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9th Conference

Summer School

ROMANIA


Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE)
(ERRA Full Member) 

National Regulatory Authority for Municipal Services (ANRSC)
(ERRA Associate Member)



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Key Statistics (2008)

Population

21.7 mil.

GDP/Capita

$ 9165 (2007)

Generation

Coal: 39.5%
Nuclear: 17.5%
Hydro:. 28.4%
Hydrocarbons: 14.6%

Electricity Market Size

64 TWh/year

Net Electricity Exporter

5366 GWh

Natural Gas Imported

33% from Russia in 2008

Natural Gas Consumed

18.36 bln m3 in 2007

Natural Gas Reserves

340 bln cm

Summary
Romanian Electricity and Heat Regulatory Authority (ANRE)

  • Established in 1999, 237 staff members
  • Mr. Petru Lificiu was appointed as the ANRE President on January 21, 2009
  • The ANRE regulates electricity and heat (only the heat produced in cogeneration). Responsibilities include tariff setting, licensing, protection of consumer and investor interests, and regulation of access to the transmission and distribution grids.
  • The ANRE is financed through license fees and contributions of the sector economic agents. 
  • Industry and Market Structure

    Electricity

    • Regulated third party access
    • 87 generators, license holders, one TSO, Market operator, 8 DOSs, 138 suppliers, license holders
    • Market opening – 100%
    • Wholesale market model
    • The main components of the wholesale electricity market are a bilateral contracts market, a voluntary power exchange (day-ahead market- DAM) and a balancing market. At the end of the 2007 around 10% of the final consumption was traded on the DAM. A green-certificates market is administrated by the Market Operator starting with November 2005.

    Natural Gas

    • Regulated third party access
    • Market structure: 7 production companies, 1 transmission company (state owned), 3 underground storage operators, 40 distribution companies, 66 supply companies, 2.7 ml consumers
    • 100% market opening in 2007
    • ANRE regulates end-user prices
    Current Energy Issues
    • Energy prices and social protection
    Contact

    Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE)
    (ERRA Full Member)
    3 Constantin Nacu Street, 020995, Bucharest 2, Romania
    Tel.: (40 21) 327 8101, (40 21) 311 2244, Fax: (40 21) 312 4365
    Internet: http://www.anre.ro 


    National Regulatory Authority for Municipal Services (ANRSC)
    (ERRA Associate Member)
    Romulus Street, nr. 4, sector 2, Bucharest, Romania
    Tel.: (40 21) 326 17 81; Fax: (40 21) 326 17 82
    Internet: http://www.anrsc.ro

     

     Laws, Regulations 

      Org. Chart

    2008 Annual Report

    2007 Annual Report

    2006 Annual Report

      2005 Annual Report

      2004 Annual Report

        Grid Code

      License

      Tariff Methodology

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