October 2023 | 553.95 lei | 0.554 lei | 5,751 |
| November 2023 | 532.46 lei | 0.532 lei | 6,427 |
| December 2023 | 424.34 lei | 0.424 lei | 6,604 |
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.