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ERRA Events- 2006

Licensing/Competition Committee Meeting

February 23-24, 2006
Skopje, Macedonia

Holiday Inn Hotel
Vasil Agilarski 2
Skopje, 1000
Republic of Macedonia
Tel: 389-2-3292929
Fax: 389-2-3115503
http://www.holiday-inn.com.mk/
 

Co-Hosted by the
Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Macedonia (ERC)Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Sponsored by
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
 
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Agenda


Thursday, February 23, 2006


09:00 Welcoming Comments

  • President Slave Ivanovski, Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Macedonia
  • Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Director, Hungarian Energy Office; Chairman, Licensing/Competition Committee

09:10 Introduction of New Committee Members and NARUC Commissioners

09:15 Introduction of Finalized 2005 Issue Papers and 2006 Workplan (Schedule and Topic Leaders)

  • Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Director, Hungarian Energy Office; Chairman, Licensing/Competition Committee
  • Questions & Answers

09:40 Roundtable Discussions: Licensing/Competition Updates by Committee Members

(Each Committee Member will be requested to give a max. 5 min. verbal update on the recent developments in their country in the field of licensing and/or competition)

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 Roundtable Discussions: Licensing/Competition Updates by Committee Members (cont’d)

11:30 Introductory Presentation: How to Implement Customer Protection Practices

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Environmental Issues (Benchmarking, Limit of Regulatory Activities, Support Schemes)

  • Presentation by Christina Palmero, Utility Supervisor, Energy Resources & Environment, NYS Department of Public Service
  • Presentation by Andrea Brandstaetter, E-Control, Austria : General Position on Support (Distorting Competition), Introducing Different Support Schemes, Position regarding Windfarms, Their Integration into National Systems
  • Presentation by Tiina Maldre; Estonian Market Inspectorate 
  • Questions & Answers

16:30 Meeting Concludes

16:45 Sightseeing Tour

20:00 Group Dinner


Friday, February 24, 2006


9:00 Continuity of Supply – Comparative Analysis – Status Report

  • Presentation by Kestutis Zilenas, National Control Commission for Prices and Energy, Lithuania
  • Questions & Answers

9:45 Mutual Recognition of Licenses

  • Discussion of the content of the issue paper, approval of the Terms of Reference (TOR)
  • Questions & Answers

10:45 Coffee break

11:00 Unbundling (Types, Role of the Regulator, Practical Implementation, Compliance Reporting)-

  • Introducing the Results of the EU Integration Working Group Meeting, Sofia, Commissioner Maria Manicuta, National Electricity and Heat Regulatory Authority, Romania
  • Presentation by Chairman Kenneth Schisler, Maryland Public Service Commission
  • Presentation by Christina Palmero, Utility Supervisor, Energy Resources & Environment, NYS Department of Public Service
  • Questions & Answers

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Unbundling (Types, Role of the Regulator, Practical Implementation, Compliance Reporting) - Cont’d

  • Unbundling from the Perspective of Utilities, Mr. Zdenek Danielovsky, CEZ Bulgaria
  • Separation of Distribution and Supply Activities in Hungary; Presentation by Gabor Szorenyi, Director, Hungarian Energy Office
  • Presentation by Commissioner Elena Gavrilyuk, National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine
  • Questions & Answers

15:30 Coffee break

15:45 ERRA’s 2006 Workplan

  • Ms. Anikó Kiss, Program Officer, ERRA Secretariat

16:00 Discussion on Daily, Routine Regulatory Issues Important for Newly Established Regulators – Informal Exchange of Information, Ad Hoc Questions

  • Moderated by Gabor Szorenyi

17:30 Meeting Concludes



 

 

Participant List
 


ERRA Full Members

Albania
Albanian Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERE)
Mrs. Fatbardha Mullahi, Head of Licensing, Monitoring Department
Internet: http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Albania

