Romania’s electricity consumption fell in the first four months of 2026, according to data published by Romania’s National Institute for Statistics (INS). Total demand reached 16.53 TWh, down 2.7% year-on-year. Consumption trends varied across sectors, including industrial, household and public lighting use.
Electricity consumption by sector in the first four months of 2026
Industrial electricity use totaled 12.67 TWh, a 0.4% year-on-year decrease. Household consumption declined by 10.1%, falling to 3.72 TWh. Electricity used for public lighting increased by 0.8%, reaching around 143.2 GWh.
Generation increases supported by hydropower and renewables
Total electricity production rose to 18.55 TWh in the same period, up 8.5% compared with the first four months of 2025. The increase was associated with stronger hydropower and renewable generation alongside lower thermal and nuclear output.
Thermal power generation decreased by 3.6% to 5.78 TWh. Output from the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant fell by 2.9% to 3.82 TWh. Hydropower production rose by 31.5%, reaching 5.12 TWh.
Wind generation expanded by 12.5% to 2.39 TWh. Solar output, including prosumers, surged by 26.4% to 1.43 TWh.
Trade flows and primary energy production trends
Romania’s electricity trade balance strengthened as exports increased and imports declined over the first four months of 2026. Exports rose by 16% to 5.15 TWh, while imports fell by 14.4% to 5.29 TWh.
Total primary energy production reached 5,498.6 million tons of oil equivalent, down 1.5% year-on-year in the same period. Coal output dropped by 18.6% to 513.1 million tons of oil equivalent. Oil production declined by 8.1% to 771.9 million tons of oil equivalent.
Natural gas production recorded a marginal decrease of 1%, totaling 2,507.9 million tons of oil equivalent.
