Essentialities of Energy Market Liberalisation in Romania

The paper „Essentialities of Energy Market Liberalization in Romania†presents the mainaspects concerning the energy market liberalization and the electricity consumption recorded atnational level. The electricity consumption has a great importance in analyzing the production andretail energy market, as this is showing the demand-offer equilibrium for the entire electro-energysystem. Market liberalization became mandatory in Romania, with the adhesion to European Union. Energy price liberalization in our country was a difficult process. Leaders of EU imposed onGovernment a pricing liberalization calendar with the mention that not respecting it, the country isobliged to pay substantial penalties.