Operationalizing the electricity market, part of the EU's Energy Package 4, was the subject of a three-day training workshop held by international experts Janez Kopač, former President of the Energy Community, and Arben KLLOKOQI.
The trainings were attended by specialists from the Ministry of Energy, the National Energy Regulatory Agency, transmission and distribution system operators, electricity suppliers, traditional and renewable electricity producers, professional associations of renewable producers.
Thus, the participants were informed about the European regulations on market and balancing mechanisms, tools for forecasting the production of electricity from renewable energy sources using different technologies, as well as consumption, the definition of imbalances and the responsibilities of the participants in the electricity market. The participants studied how imbalance prices are formed, their invoicing and settlement, the role of the system operator and balancing groups, flows and procedures for cross-border balancing of the power system. The participants also simulated electricity trading on the Day-ahead Market (PZU), on an isolated market and one coupled to regional energy markets according to scenarios proposed by the trainers.

The opening of the workshop was honored by the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Energy, Constantin Borosan, who reminded about the implementation in Moldova of a new electricity market model with rules harmonized with the European ones, making market participants, including renewable energy producers, financially responsible for the imbalances caused. His Excellency noted that in 2022, Moldova and Ukraine synchronized their energy system with the continental ENTSO-E, strengthening the security of the system. It was possible to cover the entire domestic consumption with energy from the Romanian OPCOM exchange for one month and subsequently REMIT transparency requirements were implemented. This year, it is planned to launch OPCOM's subsidiary in Moldova, which will introduce day-ahead (PZU) and day-ahead (PPZ) energy markets.
The workshop was organized with the support of the European Union through the Programme Addressing the Impact of the Energy Crisis in Moldova, implemented by UNDP Moldova.