08:45 Depart to Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Mission Statement: The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
ensures safe, reliable and reasonably priced electric, natural gas, water, telephone and transportation service for Pennsylvania consumers, by regulating public utilities and by serving as responsible stewards of competition.

09:00 Welcome Remarks & Introduction

09:15 How to Establish an Efficient Energy Regulatory Body
(staff, size, training, budget, etc)
Presenter: Dr. Z. Ahmed Kaloko, Director, Bureau of Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning (CEEP)
Question & Answer Session

10:30 Coffee Break

10:45 The Regulator's Relationship with Legislative and Executive Branches of
Government
Presenter: Ms. June Perry, Director, Bureau of Legislative Affairs
Question & Answer Session

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Regulatory Information Systems & Support
(monitoring, quality of service, supply interruptions, financial, IT systems)
Presenters: Mr. William Hall, Bureau of CEEP (Monitoring)
Mr. Mitchell Miller, Bureau of CEEP (Quality of Service)
Mr. John Miller, Bureau of CEEP (Supply Interruptions)
Mr. Bob Wilson, (Financial)
Mr. Steve Gallahue (MIS)
Question & Answer Session

15:45 Coffee Break

16:00 Methods of Unbundling (Regulated vs. Unregulated Activities)
(Including diagrams of management separation, legal separation, and ownership separation)
Presenters: Mr. Michael Love, President EOP
Mr. Paul Metro, OTS
Dr. Ahmed Kaloko, CEEP
Question & Answer Session

17:00 Conclusion

Tuesday, October 22

 
10:00 Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) Interconnection, LLC

PJM Interconnection, LLC is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the largest centrally dispatched electric system in North America. Its foremost responsibility is the safe and reliable operation of the transmission system and ensuring the reliable supply of energy from generating resources to wholesale customers. In addition, it operates the competitive wholesale energy market for the region and facilitates open access to transmission. With over 170 members including every segment of the electric power industry, its market has become one of the most liquid and active energy markets in the United States.

Overview of the PJM Market (Size, Number of Participants, Megawatts Served)
PJM Organization, Staffing, Functions
PJM Membership and Governance
Load Forecasting

12:00 Lunch

13:00 PJM (Continued)
Transmission Pricing and Planning
Contracting Issues
Relationship Between Regulator and ISO
Ensuring Reliability in a Competitive Market

16:00 Depart PJM

Wednesday, October 23

08:45 Depart to New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Mission Statement: To ensure the provision of safe, adequate and proper utility and regulated service at reasonable rates, while effectively managing the transition from protected monopoly franchise markets to competitive markets for the betterment of ratepayers.

09:00 Welcome Remarks and Introduction

09:15 Consumer Protection (Ratepayer Advocate & Commission Responsibilities)
Presenters: Ms. Seema M. Singh, Esq., Acting Director and Ratepayer Advocate, Division of the Ratepayer Advocate, State of New Jersey
Mr. William Stark, Chief, Bureau of Customer Assistance
Question & Answer Period

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Regional Transmission Organizations - A State's Perspective
(Advantages, Difficulties in Creation)
Presenters: Mr. Frank Perrotti, PJM/FERC Issues Manager, Division of Energy
Question & Answer Period

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Traditional Regulatory Methods
(Rate-base Rate of Return, Cost of Service Applications, Performance Based Regulation)
Presenters: Ms. Alice Bator, Chief, Bureau of Rates and Tariffs, Division of Energy
Question & Answer Period

15:30 Break

16:00 Roundtable Wrap-up: Discussion of Key Issues Facing CEE/NIS Regulators
Moderator: Commissioner Frederick F. Butler

17:00 Conclusion

Thursday, October 24

 
10:30 North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)

Since its formation in 1968, NERC has operated as a voluntary organization to promote the reliability of the interconnected electric system in North America. In response to industry changes, NERC is in the process of transforming itself into NAERO - the North American Electric Reliability Organization. NAERO's mission will be to develop, promote, and enforce standards for a reliable North American bulk electric system.

Introduction to NERC (overall structure of NERC)
Interface Between Reliability and Competitive Markets
Restructuring Reliability Standards
Structure of Grids in North America

13:30 Meeting concludes

Friday, October 25

10:00 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

FERC is an independent regulatory agency within the Department of Energy that regulates the transmission and sale for resale of natural gas in interstate commerce, regulates the transmission of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce, regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce, licenses and inspects private, municipal and state hydroelectric projects, oversees related environmental matters and administers accounting and financial reporting regulations and conducts of jurisdictional companies.

FERC Responsibilities & Current Issues
Harmonization of Federal vs. State Regulation 
Standard Market Design (Potential Elements for ERRA Members' Implementation)

12:00 Lunch Discussion with NARUC and USAID
Mr. Charles Gray, Executive Director, NARUC
Dr. Robert Ichord, Chief, Energy & Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe & Eurasia, USAID
Mr. Robert Archer, Deputy Chief, Energy & Infrastructure Division, Bureau for Europe & Eurasia, USAID

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1889. Its members include the governmental agencies that are engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers in the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. NARUC's member agencies regulate the activities of telecommunications, energy, and water utilities.
NARUC's mission is to serve the public interest by improving the quality and effectiveness of public utility regulation. Under State law, NARUC's members have the obligation to ensure the establishment and maintenance of such energy utility services as may be required by the public convenience and necessity, and to ensure that such services are provided at rates and conditions that are just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory for all consumers.

The US Agency for International Development has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms. USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. The agency works in areas crucial to achieving both sustainable development and advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

15:00 Meetings conclude

Armenia
Energy Commission
Commissioner Samvel Arabajyan

Georgia
National Energy Regulatory Commission (GNERC)
Mr. Alexander Khetaguri, Senior Specialist, Economic Department

Kyrgyz Republic
State Energy Agency (SEA)
Mr. Edilbek Bogombaev, Head, Licensing Department

Moldova
National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE)
Director Marin Profir

Ukraine
National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Mrs. Katerina Berezovska, Deputy Head, Licensing Department

Program Coordinator
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Ms. Erin Skootsky, Director, International Programs

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

• How to Establish an Efficient Energy Regulatory Body (staff, size, training, budget, etc), Dr. Z. Ahmed Kaloko, Director, Bureau of Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning (CEEP)
• The Regulator's Relationship with Legislative and Executive Branches of Government, Ms. June Perry, Director, Bureau of Legislative Affairs
• Using Information Technology for Filing Data at the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Richard Watson
• Regulatory Information Systems & Support - Energy Market Monitoring, William Hall, Bureau of CEEP
• Network Administration
• Utility Quality of Service Evaluation, Wayne L. Williams, Ph.D., Bureau of Consumer Services

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

• Unbundling of Electric Rates, Alice Bator, Chief Bureau of Rates and Tariffs Division of Energy
• Division of Customer Assistance, Kent Papsun, Director
• Protecting Residential And Business Customers in a Changing Energy Market, Seema M. Singh, Esq.
  Ratepayer Advocate (Acting) and Public Advocate-designate
• Regional Transmission Organizations, A State's Perspective, Mr. Frank Perrotti, PJM/FERC Issues Manager, Division of Energy

North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)

• Maintaining Reliability in a Competitive Market Place, The Transition from NERC to NAERO
  

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

• Federal Regulation Of The U.S. Electric Utility System, Thomas Russo