How will Romania’s new prosumer rules change the way electricity fed into the grid is compensated, allocated and paid?
Monthly compensation becomes the starting point
Romania’s National Energy Regulatory Authority, ANRE, has approved a methodology covering the sale, billing, settlement and multi-site allocation of electricity produced by prosumers. It replaces ANRE Order 15/2022 and applies the provisions of Law 160/2026. Monthly compensation applies to electricity delivered to the grid from 26 July 2026, including contracts already in force. The compensated quantity is the lower of electricity exported to the grid and electricity consumed from the grid at the same production and consumption site during that month. Any exported electricity above that amount becomes surplus, rather than disappearing from the account.
Surplus value can follow the prosumer to other sites
The most notable change is the multi-site value allocation mechanism. After compensation at the production site, the value of remaining surplus may be used to pay electricity bills for other consumption sites belonging to the same prosumer, provided those sites are supplied by the same supplier. A separate option allows available value to be reserved for bills that have already been issued but are not yet due. Eligible individuals with installations of no more than 27 kW per consumption site may also choose, for at least 12 months, whether available value is directed to electricity bills or, where the rules permit, natural-gas bills.
Different capacity bands determine the settlement method
The methodology distinguishes between installations according to capacity. Those up to 200 kW use quantitative compensation, while installations between 200 kW and 400 kW use financial settlement. Under that model, exported electricity is valued at the monthly weighted average price on the Day-Ahead Market, with OPCOM publishing the reference price in a reusable electronic format. Public authorities and institutions with publicly funded capacity may use their chosen mechanism regardless of installed capacity. Distribution operators must read imported and exported electricity monthly, recover data through alternative technical means if smart-meter communications fail, and cover the cost of production and storage measurement groups.
Suppliers have implementation duties and transition deadlines
The order takes effect when it is published in Romania’s Official Gazette. Suppliers must inform prosumers about multi-site allocation and scheduled payment options within seven working days of publication, and must notify affected holders of existing contracts within ten working days. Reported quantities that remain uncompensated must be included in the first relevant billing calculation within no more than 40 working days. Suppliers must complete their information-system and operational changes by 31 December 2026, while applying the rules beforehand through existing systems or documented temporary solutions. ANRE says the deadline does not postpone prosumers’ rights.
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The methodology also separates electricity delivered up to 25 July 2026 from later balances, preserving details such as origin documents, historical prices and due dates. Suppliers must pay those accumulated amounts within no more than 40 working days after the order takes effect, while the same period applies to regularisation for the interim period. ANRE says the rules followed two stages of public consultation and more than 600 observations and positions. The quantitative compensation mechanism for installations up to 200 kW is scheduled to end on 31 December 2030, with a new valuation arrangement available from 1 January 2031.
Reported from digi24.ro, 2026-11-10. The Tender Wire is published by Otnox.
