Electricity prices in Romania 2025
In 2025, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Romania was 0.573 lei /kWh (▲5% vs 2024). Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2025
| Month | RON/MWh | RON/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 732.10 lei | 0.732 lei | 6,744 |
| February 2025 | 824.85 lei | 0.825 lei | 7,179 |
| March 2025 | 560.63 lei | 0.561 lei | 6,292 |
| April 2025 | 459.03 lei | 0.459 lei | 5,744 |
| May 2025 | 455.55 lei | 0.456 lei | 5,495 |
| June 2025 | 458.06 lei | 0.458 lei | 5,569 |
| July 2025 | 547.61 lei | 0.548 lei | 6,153 |
| August 2025 | 417.29 lei | 0.417 lei | 5,576 |
| September 2025 | 515.89 lei | 0.516 lei | 5,675 |
| October 2025 | 643.95 lei | 0.644 lei | 6,112 |
| November 2025 | 636.49 lei | 0.636 lei | 6,470 |
| December 2025 | 619.00 lei | 0.619 lei | 6,681 |
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.