The website of the electricity market operator OPEM has launched its webpage which becomes the main tool and interface for communication with electricity market participants, announces Constantin Borosan, State Secretary at the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Moldova.

In the immediate future, the operational procedures for registering on the electricity exchange, including the Day-ahead Market (PZU) and the Day-ahead Market (PPZ), will be subject to public consultation. “We invite all electricity market participants and interested parties to ‘subscribe’ to OPEM so that we can launch trading on the market already this year,” says Constantin Borosan, who adds that the exchange offers multiple advantages – diversification of the supply portfolio, balancing of consumption, hourly electricity prices.

The launch of the electricity exchange in Moldova is part of a wider European-wide process – the implementation of the Electricity Integration Package (9 + 1 EU directives and regulations) and the coupling with the European single energy market by the end of 2025.

The electricity market operator OPEM, the subsidiary of the Romanian OPCOM stock exchange, was designated by Government Decision no.125/2024 on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Government of Romania signed on 11 December 2023.