Training Course on Energy Regulation in Emerging Countries

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ERRA Events- 2009

Legal Regulation Working Group Meeting October 1-2, 2009 Batumi, Georgia Hotel Intourist Palace (Address: Ninoshvili Street 11, Batumi, Adjara, 60100, Georgia Phone: +995 222 7 55 25, Fax.: +995 222 7 66 07, web site: http://www.intouristpalace.com).

Co-Hosted by the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC) and organized by the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)

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Participant List

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Agenda

Thursday, October 1

Meeting room "Bethlemi"

09:00 Welcoming Comments

Mr. Margus Kasepalu, Vice-Chairman of the Legal Regulation Working Group, Estonian Competition Authority
Chairman Guram Chalagashvili, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, Georgia

09:15 Introduction of New Working Group Members and NARUC Representatives

09:30 Roundtable Discussions: Updates on Legal Issues by Working Group Members

(Each Working Group Member will be requested to give a max. 5 minutes verbal update on the recent developments in their country in the field of legal issues)

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 Introduction of the main responsibilities & activities of the GNERC Legal Department

Mr. Nikoloz Shubladze, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, Georgia

11:00 Legal Regulation Working Group: Work Plan for 2010

(Discussion on the Topics Suggested by the working group members for the Workplan, preparing the voting list)

11:30 Regulator's possibilities to file a lawsuit against licensed entities, Reasons for rejection of the license application for performance of activity of trade in electricity

Ms. Madina Mukusheva, Director of the Legal Department, Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation of Natural Monopolies
Mr. Mack Redford, Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Discussions

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Balancing contracts - Legal aspects of contracts

Mr. Mack Redford, Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Review of the draft Discussion Paper on Balancing Contracts
Discussions

14:30 Regulatory decisions in case law

Ms. Sarah R. Thomas, Esq., Senior Lawyer, California Public Utilities Commission, USA
Ms. Ana-Maria, Stanciulescu, Head of Legal Office, Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority
Discussions

15:30 Meeting Concludes

16:00 Social Program- hosted by GNERC

Friday, October 2

Meeting room "Bethlemi"

09:00 Discussions on the 2010 Workplan

Proposed Workplan for 2010
Classification of the duties and responsibilities among working group members

09:30 Procedures for Tariff Adoption. Legal Aspects.

Ms. Maka Salkhinashvili, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, Georgia
Ms. Jadranka Berkovic, Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency
Ms. Sarah R. Thomas, Esq., Senior Lawyer, California Public Utilities Commission, USA
Discussions

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 Liberalization of Electricity Market

Ms. Vilma Adamaviciute, Lawyer, National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania
Ms. Sarah R. Thomas, Esq., Senior Lawyer, California Public Utilities Commission, USA
Discussions

11:30 Regulatory Impact Analysis and other consultation procedures

Ms. Chiara Petruzzo, Legal Depatment, Autorità per l'energia elettrica e il gas, Italy
Discussions

12:15 Lunch

14:00 Regulatory decisions in case law

Mr. Nikoloz Shubladze, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, Georgia
Aspects of dispute settlement in the field of energy: judicial practice: Ms. Veronica Muruziuc, Chief Specialist, National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE), Moldova
Discussions

14:45 Enforcement of regulatory decisions. Orientation how to apply sanctions

Mr. Mack Redford, Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Ms. Maka Salkhinashvili, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, Georgia
Discussions

15:20 Coffee break

15:35 Legal framework for protecting consumer rights