Past Events - 2001-

Agenda

Participant List

Materials

Agenda

September 30: Working Group Meeting "Regional Markets"

11:00 Welcoming Comments
~ Ms. Maria Manicuta, Director, Leader of the Working Group

11:15 Interconnection Aspects and Deregulation in the Electricity Market

11:45 European Development of the Internal Electricity Market

12:15 Regional Interconnections Experiences into Balkans and Baltic Countries, Caucasian Countries, Moldavia-Ukraine-Russian Federation, Central Asian countries

12:45 Lunch

14:00 TSO Roles Regarding International Exchanges - Basic Rules and Principles

14:30 How are able International Exchanges to Favor the Development of Electricity Local Markets

15:00 Discussions upon Import/Export License Granting Regarding: Who are the Potential Applicants (Suppliers, Distributors, Transmission/System Operator Or Producers) and which should be the Specific Rules Imposed by Regulatory Bodies

15:30 Transit Capacity Usage through Auctions Or Rules?

16:00 Coffee break

16:15 Transit Tariffs versus Transmission Tariffs: Calculation Rules, Costs Categories to be Considered, Risk Evaluation upon System Safety

16:45 Conclusions

17:00 Work Schedule of the Working Group before the 5th Annual Meeting

17:30 Meeting concludes

September 30: Working Group Meeting "Mechanism of Monitoring/Controlling the Licensed Activities"

8:30 Welcoming Comments
~ Mr. Endre Slenker, Advisor of the Hungarian Energy Office, Leader of the Working Group

8:45 Introduction of the Modifications Recommended by Working Group Members
~ Mr. Endre Slenker, Advisor of the Hungarian Energy Office, Leader of the Working Group
~ Commissioner Paata Tsintsadze, GNERC
~ Mr. Edilbek Bogombaev, Kyrgyz Republic
~ Ms. Paunina Sarmite, ERC of Latvia
~ Ms. Michaela Popescu, ANRE of Romania
~ Mr. Algimantas Budas, NCC of Lithuania
~ Mr. Vasile Jitaru, ANRE of Moldova
~ Commissioner Lubov Goncharova, NERC of Ukraine

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 Introduction to the Structure of the Issue Paper
~ Mr. Endre Slenker, Advisor of the Hungarian Energy Office, Leader of the Working Group

11:00 Review of the Main Chapter of the Issue Paper
~ Mr. Endre Slenker, Advisor of the Hungarian Energy Office, Leader of the Working Group

11:30 Open Discussion of the Main Chapter by Working Group Members

12:45 Lunch

14:00 Open Discussion of the Appendices of the Issue Paper by Working Group Members

15:30 Work Schedule of the working Group before the 5th Annual Conference

16:00 Meeting concludes

Licensing/Competition Committee Meeting

October 1
09:00 Opening Remarks
~ Dr. Gabor Szorenyi, Deputy Director and Head, Licensing/Monitoring Department; Chairman, Licensing/Competition Committee

09:30 Short Activity Updates by the Committee Members

10:15 Coffee Break

10:30 Report on Year 2001 Issue Papers and Working Groups
~ Committee Chairman

10:40 Report on the Monitoring/Controlling Working Group
~ Mr. Endre Slenker, Advisor, Hungarian Energy Office, Leader of the Monitoring/Controlling Working Group

10:50 Report on the Regional Markets Working Group
~ Mrs. Maria Manecuta, National Electricity and Heat Regulatory Agency - Romania, Leader of the Regional Markets Working Group

Review and Discussion of Revised Draft Issue Papers
11:00 Paper # 1: The Regulator's Role in Electricity Market Operation and Market Contractual Agreements

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Paper # 2: Unbundling of Electric Sector Functions to Separate Monopoly and Competitive Activities

15:00 Presentations and Discussion: "How can the Regulator Ensure Non-
Discriminatory Access to Grid and Distribution Network"
~ Commissioner Linda Kelly, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
~ Mr. Jon Sagen, Section Head, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

15:30 Coffee break

15:45 Presentations and Discussion: "How can the Regulator Ensure Non-
Discriminatory Access to Grid and Distribution Network" (Continued)

16:15 Roundtable Discussion of the Implementation of the Issue Papers
Developed by the Committee in 1998 - 2001
~ Committee Chairman

16:30 Session Concludes
(Licensing/Competition Committee - Continued)

