Electricity prices in Romania 2024
In 2024, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Romania was 0.542 lei /kWh (▼1% vs 2023). Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2024
| Month | RON/MWh | RON/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 456.85 lei | 0.457 lei | 6,851 |
| February 2024 | 365.03 lei | 0.365 lei | 6,534 |
| March 2024 | 337.49 lei | 0.337 lei | 6,319 |
| April 2024 | 317.09 lei | 0.317 lei | 5,739 |
| May 2024 | 432.76 lei | 0.433 lei | 5,472 |
| June 2024 | 515.85 lei | 0.516 lei | 5,867 |
| July 2024 | 764.27 lei | 0.764 lei | 6,463 |
| August 2024 | 665.49 lei | 0.665 lei | 5,918 |
| September 2024 | 573.91 lei | 0.574 lei | 5,687 |
| October 2024 | 468.56 lei | 0.469 lei | 5,981 |
| November 2024 | 873.60 lei | 0.874 lei | 6,796 |
| December 2024 | 734.52 lei | 0.735 lei | 6,840 |
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.