According to data published by the National Institute for Statistics (INS), Romania’s electricity consumption in the first quarter of 2026 totaled 12.82 TWh, marking a 2.2% decrease compared to the same period in 2025.
Industrial consumption remained relatively stable at 9.85 TWh, showing a slight decline of 0.1% year-on-year. Household electricity use fell more noticeably to 2.86 TWh, representing a 9.2% drop. In contrast, electricity used for public lighting increased by 5.3%, reaching around 115.1 GWh.
At the same time, Romania’s total electricity production reached 14.37 TWh in the first three months of 2026, an increase of 8.8% compared to the previous year. Thermal power generation declined by 3%, totaling 5.05 TWh, while hydropower output rose significantly by 38.3% to 3.77 TWh.
Production from the Cernavodă nuclear power plant decreased slightly by 3%, reaching 2.86 TWh. Meanwhile, wind energy generation increased by 18%, reaching 1.9 TWh, and solar power production, including prosumers, grew by 10.17% to 774.1 GWh.
Electricity trade also improved during the period, with exports rising by 13.9% to 3.66 TWh, while imports declined by 15.4% to 3.84 TWh, indicating a narrowing gap between domestic production and external supply.
In the primary energy sector, total production reached 4,116 million tons of oil equivalent, a 2.3% decline compared to 2025. Coal production fell sharply by 22.7%, oil output decreased by 8.3%, while natural gas production recorded a modest decline of 1.5%.