Armenia
Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia (PSRC)
Mr. Hrachya Hakobyan, Deputy Head of Legal Licensing Department
Internet: www.psrc.am ; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Armenia

Bosnia and Herzegovina
State Energy Regulatory Commission (SERC)
Mr. Sasa Scekic, Head of Licensing and Engineering Department
Internet: www.derk.ba; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Bosnia

Bulgaria
State Energy and Water RegulatoryCommission (SEWRC)
Commissioner Angel Semerdjiev , ERRA Chairman
Internet: http://www.dker.bg ; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Bulgaria

Estonia
Energy Market Inspectorate (EMI)
Mrs. Tiina Maldre, Chief Specialist
Internet: http://www.eti.gov.ee ; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Estonia

Georgia
Georgian National Energy Regulatory Commission (GNERC)
Ms. Lali Gogishvili, Director of Electricity Department
Internet: http://www.gnerc.org ; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Georgia

Hungary
Hungarian Energy Office (HEO)
Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Director
Chairman of ERRA Licensing/Competition Committee, Member of the ERRA Presidium
Internet: http://www.eh.gov.hu ; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Hungary

Latvia
Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
Ms. Sandija Audzere, Head of the Energy Regulation Division in the Legal Department
Internet: http://www.sprk.gov.lv/; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Latvia

Lithuania
National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania (NCC)
Mr. Kestutis Zilenas, Head of Licensing Department
Internet: http://www.regula.is.lt; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Lithuania

Macedonia
Energy Regulatory Commission of Macedonia (ERC)
Internet: http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Macedonia , http://www.erc.org.mk

President Slave Ivanovski

Mr. Strasho Zafirovski, Head of Technical-energy Department

Romania
Romanian Electricity and Heat Regulatory Authority (ANRE)
Commissioner Maria Manicuta, Vice Chair of the Licensing/Competition Committee
Internet: http://www.anre.ro; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Romania

Russian Federation
Federal Tariff Service (FTS)
Ms. Anna Izotova, Deputy Head of Legal Control Department
Internet: http://www.fstrf.ru ; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Russia

Turkey
Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)
Mr. Ismet Turan, Energy Expert
Internet: http://www.emra.org.tr; http://www.erranet.org/members/Pofiles/Turkey

Ukraine
National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine (NERC)
Commissioner Elena Gavrilyuk
Internet: http://www.nerc.gov.ua; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Ukraine


ERRA ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

­Romania
National Natural Gas Regulatory Authority (ANRGN)
Mr. Bogdan Valter, Head of Technical Regulations Department
Internet: http://www.anrgn.ro/eng/index.htm; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/AssociateMembers

UNMIK Kosovo
Energy Regulatory Office of UNMIK Kosovo (ERO)
Mrs. Merita Kostari, Member of the Board /Head of Legal and Licensing Department
Internet: http://www.ero-ks.org, http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/AssociateMembers

USA
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
NYS Department of Public Service
Office of Electricity and the Environment
Ms. Christina Palmero, Utility Supervisor, Energy Resources & Environment
Internet: www.puc.state.pa.us

Maryland Public Service Commission
Chairman Kenneth Schisler
Internet: http://www.dcpsc.org


Others & observers

Austria
E-Control
Ms. Andrea Brandstaetter
Internet: www.econtrol.at

Bulgaria
CEZ
Mr. Zdenek Danielovsky
Internet: www.cez.cz

Macedonia
Energy Regulatory Commission of Macedonia (ERC)
Internet: http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Macedonia , http://www.erc.org.mk

Mr. Slavko Bundaleski, Technical advisor

Mr. Daniel Geogievski, Legal Expert

Mr. Shamil Redzepi, Economics Assistant

Ms. Natasha Trimcheska, Technical assistant

Serbia
Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia
Mr. Nikola Radovanovic, Senior Legal Expert for System Affairs
Internet: www.aers.org.yu

Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
Ms. Anikó Kiss, Program Officer
Internet
: http://www.erranet.org

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