Past Events - 2000 -
Tariff/Pricing Committee Meeting
May 30-31, 2000
Kiev, Ukraine
Co-hosted by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine
 Agenda
Participant List
Materials
Agenda
Tuesday, May 30
09:00 Welcoming Comments
- Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Committee Chairman and Chairman, Armenia Energy Regulatory Commission
- Ms. Erin Skootsky, Program Director, NARUC
- Mr. Jamshid Heidarian, Senior Energy Advisor, Energy and Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development
09:15 Discussion on 2000 Program Year Issue Paper Preparation
- Chairman Vardan Movsesyan
09:45 Presentation on new Hungarian Tariff System (746 Kb, Word)
Presentation on new Hungarian Tariff System for Natural Gas (44 Kb, Word)
- Mr. Georgy Bekes, Deputy Director and Head, Tariff Department, Hungarian Energy Office
- Discussion (Question and Answer Session)
10:30 Coffee Break
Review and Discussion of Issue Paper Outlines
10:45 Topic 1: Achieving Meaningful Public Involvement in Energy Regulation
12:00 Topic 2: Low-Income Customers - Meeting Their Needs
13:15 Lunch
14:45 Discussion on CEE/Eurasia Regional Energy Regulatory Program Activities (including Tariff/Pricing Committee, website, and establishment of Regional Organization)
- Ms. Erin Skootsky, Program Director, NARUC
Review and Discussion of Issue Paper Outlines (continued)
15:15 Topic 3: Designing Tariffs for an Efficient, Reliable and Least Cost Energy Supply
16:00 Coffee Break
16:15 Continue Discussion of Topic 3
16:45 Presentations on U.S. Approaches to Topics 1 and 2
- Commissioner LeRoy Koppendrayer, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
- Mr. William Smith, Federal and Legislative Programs Coordinator, Iow Utilities Board
17:30 Session Concludes
Wednesday, May 31
09:00 Presentation on new Estonian Fuel Price Formula (43 Kb, Word)
Graph 1. Fuel price change
Graph 2. Fuel overhead price
Mr. Erik Kaldas, Deputy General Director, Estonian Market Inspectorate
- Discussion (Question and Answer Session)
- Review and Discussion of Issue Paper Outlines (continued)
09:30 Topic 4: A Regulator's Role in the Development of Private
Generation Projects
10:45 Coffee Break
11:00 Topic 5: Utility Asset Privatization and Competitive Supply Markets
12:15 Lunch
13:45 Discussion on Paper Working Group Roles and Assignments (Continued)
15:15 Coffee Break
15:30 Concluding Remarks
- Mr. Chairman Vardan Movsesyan
- Mr. Jamshid Heidarian, USAID
- Ms. Erin Skootsky, NARUC
16:00 Cultural Excursion
Conference Concludes
Participant List
Armenia
Energy Regulatory Commission of Armenia
Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Tariff/Pricing Committee Chair
Bulgaria
State Energy Regulatory Commission
Mrs. Svetla Todorova, Director
Estonia
Energy Market Inspectorate
Mr. Erik Kaldas, Deputy General Director
Georgia
Georgian National Electricity Regulatory Commission (GNERC)
Ms. Gulnara Bedoshvili, Senior Specialist, Department of Economy
Hungary
Hungarian Energy Office
Mr. Gyorgy Bekes, Head, Pricing Department
Kazakhstan
Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation of Natural Monopolies, Protection of Competition and Small Business Support
Ms. Dana Tokubaeva, Head, Department of Energy Regulation
Kyrgyz Republic
State Energy Agency under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
Ms. Janyl Shygaibaeva, Lead Specialist, Economy and Finance Division
Latvia
Energy Regulation Council
Mrs. Galina Sirone, Head, License Office, Tariff Division
Lithuania
National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania (NCC)
Vice-Chairman Vygintas Sidzikauskas
Moldova
National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE)
Mrs. Olga Vdovina, Principal Economist, Tariff Policy and Economic Analyses Department
Romania
National Electricity and Head Regulatory Authority
Mr. Florin Gugu, Director, Tariff Department
Russian Federation
Federal Energy Commission
First Deputy Chairman Vyacheslav Ovchinkov
Ukraine
National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Mrs. Olga Ossadcha, Head, Tariff Department
United States
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
Commissioner LeRoy Koppendrayer, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Mr. William Smith, Federal and Legislative Programs Coordinator, Iowa Utilities Board
Ms. Erin Skootsky, Program Director
U.S. Agency for International Development
Mr. Jamshid Heidarian, Senior Energy Advisor, Energy and Infrastructure
Division, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia
Hagler Bailly Services, Inc.
Mr. Dean White, Vice President
Observers
Russian Federation
Federal Energy Commission
Deputy Chairman Georgy Kutovoi
Materials
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