ERRA Events 2008

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 Agenda

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 Meetings Proceedings

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 Participant List

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 Bulletin

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Agenda

09:00 Finalization & Approval of the 2009 Workplan

Share of Duties and Responsibilities Among Committee Members

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 Method of Price Setting and Regulation for Universal Service Provider (cont’d)

• Mr. Bill Smith, Executive Director, Organization of MISO States, USA;
• Questions & Answers

10: 45 Tariff Regulation in Latvia and Anticipated Changes Related to Market Opening

• Mr. Ainars Mengelsons, Director of the Energy Department, Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Latvia

11:15 Electricity Losses and Analysis of Work Aiming to Decrease the Losses

• Mr. Novak Medenica, Head of the Economic Department, Energy Regulatory Agency (ERA), Montenegro;
• Mr. Almir Imamovic, Head of Tariff and Market Department, State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC), Bosnia and Herzegovina

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Electricity Losses and Analysis of Work Aiming to Decrease the Losses (cont’d)

• Ms. Ivona Stritof, Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (CERA), Croatia
• Mr. Indrit Baholli, Chief of Cost Structure Sector, Albanian Energy Regulator (ERE), Albania
• Ms. Theranda Beqiri, Board Member, Head of Tariffs & Pricing Department, Energy Regulatory Office of Kosovo (ERO), Kosovo;
• Questions & Answers

14:30 Suggestion of Topics for the 2009 ERRA Energy Investment & Regulation Conference to be Discussed by the Presidium

• Discussions

15:00 Discussion of the recent request received from:

Ukraine: request to provide information (samples of concrete Natural Gas Distribution Companies) on the followings:

1. Characteristic Features of a Natural Gas Distribution Grid Served by a Company i.e.
Total lengths of the pipelines including low, medium and high pressure;
Number of distribution constructions/buildings on the pipeline;
Number of customers (residential and others);
2. Number of employees;
3. Level of salary;
In addition to the above NERC would like to obtain answers to the following questions as well:
How the number of employees is specified in the Natural Gas Distribution Companies?
Does the Regulator regulate the number of employees or the company specifies it?
Based on which Normative or Legislative Acts the number of employees of the Gas Distribution Companies are specified?

Lithuania: request for submission of available national legal acts and methodologies related to cost allocation in CHP plants; as well as documents on establishment of heat tariffs in district heating sector;

15:30 Update on Future ERRA Activities

• Ms. Andrea Farkas, Program Manager, ERRA Secretariat

16:00 Meeting Concludes

Evgenija Kiprovska, Head of Economic Department, ERC, Macedonia: The privatization of the Electricity Distribution Company AD ESM in Macedonia

Mladen Petronijevic & Nebojsa Despotovic, AERS, Serbia: SPECIFIC ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION (DATABASE) FOR BENCHMARKING IN ERRA MEMBERS

Mr. Ede Treso, Professional Adviser, Electricity Price Preparation, Hungarian Energy Office, Hungary: Price setting for universal service of electricity in Hungary

William H. Smith, Jr., Organization of MISO States: Price Setting and Regulation for Universal Service Providers

Sergey Dunaylo, Commissioner, NERC, Ukraine: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ENERGY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES OF ERRA MEMBER COUNTRIES(2003-2007)

Dr. Otilia Marin, Director of Network Tariffs Department, ANRE, ROMANIA: Method of Price Setting and Regulation for Universal Service Provider

Theranda Beqiri, Member of the Board, ERO, Kosovo: Electricity losses and analysis or work aiming to decrease the losses

Indrit Baholli, ERE, Albania: Electricity Losses and Analysis of Work Aiming to Decrease the Losses

Branko Kotri, Member of the Board and Novak Medenica, Head of the Department for Economic Affairs, ERA, Montenegro: ELECTRICITY LOSSES AND ANALYSIS OF WORK AIMING TO DECREASE THE LOSSES

Ivona Stritof, CERA, Croatia: Electricity Losses and Analysis of Work Aiming to Decrease the LossesCase Study Croatia

Almir Imamovic, SERC, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Electricity Losses and Analyses of Work Aiming to Decrease the Losses

Ainars Mengelsons, Director of the Energy Department, PUC, Latvia: ELECTRICITY TARIFF SYSTEM IN LATVIA

	Country	First name	Last name	Company
	ERRA Full Members
1	Albania	Indrit	Baholli	Albanian Energy Regulator
2	Armenia	Armen	Arshakyan	Public Service Regulatory Commission
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Almir	Imamovic	State Electricity Regulatory Commission
4	Croatia	Ivona	Stritof	Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency
5	Hungary	Ede	Treso	Hungarian Energy Office
6	Latvia	Ainars	Mengelsons	Public Utilities Commission
7	Lithuania	Aistija	Zubaviciute	National Control Commission for Prices and Energy
8	Macedonia	Evgenija	Kiprovska	Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Macedonia
9	Montenegro	Novak	Medenica	Energy Regulatory Agency
10	Montenegro	Branko	Kotri	Energy Regulatory Agency
11	Romania	Vlad	Oprea	National Electricity and Heat Regulatory Authority
12	Romania	Cleopatra	Marinescu	National Electricity and Heat Regulatory Authority
13	Turkey	Kamil	Yalcin Hatipoglu	Energy Market Regulatory Authority
14	Ukraine	Serhiy	Dunaylo	Natinal Electricity Regulatory Commission
	Associate Member
15	Kosovo	Theranda	Beqiri	Energy Regulatory Office
	Affiliate Member
16	United Arab Emirates	Kristinn	Mason	Regulation and Supervision Bureau
17	USA	William H.	Smith Jr.	Organization of MISO States
	Observers
18	USA	Jamshid	Dr. Heidarian	U.S. Agency for International Development
19	Albania	Edmond	Haroku	Albanian Energy Regulator
	ERRA Secretariat
20	ERRA	Andrea	Farkas	Energy Regulators Regional Association
21	ERRA	Krisztina	Horváth	Energy Regulators Regional Association