17:00 Depart Hotel for Tour

19:00 Dinner, "U Dekerta" Restaurant (38/42, Rynek Starego Miasta)

October 2
09:00 Paper # 3: Measuring and Assuring the Competitiveness of Energy Markets

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 Presentations and Discussion: "Market Monitoring"
(How does the Regulator Monitor and Evaluate the Effectiveness of the
Market? Balancing, Day Ahead, Etc.)
~ Commissioner Linda Kelly, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
~ Mr. Jon Sagen, Section Head, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

11:45 Future Committee and ERRA Activities
~ Ms. Krisztina Kasza, ERRA/NARUC

12:00 Concluding Remarks
~ Dr. Gabor Szorenyi, Committee Chairman

12:30 Lunch

Tariff/Pricing Committee
Lilia Room

October 1
09:00 Welcoming Comments
~ Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Committee Chairman and Chairman, Armenian Energy Commission

09:15 Short Activity Updates by the Committee Members

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 Review and Discussion of Revised Draft Issue Papers
Paper # 1: Differentiated Tariffs in Wholesale and Retail Electricity Markets
~ Mr. Florin Gugu, ANRE, Romania
Paper # 2: Cost Allocation between Heat and Electric Power in Combined Energy Production at Cogeneration Plants
~ First Deputy Chairman Viacheslav Ovchenkov, FEC, Russian Federation
Paper # 3: Structure of the Power Sector and Rates Charged for Monopoly Services
~ Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Armenian Energy Commission

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Presentation And Discussion of Experience in Designing Access and Connection Charge Tariffs in the CEE/Eurasia Region, the US And Spain
~ Commissioner Juan Unda, National Energy Commission, Spain
~ Mr. James Gallagher, Chief, Retail Competition Section, Office of Electricity and Environment, New York Public Service Commission

15:30 Coffee break

15:45 Continuation of the Presentation And Discussion of Experience in
Designing Access and Connection Charge Tariffs in the CEE/Eurasia
Region, the US And Spain
~ Mr. Tomasz Kowalak, Acting Director, Tariff Department, URE of Poland
~ Vice-Chairman Vygintas Sidzikauskas, Lithuanian NCC
~ Mrs. Svetla Todorova, Director and State Energy Regulatory Commission
~ Mrs. Olga Ossadcha, Head, Tariff Department, National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)

16:30 Session Concludes

17:00 Depart Hotel for Tour

19:00 Dinner, "U Dekerta" Restaurant (38/42, Rynek Starego Miasta)
(Tariff/Pricing Committee - Continued)

October 2
09:00 Update on Tariff Statistics Data Gathered in 2001
~ Mr. Ede Treso, Senior Advisor Pricing Department, Hungarian Energy Office

09:30 Discussion of the Summary of the Roundtable Discussions on Tariff Methodology Held in Chisinau, Moldova on June 19-20, 2001
~ Mr. James Gallagher, Chief, Retail Competition Section, Office of Electricity and Environment, New York Public Service Commission

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 Roundtable Discussion of the Implementation of the Issue Papers
Developed by the Committee in 1998 - 2001
~ Committee Chairman

11:30 Future Committee and ERRA Activities
~ Tatyana Kramskaya, Manager of International Programs, NARUC

12:00 Concluding Remarks
~ Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Committee Chairman

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Joint Committee Session (Stokrotka Room)

Joint Session on Transmission Pricing Issues for Emerging Markets
Stokrotka Room

Tuesday, October 2
14:00 Introductory Remarks
~ Mr. Robert Archer, Deputy Chief, Energy & Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, USAID

14:10 Welcome Remarks
~ President Leszek Juchniewicz, President, Energy Regulatory Authority, Poland
~ Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Tariff/Pricing Committee Chairman
~ Dr. Gabor Szorenyi, Licensing/Competition Committee Chairman

14:30 Introduction to Transmission Pricing Issues (with special attention to
cross-border trade)
Moderator: Mr. James Gallagher, Chief, Retail Competition Section, Office of Electricity and Environment, New York Public Service Commission
Country Reports (by those who have already prepared or implemented transmission pricing regimes, or who have decided the basic elements for them)
~ Mrs. Svetla Todorova, Bulgaria (Tariff/Pricing Committee)
~ First Deputy Chairman Viacheslav Ovchenkov, Russia (Tariff/Pricing Committee)
~ Commissioner Lubov Goncharova, Ukraine (Licensing/Competition Committee)
~ Dr. Marian Slifierz, Poland (Licensing/Competition Committee)

