Romania’s average day-ahead electricity price reached €176.14/MWh in September, marking an 81.49% increase from a year earlier and a 16.53% rise compared with August, when the average stood at €151.16/MWh.
Trading volume on the day-ahead market reached approximately 1.212 TWh, up 4.5% year on year and 2.02% month on month. Average hourly traded volume was around 1,683.9 MWh.
The sharp increase in prices pushed the total value of day-ahead transactions to €211.4 million, representing an 82.67% year-on-year increase and a 17.72% rise from August. The significantly stronger growth in transaction value than in traded volume indicates that higher prices were the main driver of increased market expenditure.
For companies purchasing electricity at spot-market prices, the September figures point to substantially higher procurement costs, although the impact varies depending on individual consumption patterns, contracts and hedging strategies.
Activity on the intraday market also increased compared with August. Traded volume reached 138.4 GWh, down 1.97% year on year but 14.83% higher month on month.
The average intraday price stood at €169.88/MWh, rising 84.06% from September 2025 and 38.64% from August. The increase shows that higher electricity costs were also reflected in trading closer to delivery.
Overall, September brought significantly higher power prices across Romania’s short-term electricity markets, increasing both day-ahead procurement costs and the expense of adjusting market positions through intraday trading.
