Press Release (Chisinau / Bucharest, 05.12.2025)
OPEM and OPCOM announce day-ahead and intraday go-live
Operatorul Pieței de Energie M „OPEM” S.R.L. in Republic of Moldova (OPEM) and OPCOM, Operatorul Pietei de Energie Electrica si Gaze Naturale “OPCOM” SA in Romania, today announce December 10, 2025 as the go-live date for the day-ahead electricity market (DAM), and December 17, 2025 as the go-live date for the intraday electricity market (IDM), organized by OPEM. The official admission process for OPEM members started on 27 October 2025 with the publishing of all forms and documents here at www.opem.md.
The arrangements for the implementation, testing, and operationalization of systems and services for operating the day-ahead electricity market and the intraday electricity market, set by OPEM with the support of OPCOM, allow the DAM and IDM administered by OPEM to become operational.
We express our gratitude for the continued support in the development and implementation of this project provided by the authorities involved and our partners, and we are confident that a solid partnership with market participants will be assured, as building and maintaining their trust is one of the cornerstones of the well-functioning of administered markets.
Last but not least, we would like to express our confidence and appreciation for the outstanding efforts of OPEM and OPCOM staff over the last few months to prepare for the operationalization of the day-ahead electricity market and the intraday electricity market.
After launching the day-ahead and intraday market from the Republic of Moldova, OPEM will intensify joint activities within a Regional Development Project aimed at facilitating the accession of Moldova and Ukraine to EU market coupling. OPEM was designated by the National Agency for Energy Regulation of the Republic of Moldova (ANRE) as the Nominated Electricity Market Operator (NEMO) with the mission of implementing the international coupling of the day-ahead electricity market and the intraday electricity market for the next four years.
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About OPEM
OPEM is the Power Market Operator M Ltd. of Republic of Moldova. OPEM was designated on 21 February 2024 by the Govern of the Republic of Moldova as market operator of the electricity market in the Republic of Moldova, an important step in the process of creating and operating a transparent, efficient and sustainable electricity market, according to the European standards and best practices. The National Agency for Energy Regulation of the Republic of Moldova granted OPEM, on 19 March 2024, the License operating the electricity market. Later in 2025, OPEM was designated by ANRE as the Nominated Electricity Market Operator (NEMO) with the mission of implementing the international coupling of the Moldavian day-ahead electricity market and the intraday electricity market.
OPEM is a subsidiary of the Romanian Electricity and Gas Market Operator “OPCOM” SA of Romania, having the headquarters in the Republic of Moldova.
For more information about OPEM, please visit us at www.opem.md.
About OPCOM
OPCOM is the Romanian Electricity and Gas Market Operator. Since 2000, OPCOM has been committed to strengthen a marketplace where energy and environmental certificates are traded in conditions of transparency and integrity. Today, the trading portfolio offered by OPCOM ranges from electricity products to gas products, as well as green certificates. More than 800 companies are using the products available for trading on short-term electricity, gas, and green certificates markets as well as on term markets for electricity, gas, and green certificates bilateral contracts. In addition to this role, OPCOM is responsible for settlement of the transactions concluded on short-term energy markets and also acts as Registered Reporting Mechanism under REMIT managing almost 400 reporting agreements on its electricity and gas markets. OPCOM was designated by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority as Nominated Electricity Market Operator (NEMO) in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 for fulfilling tasks related to the coupling of the day-ahead and intraday markets. In 2024, OPCOM was appointed as CfD counterparty under the Contracts for Difference support scheme for low carbon technologies.
OPCOM applies the Quality Management System complying with ISO 9001:2015, respectively the Information Security Management System complying with ISO/IEC 27001:2022, both systems being certified by LRQA.
For more information about OPCOM, please visit us at www.opcom.ro.
COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ 05.12.2025 
For more information, please contact OPCOM S.A.
Cristina Setran, CEO,
telephone +4 021 3071 450
fax +4 021 3071 400
also available on www.opcom.ro. |