15:45 Coffee break

16:00 Pricing of System Operation Functions (How to give incentives to TSOs,
ISOs, and RSOs)
(Balancing Market, Ancillary Services)
~ Mr. Jon Sagen, Section Head, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

17:00 Wrap-up Remarks
~ Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Chairman, Tariff/Pricing Committee
~ Dr. Gabor Szorenyi, Chairman, Licensing/Competition Committee

17:30 Session Concludes

Wednesday, October 3
09:00 Introduction to EU Transmission Pricing Practices
~ Commissioner Juan Unda, National Energy Commission, Spain

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 General Discussion

12:00 Concluding Remarks

12:30 Lunch

Participants Depart

Participant List

 Tariff Committee Participants

Albania
Electricity Regulatory Authority
Mr. Kastriot Sulka, Head of the Tariff Department
Tel: (355 42) 22 963 / 32 245; Fax: (355 42) 22 963
Internet: www.erranet.org

Armenia
Energy Regulatory Commission of Armenia
Chairman Vardan Movsesyan, Tariff/Pricing Committee Chair
Tel: (374 2) 52 25 22; Fax: (374 2) 50 73 61
Internet: www.erranet.org

Bulgaria
State Energy Regulatory Commission
Mrs. Svetla Todorova, Director
Tel: (3592) 5490 356; Fax: (3592) 9888 782
Internet: http://www.dker.bg

Estonia
Energy Market Inspectorate
Ms. Reet Aru, Head of Analysis and Tariffs Division
Tel: (372) 6 201 901; Fax: (372) 6 201 932
Internet: http://www.eti.gov.ee/index_i.htm

Georgia
Georgian National Energy Regulatory Commission (GNERC)
Commissioner Demur Chomakhidze
Tel: (995 32) 253 392; Fax: (995 32) 253 397
Internet: http://www.gnerc.org

Hungary
Hungarian Energy Office
Mr. Ede Treso, Senior Advisor Pricing Department,
Tel: (36 1) 459-7729, Fax: (36 1) 459 7730
Internet: http://www.gm.hu/gm/meh/index.htm

Kazakhstan
Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation of Natural Monopolies, Protection of Competition and Small Business Support
Ms. Danna Tokubayeva, Head, Department of Energy Regulation
Tel: (7 3172) 32 36 47; Fax: (7 3172) 32 77 22)
Internet: www.erranet.org

Kyrgyz Republic
State Energy Agency under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
Ms. Svetlana Molochinskaya, Head of Finance Department
Tel: (996 312) 42 46 07; Fax: (996 312) 62 08 06
Internet: www.erranet.org

Latvia
Energy Regulation Council
Mrs. Galina Sirone, Head, License Office, Tariff Division,
Tel: (371) 7013 241; Fax: (371) 7312 763
Internet: http://www.erp.riga.lv/

Lithuania
National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania (NCC)
Vice-Chairman Vygintas Sidzikauskas, Lithuanian NCC
Tel: (370 2) 236 332; Fax: (370 2) 235 270
Internet: http://www.regula.is.lt

Moldova
National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE)
Mrs. Lidia Zestrea, Head, Tariff and Economic Analysis Department
 Tel: (373 2) 21 23 85; Fax: (373 2) 54 05 34
Internet: http://www.anre.moldpac.md/

Poland
Electricity Regulatory Authority
Mr. Tomasz Kowalak, Acting Director, Tariff Department
+48 22 66-16-210, or 211; fax 66-16-219
Internet: http://www.erranet.org/

Romania
National Electricity and Head Regulatory Authority (ANRE)
Mr. Florin Gugu, Director, Tariff Department
Tel: (401) 311 2244; Fax: (401) 312 4365
Internet: http://www.anre.ro/

Russian Federation
Federal Energy Commission (FEC)
First Deputy Chairman Viacheslav Ovchenkov
Tel: (7 095) 220 4975; Fax: (7 095) 206 8108
Internet: http://www.erranet.org/

Ukraine
National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Mrs. Olga Ossadcha, Head, Tariff Department
Tel: (38044) 241 9011; Fax: (38044) 241 9011
Internet: http://www.erranet.org/

