Thursday, May 24
ERRA Tariff/Pricing Committee Meeting
(Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel, Room Palandoken)

09:00 Welcoming Comments

• Ms. Aistija Zubaviciute, Chief Specialist, National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania (NCC); Chair of the Tariff/Pricing Committee
• Mr. Robert Archer, USAID

09:05 Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Tariff/Pricing Committee for 2007-09

09:15 Introduction of New Committee Members, NARUC Commissioners and Other Guests

09:30 Presentation on the Draft Issue Paper: Current Procedures and Rules for examination of documents on tariff approvals in the ERRA Countries. Benchmark Regulatory Reporting Requirements. System of auditing

• Dr. Konstantin Petrov, Consultant, KEMA International, Germany
• Discussion on the Issue Paper

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 Network Capacity Enlargement

• Kazakhstan: Mr. Anatolij Shkarupa, Agency of Regulation of Natural Monopolies
• Poland: Ms. Anna Bednarska, Energy Regulatory Authority
• USA: President James Kerr, NARUC (North Carolina UC)
• Questions & Answers
• Discussion on the Issue Paper status

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Role and Involvement of the Regulator in interconnections and multi-country infrastructure projects

• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mr. Almir Imamović, State Energy Regulatory Commission
• USA: Commissioner Robert Clayton, Missouri PSC
• Questions & Answers
• Discussion on the Paper status

15:15 Coffee break

15:45 Roundtable Discussions: Tariff/Pricing Updates by Committee Members
(Each Committee Member will be requested to give a max. 5 minutes verbal update on the recent developments in their country in the field of tariff and pricing)

17:00 Meeting Concludes