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| Key Statistics (2007) |
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Population |
15.56 million people. |
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GDP/Capita |
7 thousand U.S. dollars. |
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Generation |
Fossil Fuel 86,4%
Hydro: 13,6%
Installed capacity of power plants of Kazakhstan is 18773,3 MW, available capacity – 14617,0 MW.
Generation of electricity was 71546 million kWh |
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Electricity Market Size |
63.7 TWh/year |
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Surplus Installed Capacity over Demand |
11.450 MW | |
| Summary |
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Established in 1999, 185 staff members
Nurlan Aldabergenov was appointed as the ANMR Chairman in December 2007.
The ANMR is responsible for tariff setting and protection of competition among all natural monopolies.
The ANMR is financed from the national budget. |
| Industry and Market Structure |
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Electricity
As a result of market transformations, the following organizational-technological structure appeared in the power sector:
1) energy generating organizations perform generation and sale of electricity to wholesale consumer;
2) the national power network (JSC "KEGOC") performs functions on transmission of electricity through interregional and interstate level, and also functions on operational dispatch control over the unified Kazakh grid (hereinafter UES of Kazakhstan);
3) regional electricity network companies (hereinafter referred to as RECs) carry out transmission, distribution and supply of electricity on the regional level;
4) wholesale and retail electricity consumers;
5) energy supply organizations;
6) the wholesale market operator (JSC “KOREM” – Kazakh electricity and capacity market operator – performs functions of the operator of centralized electricity trading market).
• The legislation does not regulate prices for generation of electricity except for energy generating organizations that dominate. Their regulation is of notifying nature
Services on transmission of electricity belong to the sphere of the natural monopoly, and tariffs for them are set by the regulatory body. Tariffs for generation, transmission, distribution and supply of heat are also regulated. |
| Current Energy Issues |
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In 2007 changes and amendments were made in the Law f the Republic of Kazakhstan On Natural Monopolies, according to which ANMR performs licensing in the field of energy, regulates prices: for goods (works, services) of market participants that hold dominant positions in commodity markets in the field of railroad transport, power and heat energy, transportation of oil, oil products and gas, civil aviation, port activities, telecommunications and postal services; For goods (works, services) according to the list set by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. |
| Contact |
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14 Bukeyhana Street, 473 000, Astana, Kazakhstan,
Tel.: (7 3172) 591 636, Fax: (7 3172) 215-473,
E-mail: kense@arem.kz ,
Internet: http://www.regulator.kz |
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Committeefor Protection of Competitionof Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan
(ERRA Affiliate Member)
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| Summary |
- Established in December 2004, 166 staff members (out of them 56 in the central office, 10 in territorial bodies)
- Aliakpar Bolatovich Matishev was appointed as the Chairman in 2004
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| Responsibilities |
- Monitoring of the electricity market;
- Development of the competitive wholesale and retail market of power and capacity;
- Indirect tariff regulation of dominating subjects of the wholesale and retail market;
- Identification of barriers for entry (exit) of new participants of the wholesale and retail market of power and capacity;
- Provision for and implementation of the state policy in the field of competition development and protection, and restriction of monopolistic activities;
- Preclusion of acts, actions (omissions to act) of the state bodies, which are aimed at restriction of competition;
- Prevention of economic concentration that contradicts requirements of the present law;
- Prevention and elimination of cases of abusing the dominant (monopoly) position in the power and capacity market;
- Prevention and preclusion of anti-competitive agreements, unfair competition;
- State control over compliance with the anti-monopoly legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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| Industry and Market Structure |
- 49 energy generating organizations (in the competitive sector)
- 1 system operator and 18 regional power network companies (in the field of natural monopolies)
- More than 100 energy supply organizations (in the competitive sector)
- Centralized (exchangez0 trade with electricity
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| Current Energy Issues |
- Establishment of a comprehensive industry regulator in the energy sector on the basis of the Committee for protection of competition under the Ministry Industry and Trade, Agency of the RK on regulation of natural monopolies, Ministry of energy and mineral resources;
- Reducing the sphere of natural monopolies at the expense of restructuring the largest monopolists and development of competitive relations;
- Exception of intermediaries (traders) in the electricity market
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| Contact |
Committeefor Protection of Competitionof Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan
(ERRA Affiliate Member)
010000 Erkegali Alimkulov, Kabanbai batyr str. 47.Astana., Republic of Kazakhstan
Tel./Fax: (7 3172) 29-08-79
Internet: www.mit.kz |
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Report on the Status of the ANMR
Laws
(in Russian)
ANMR Org. Chart
Annual Report
Grid Code
License
Methodology
Heat and Power Tariffs in Kazakhstan
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