Energocom company purchases over 3,400 thousand MWh of electricity in 2025; 90 per cent imported

Energocom has purchased over 3,400 thousand MWh of electricity in 2025, as part of its public service obligation. Ninety percent of the acquired electricity was imported.

According to Energocom's data, energy was purchased from eight local companies and ten foreign companies, mainly from Romania and Ukraine, as well as SPOT markets of Romania and Moldova, operated by OPCOM, BRM (Romanian Commodity Exchange) and OPEM. In the context, over 100 framework and individual contracts were negotiated and signed, necessary for energy trading.

To ensure imports, the company participated in over 1,500 cross-border capacity reservation auctions, including 365 daily auctions (Day Ahead) and over 1,100 intra-day auctions, of which more than 300 took place at night.

In parallel, in 2025, for the first time ever in Moldova, imports were made using cross-border capacity procured during the day, thanks to a capacity reallocation mechanism agreed upon and implemented by Moldelectrica enterprise, together with Transelectrica and other system operators in the region. Also, the Energocom stock company purchased, in a test regime, energy from the Day-Ahead and Intra-Day Markets, recently launched by OPEM.

As the central electricity supplier, Energocom purchased over 950 thousand MWh, produced by over 200 eligible producers from renewable sources, as well as from the Termoelectrica and CET-Nord combined heat and power plants.

At the same time, a first in this year was the procurement of electricity from a local producer using Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), marking the integration of energy delivered from storage batteries into the contracted sources portfolio. This solution supports network stability, reduces peak-hour pressure and facilitates more efficient use of locally-produced renewable energy.

Starting from January 1, 2025, the right bank of the Dniester has no longer been receiving electricity from the Kuchurgan Power Station, after the Russian concern Gazprom halted natural gas deliveries to Moldova. Under these conditions, consumption is covered from domestic sources and imports.