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ERRA Events- 2007 Licensing/Competition Committee Meeting
February 12-13, 2007
Belgrade, Serbia
Best Western Hotel M
Bulevard Oslobodenja 56a
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Phone: +381/11/309 04 01, +381/11/309 04 02
Fax: +381/11/309 04 03, +381/11/309 55 01
Internet: www.hotel-m.com
Co-Hosted by the
Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS)
Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
Sponsored by
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
 Agenda
Participant List
Materials
Agenda
Monday, February 12, 2007
08:30 Welcoming Comments
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Mr. Ljubo Maćić, President of the Council, Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS)
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Ms. Aistija Zubaviciute, Chief Specialist, National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania (NCC); Chair of the Tariff/Pricing Committee
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Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Director, Hungarian Energy Office; Chairman, Licensing/Competition Committee
08:45 Introduction of New Committee Members, NARUC Commissioners and Other Guests
09:00 Functions and Price Setting of the Supplier of Last Resort (SLR) and/or Universal Service Supplier
Russia:
- Ms. Elena Pomchalova, Deputy Head of Division for Regulation and Control of Pricing in the Electricity Sector, Federal Tariff Service of Russia; Tariff/Pricing Committee member
- Ms. Anna Izotova, Head of the Judicial Division, Federal Tariff Service of Russia; Licensing/Competition Committee member
09:30 USA: For states with effective and operational retail and wholesale markets, what are the principals for pricing of default suppliers and do they use social tariffs?
10:00 Questions & Answers
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Role of the Regulator
Hungary: Introduction of the EU Directive and new regulatory concept, shared responsibilities (“ERGEG+” concept)
- Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Director, Hungarian Energy Office; Chairman, Licensing/Competition Committee
11:15 USA: Cooperation between regulators which belong to a wholesale market, cooperation between FERC and PUC on cross-border transmission, cooperation between PUC/FERC and Canada
11:45 USA: What are the different tasks of the PUC where wholesale and/or retail markets exist
12:30 Questions & Answers
13:00 Lunch
13:45 Role and Involvement of the Regulator in Interconnections and Multi-country Infrastructure Projects
Romania:
- Mr. Viorel Alicus, National Electricity and Heat Regulatory Authority
14:15 USA:
15:30 Questions & Answers
15:45 Introduction of the New Russian Market Model
- Ms. Anna Izotova, Head of the Legal Division, Federal Tariff Service of Russia; Licensing/Competition Committee member
- Questions & Answers
16:15 Meeting Concludes
16:45 Sightseeing Tour
19:00 Group Dinner
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Forum Room- Licensing/Competition Committee Meeting
09:00 Roundtable Discussions: Licensing/Competition Updates by Committee Members
(Each Committee Member will be requested to give a max. 3 min. verbal update on the recent developments in their country in the field of licensing and/or competition)
09:45 2007 Work plan Issues
- Responsible persons
- Expected deliverables
- Format of discussion, preparation
- Timing
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Mutual Recognition of Licenses – Introduction of the ERRA Issue Paper
- Discussions and approval of the issue paper
- Potential future development of the issue paper
- Questions & Answers
13:15 Lunch
14:00 Market Operators: Responsibilities, Role of the Regulator
- Ms. Kim Wissman, Ohio Public Utility Commission, USA
- Discussing the content of the future issue paper
- Questions & Answers
15:30 Coffee break
15:45 Discussion on Daily, Routine Regulatory Issues Important for Newly Established Regulators – Informal Exchange of Information, Ad Hoc Questions
16:15 Update on Recent and Future ERRA Activities
- Ms. Aniko Kiss, Program Officer, ERRA Secretariat
16:30 Meeting Concludes Materials
Reference Materials
Participant List
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