Agenda

The ERRA Chairmen Meeting will be organised in conjunction with the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Albanian Energy Regulator.

CHALLENGES AND REGULATION

 9:30-11:00           Session I: Electricity Security of supply and regulatory aspects

 11:15-13:00         Session II: Efficiency in energy generation and consumption and role of the regulator

 14:30-16:00         Session III: Natural gas supply and regulatory framework

 16:30-18:00         Session IV: Quality standards for electricity and customer protection

 Friday, October 8, 2010

Meeting room Illyria 2

09:00                     Session I: Roundtable Discussions: Updates on Recent Energy Regulatory Issues by ERRA Chairmen

(Each Chairmen will be requested to give a max. 5 minutes verbal update on the recent developments in their country in the field of energy regulation)

10:00-10:30         Coffee break            

10:30-12:00         Session II: Fortum’s[1] Experiences with District Heating Market Conditions and Pricing Regimes in 8 Countries

• Mr. Harri-Pekka Korhonnen, Head of Industry Intelligence, Strategy and Regulation, Heat Division, FORTUM

 12:00-12:30          Update on Future ERRA Activities and Financial Situation, Plans for ERRA 10^th Anniversary Celebrations

• Krisztina Kasza, Program Director, ERRA

12:30-14:00         Lunch

14:00-15:30         Session III: Energy Efficiency and Regulatory Aspects of Smart Metering

• Konstantin Petrov, KEMA Consulting
• Short updates by The Honorable. David Coen, President, NARUC, Gábor Szörényi – Hungary, Valentina Andreeva - Latvia
• Discussions

 15:30-15:45         Coffee break

 16:00 – 17:30      Session IV: Roundtable Discussion: Finding the Balance between the Investment Friendly Environment and Customer Interests

                               Topics to be discussed include:

• How to protect consumers in a difficult economic market.
• How to balance the need for stable investment climate and consumer protection.
• Which are the major elements of regulatory risk during market building process?
• How to mitigate investment risk on an emerging market?
• How to promote an investment climate for new generator investors without impacting future competition on wholesale market?
• How to promote an investment climate for network companies especially for new cross border network development without sacrificing the TPA concept for the future?
• How to streamline the regulatory processes to promote investment. 
• How the risk sensitivity of financial institutes changed during the financial crisis? How the regulators could accommodate with this new financial environment?

Moderator: The Honorable. David Coen, President, NARUC

• Free flowing discussion

 17:30                     Meeting Concludes

[1] Fortum is an energy company focusing on the Nordic countries, Russia and the Baltic Rim area. Activities cover the generation, distribution and sale of electricity and heat and the operation and maintenance of power plants.

 Saturday, October 9, 2010

One-day social program organized and hosted by the Albanian Energy Regulator

 -Travelling by bus to Kruja, visit in the Kruja castle and Gj. Kastriot Museum (Coffee)

-Traveling to HPP Vau i Dejes visit there. (Coffee)

-Traveling by bus to Shkodra (Lunch in Shkodra)

-Return to Tirana