|   Romanian exchange OPCOM’s Day-Ahead  market volumes hit new year-on-year highs  in July, with 635.8GWh of power contracted.  This was up 61% from the same period last  year, and a 3% rise month on month. The  hourly average volume of 854.6MWh was  little changed from June’s 855.1MWh.  The monthly average price rose 10%  month on month to �36.32/MWh, but the  euro price was again down on the price over  the same period last year, by around a third.  In July, the Day-ahead market volumes  were 15.5% of forecast consumption, 0.7  percentage points lower than June. However,  the exchange stated that almost 40% of  Romania’s forecast consumption was traded  on OPCOM, as volumes delivered for July  on the forward power auction market were  23.4% of forecast consumption. These  volumes reached a record at 986.4GWh, at a  weighted average of �44.66/MWh.  [EDEM 13.150] |