Tuesday, September 19
"Lile" Ballroom

09:00 Welcoming Comments

• Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Committee Chairman and Chairman, Armenia Energy Regulatory Commission
• Mr. Jamshid Heidarian, Senior Energy Advisor, Energy and Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development
• Ms. Tatyana Kramskaya, Program Officer, NARUC

09:15 Introduction of Committee Members

09:45 Discussion on Development of and Introduction to the 2000 Issue Papers

• Chairman Vardan Movsesyan

Topic 1: Achieving Meaningful Public Involvement in Energy Regulation
Vice Chairman Vygintas Sidzikauskas, NCC, Lithuania

Topic 2: Low-Income Customers - Meeting Their Needs
Mr. Florin Gugu, ANRE, Romania

Topic 3: Designing Tariffs for an Efficient, Reliable and Least Cost Energy Supply
Mrs. Olga Ossadcha, NERC, Ukraine

Topic 4: A Regulator's Role in the Development of Private Generation Projects
Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, ERC, Armenia

Topic 5: Utility Asset Privatization and Competitive Supply Markets
Ms. Danna Tokubaeva, ANMR, Kazakhstan

10:45 Coffee Break
Salkhino-Ballroom

11:00 Presentations & Discussions on U.S. Approaches to Topics 1, 2 and 3

• Chairman James A. Burg, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
• Mr. William Smith, Federal and Legislative Programs Coordinator, Iowa Utilities Board

12:15 CEE/Eurasia Regional Energy Regulatory Program Report
(and discussion of possible themes for December 2000 Annual Conference)
Tatyana Kramskaya, Program Officer

12:30 Lunch
Salkhino-Ballroom

Review and Discussion of Draft Issue Papers

14:00 Topic 1: Achieving Meaningful Public Involvement in Energy Regulation
(Lithuania (lead), Russia, Hungary)

15:15 Coffee Break
Salkhino-Ballroom

15:30 Topic 2: Low-Income Customers - Meeting Their Needs
(Romania (lead), Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic)

16:45 Topic 3: Designing Tariffs for an Efficient, Reliable and Least Cost Energy Supply
(Ukraine (lead), Estonia, Latvia, Romania)

18:00 Session Concludes

19:00 Depart for Dinner

Wednesday, May 31

"Lile" Ballroom

09:00 Presentation & Discussion on New Georgian Tariff System
Commissioner Demur Chomakhidze, GNERC, Georgia

Review and Discussion of Issue Paper Outlines (continued)

09:45 Topic 4: A Regulator's Role in the Development of Private Generation Projects
(Armenia (lead), Bulgaria)

11:00 Coffee break
Salkhino-Ballroom

11:15 Topic 5: Utility Asset Privatization and Competitive Supply Markets
(Kazakhstan (lead), Moldova)

12:30 Lunch
Salkhino-Ballroom

14:00 Discussion on Final Paper Preparation (for December 11-13 Annual Conference)

15:15 Coffee Break
Salkhino-Ballroom

15:30 Concluding Remarks

• Chairman Vardan Movsesyan
• Mr. Jamshid Heidarian, USAID
• Ms. Tatyana Kramskaya, NARUC

16:00 Cultural Excursion 

Bulgaria
State Energy Regulatory Commission
Mrs. Svetla Todorova, Director

Georgia
National Energy Regulatory Commission
Commissioner Demur Chomakhidze

Hungary
Hungarian Energy Office
Mr. Laszlo Szabo, Head of President's Secretariat

Kazakhstan
Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation of Natural Monopolies
and Protection of CompetitionMs. Galina Boboshko, Chief, Regulation of Energy and Oil-Gas Sector

Latvia
Energy Regulation Council
Ms. Ruta Vanaga, Electricity Tariff Sector Head

Moldova
National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE)
Mr. Vasile Jitaru, Head of Licensing Division

Romania
National Electricity and Head Regulatory Authority
Mrs. Maria Manecuta, Director, Licenses and Technical Regulations Department and
Chair, Export-Import Working Group; Vice Chair, Licensing/Competition Committee

Russian Federation
Federal Energy Commission
Deputy Chairman Kirill Yankov

Ukraine
National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Mr. Leonid Symonenko, Director, Technical Department

United States
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Commissioner Frederick Butler, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Chairman Ron Eachus, Oregon Public Utility Commission

Ms. Erin Skootsky, Director, Regional Energy Regulatory Program for CEE/Eurasia

Ms. Tatyana Kramskaya, Program Officer, Regional Energy Regulatory Program for
CEE/Eurasia

Ms. Krisztina Kasza, Program Administrator, Regional Energy Regulatory Program for CEE/Eurasia, Budapest Office

U.S. Agency for International Development
Mr. Robert Archer, Deputy Chief, Energy & Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe
and Eurasia

Mr. Walter Hall, Energy Restructuring and Regulatory Specialist, Energy &
Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia

Nexant Inc.
Dr. Charles Zimmerman, Senior Consultant