The market got a new leader in a year of renewed consumption growth.
The latest report of Romania’s Regulatory Authority for Energy (ANRE) shows domestic consumption increased by 2.13% last year, continuing the visible upward trend of 2014. Household consumers used about 12 TWh in 2015, over 3% more than in 2014, and accounted for 23% of the total demand, while the industry required 34.2 TWh or 66% of the power consumption. Demand in this sector was 4% higher than in 2014.
The largest electricity supplier to corporate consumers was Electrica Furnizare, a company part of the Electrica group, which has the Romanian government and principal shareholder.
Electrica Furnizare had a 14.72% share of the competitive segment last year. ANRE reports show it to have sold 38% more electricity on the competitive market, which put it on the top spot among the companies in this business. Electrica Furnizare ranked second in 2014.
Electrica Furnizare therefore took the top spot from businessman Augustin Oancea’s Tinmar Ind. Tinmar Ind had a 10.27% market share on the competitive segment last year, having sold a 10% lower amount of power on this segment compared with 2014, according to ANRE data.
Tinmar Ind had 1,250 clients at the end of 2015 such as COS Targoviste, Automobile Dacia, TMK-Resita, Lukoil, Doosan IMGB, Lidl, Arctic, Petrosantander, Metro Cash & Carry and Nepi Invest.
Third largest supplier was E.ON with a market share of 6.53%, replacing Alro, the largest electricity consumer in Romania, which is also its own supplier.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)