Thursday, May 19

09:00

Welcoming Comments

• Mr. Nikola Radovanovic, Chairman of the Legal Regulation Working Group, Lead Lawyer, Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia

09:05

Introduction of New Working Group Members and NARUC Representatives

09:10

Introduction of the Final Workplan of the Working Group

• Discussions

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)

10:30

Coffee break

10:45

Energy Investments in the Field of Renewable Energy in ERRA member countries

• Moderator: Mr. Charles Gray, Executive Director, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), USA
• Roundtable discussion (Each Working Group Member will be requested to give an overview on the topic based on a sample ppt)

12:45

Lunch

14:00

Natural Gas Transit Regime

• Ms. Nilufer Senturk, Head of Legal Affairs Department, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Turkey
• Mr. Anthony Clark, President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), USA
• Discussions

15:30

Coffee break

15:45

Case study: Experiences of the cooperation for the reciprocal recognition of electricity wholesale licenses between HEO and ANRE

• Mr. Gergely Szabó, Legal Advisor, Hungarian Energy Office, Hungary
• Ms. Ana-Maria Stanciulescu, Legal Advisor, Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority, Romania
• Discussions

16:30

Update on Recent and Future ERRA Activities

• Ms. Valeria Polubejnik, Program Manager, ERRA Secretariat
• Questions and answers

16:45

Meeting Concludes