Spain
National Energy Commission
Commissioner Juan Unda, National Energy Commission, Spain
Tel: (34 91) 432 9616; Fax: (34 91) 577-4836
Internet: http://www.cne.es

United States

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
Mr. James Gallagher, Chief, Retail Competition Section, Office of Electricity and Environment, New York Public Service Commission
Tel: 1 (518) 474-1932; Fax: 1 (518) 474-5026
Internet: http://www.dps.state.ny.us/

Ms. Erin Skootsky, Director, International Programs, NARUC
 Tel: (1 202) 898-2210; Fax: (1 202) 898-2213
Internet: www.erranet.org or http://www.naruc.org

Ms. Tatyana Kramskaya, Manager, International Programs, NARUC
 Tel: (1 202) 898-9394; Fax: (1 202) 898-9390
Internet: www.erranet.org or http://www.naruc.org

U.S. Agency for International Development
Internet: http://www.info.usaid.gov/
Mr. Robert Archer
Deputy Chief, Energy and Infrastructure, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia,

Mr. Jamshid Heidarian, Senior Energy Advisor, Energy and Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia;

U.S. Embassy/Warsaw
Ms. Karen Robblee, Economic Officer
Tel: (48 22) 628 3041

Ms. Ewa Kurchanowicz
Science & Economic Specialist
Tel: (48 22) 628 3041

Materials

 

Tariff/Pricing Committee

Licensing/Competition Committee

Committee Issue Papers Other Presentations for the Tariff/Pricing Committee Summary of the Roundtable Discussion of Tariff Methodologies, Tariff/Pricing Committee Meeting June 19, 2001, Chisanau, Moldova (Prepared by Jim Gallagher, New York Department of Public Service)(pdf /54 Kb/10 pages) download>> Connection Tariffs for High Density Load Customers: Internet Data Centers in New York City (By Jim Gallagher, New York Department of Public Service) (Power Point/316 Kb/18 pages) download>> FERC Policy on Regional Transmission Organizations: The Response of the Northeast United States ISO Regions (By Jim Gallagher, New York Department of Public Service) (Power Point/64 Kb/16 pages) download>> Cross Border Tariffs (By Commissioner Juan Unda, National Energy Commission, Spain) (Power Point/224 Kb/23 pages) download>> Network Access Tariff Methodology (By Commissioner Juan Unda, National Energy Commission, Spain) (Power Point/496 Kb/27 pages) download>> Comments on access pricing (By Vice-Chairman Vygintas Sidzikauskas, Lithuaniam NCC) (pdf, 5 pages/17 Kb) download>> Connection Tariffs (By Tomasz Kowalak, Polish URE) (pdf/ 77 Kb/15 pages) download>> Average Gas & Electricity Prices in ERRA countries (By Ede Treso, Senior Advisor Pricing Department, Hungarian Energy Office) (Power Point/203 Kb/23 pages) download>> Setting Rates for Transmission over Local Networks and Delivery of Electric Power (By Olga Ossadcha, Head, Tariff Department, National Electricity Regulatory Commission) (pdf /26 Kb/4 pages) download>> Access and Connection Charges issues and problems in Lithuania (By Vygintas Sidzikauskas, Lithuanian NCC)(pdf /9 Kb/1 page) download>> On Electricity Exports From Russia to Other Countries (By Viaceslav Ovchenkov, First Deputy Chairman, Federal Energy Commission, Russian Federation) (pdf /27 Kb/4 pages) download>>

Committee Issue Papers Other Presentations for the Licensing/Competition Committee 1. Non-Discriminatory Access to the Grid and Distribution Network (By Commissioner Linda J. Kelly, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control) (Power Point/135 Kb/19 pages) download>> 2. Market Monitoring, Reporting and Market Power Mitigation (by Commissioner Linda J. Kelly, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control) (Power Point/ 150 Kb/29 pages) download>> 3. What Characterises an Efficient Market (by Jon Sagen, Section Head, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) (Power Point/79 Kb/11 pages) download>> 4. Important Conditions for an Efficient Electricity Market (by Jon Sagen, Section Head, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) (Power Point/48 Kb/9 pages) download>> 5. System Operation Functions: How to give incentives to TSOs and ISOs (by Jon Sagen, Section Head, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) (Power Point/52 Kb/18 pages) download>>