Romania’s electricity imports shrink fivefold y/y to 1.8% of internal consumption

20 July 2026 Romania’s electricity production rose by 6.2% y/y to 22.3 TWh in January-May, while the internal consumption (end-user and technological) contracted by 1.6% y/y to 22.7 TWh – resulting in a much smaller net reliance on imports. While the net imports plunged fivefold y/y to 0.4 TWh or 1.8% of internal consumption (9.0% in the same period last year), the gross imports contracted by only 11.8% y/y to 6.9 TWh and remained at 30.3% of total internal consumption. The expensive imports at peak hours, coupled with exports carried out at low prices during solar installations’ high output, put pressure on internal prices. Indeed, part of the exports are to Moldova, hence not surplus solar power matched by expensive peak-hour electricity – but Moldova’s total consumption is a tenth of Ro