According to data from the National Institute for Statistics (INS), Romania’s electricity consumption in the first eleven months of 2025 totaled 45.65 TWh, down 0.7% compared with the same period in 2024. Industrial consumption reached 34.54 TWh, a 1.1% decrease, while household consumption increased slightly by 0.4%, reaching 10.77 TWh. Public lighting use fell by 1.1%, totaling about 349 GWh.
Total electricity production amounted to 46.43 TWh, a decline of 3.2% compared to 2024. Thermal power plants generated 15.56 TWh, down 1.1%, while hydropower production decreased sharply by 18% to 11 TWh. In contrast, Cernavodă nuclear power plant increased output by 1.3% to 10.02 TWh. Wind power production fell by 3.7%, reaching 5.4 TWh, while solar power, including prosumer installations, surged by 33.4%, totaling 4.44 TWh.
Electricity exports rose 32.8% to 13.09 TWh, and imports increased 37.4%, reaching 16.81 TWh.
Regarding primary energy resources, total production in the first eleven months of 2025 amounted to 15,088.1 million tons of oil equivalent, down 2.5% from 2024. Coal production declined by 2.1% to 1,724 million tons, oil production fell 7.5% to 2,270.8 million tons, and natural gas production decreased by 1%, reaching 6,843.4 million tons of oil equivalent.