Past Events - 1999 -
Licensing/Competition Committee Meeting
June 7-8, 1999
Budapest, Hungary
Co-Hosted by the Hungarian Energy Office
 Agenda
Participant List
Materials
Agenda
Monday, June 7, 1999
09:00 Welcoming Comments
· Mr.Ferenc J.Horvath, Acting President, Hungarian Energy Office
09:10 CEE/NIS Regional Energy Regulatory Program Description &
Proposed Licensing/Competition Committee Activities
· Ms. Erin Skootsky, Manager, CEE/NIS Regional Energy Regulatory Program, NARUC
· Dr. Gabor Szorenyi, Deputy Director, Hungarian Energy Office and
Licensing/Competition Committee Chair
09:20 Brief Introductions of Committee Members
10:00 Introduction of the draft: Question # 1: "What are the most important Statutory Elements related to issuing licenses and to monitoring licensees' activities?"
10:15 Discussion
11:30 Coffee Break
11:45 Introduction of the draft: Question # 2: "Under what circumstances, if any, should Amendments of the Licenses be initiated by the Regulator?"
12:00 Discussion
13:30 Lunch
14:30 Competition: Experience in Pennsylvania
Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
15:00 Competition: Experience in Maine
Commissioner William Nugent, Maine Public Utilities Commission
15:30 Discussion
16:00 Coffee
16:15 Session Concludes
Tuesday, June 8 1999
09:00 Introduction of the draft: Question # 4: "Should the Regulator limit ownership as a way of avoiding a Monopoly Situation?"
09:15 Discussion
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Introduction of the draft: Question # 5: "Import-Export - transit and the fees?"
11:00 Discussion
12:15 Break
12:30 Introduction of the draft: Question # 6: "Scope of Regulator's Authority: How to deal with technical, safety, environmental protection, system security questions? (The responsibility of the Regulator? In the license, grid code, in other regulation, in commercial contracts?)"
12:45 Discussion
13:30 Lunch
14:30 Discussion on Future Committee Activities
15:30 Concluding remarks
16:00 Meeting Concludes
Participant List
Armenia
Energy Regulatory Commission of Armenia
Mr. Roland Petrosyan, Deputy Chief, Legal and Methodology Department
Estonia
Energy Market Inspectorate
Mr. Allan Sepp, General Director
Georgia
Georgian National Electricity Regulatory Commission
Mr. Paata Tsintsadze, Commissioner
Hungary
Hungarian Energy Office
Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Head, Licensing Department & Chairman of Licensing Committee
Kyrgyz Republic
State Energy Agency under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
Mr. Tolonbek Japarov, Head, Licensing Department
Latvia
Energy Regulatory Council
Ms. Sarmine Paunina, Legal Advisor
Lithuania
National Control Commission for Prices and Energy (NCC)
Mr. Algimantas Budas, Head, Control Department
Moldova
National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE)
Mr. Alexei Cantar, Chief, Licensing Division
Poland
Energy Regulatory Authority
Mrs. Elzbieta Niebisz, Director, Licensing Department
Romania
National Electricity and Head Regulatory Authority
Mrs. Maria Manicuta, Director, Licenses and Technical Regulations Department
Ukraine
National Energy Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Ms. Lydmila Vassylieva, Head, Division of Electricity Transmission
United States
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Commissioner William Nugent, Maine Public Utilities Commission
Ms. Erin Skootsky, Manager CEE/NIS Exchange Program
United States
Mr. James Tasillo, Consultant, Hagler Bailly/Moldova
OBSERVERS
Estonia
Energy Market Inspectorate
Mr. Raidu Sepp, Specialist
Hungary
Hungarian Energy Office
Dr. Laszló Balogh, Chief Advisor
Mr. Arpad Vajdovich, Chief Advisor
Mr. Endre Slenker, Advisor
Kyrgyz Republic
State Energy Agency under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
Mr. Akylbek Tumenbaev, Commissioner and Deputy Director
Moldova
National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE)
Mr. Veasceslav Chilat, Director
Mr. Yuri Axente, Licensing Specialist
Poland
Energy Regulatory Authority
Mr. Boguslaw Zaleski, Director, Foreign Cooperation and European Integration Office
Ukraine
National Energy Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Mr. Simonenko
United States
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Mr. Phillip Fine, Energy Advisor, (USAID/Moldova)
Materials
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