Monday, January 30

09:00 Welcoming Comments

• Angel Semerdjiev, Chairman, State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission of Bulgaria (SEWRC);
• Ainars Mengelsons, Director of the Energy Department, Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Latvia; Chair of the Tariff/Pricing Committee

09:05 Introduction of New Committee Members, NARUC Commissioners and Other Guests

09:10 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)

10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 Update on the status of the New Data Submission for the ERRA Tariff Database

• Ede Tresó, Professional Analyst, Hungarian Energy Office, Hungary
• Krisztina Kasza, Head of the ERRA Secretariat
• Discussions

11:00 Tariff differentiation for electricity among the consumer groups

• Ainars Mengelsons, Director of the Energy Department, Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Latvia, Chairman of the Committee
• Vilma Skinderyte, National Control Commission for Prices and Energy (NCC), Lithuania
• Aspassia Staevska, Assistant Counsel, Public Utility Commission of Pennsylvania, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), U.S.A.
• Discussions

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Cost allocation among consumers considering the volume of consumption and supply

• Gulnara Bedoshvili, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC), Georgia
• Discussions

14:30 Presentation of the Questionnaire to be completed for the future issue paper: Renewable support schemes for electricity produced from renewable energy sources. Review in the ERRA Member countries + information on the 2 Country Case Studies to be included in the issue paper

• Ainars Mengelsons, Director of the Energy Department, Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Latvia; Chairman of the Tariff/Pricing Committee
• Krisztina Kasza, Head of the ERRA Secretariat

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 Round Table Discussion: Appropriate allocation factors to use in the class cost of service studies for setting rates -- should peak demand be allocated on 1, 4, or 12 coincident peak measurements, should marginal cost studies be used to analyze the cost to be assigned to each class, etc?

• Denise Kay Parrish, Deputy Administrator, Office of Consumer Advocate, Wyoming Public Service Commission; National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), U.S.A.
• Discussions

16:30 Updates on the ERRA future activities

• Krisztina Kasza, Head of the ERRA Secretariat

16:45 Meeting Concludes

17:00 Social Programme: Comprising of y 2-hour Sightseeing Tour and a Group Dinner at the Manastirska Magernitsa Restaurant, Address: Bulgaria, Sofia- 1000, 67 Khan Asparuh Str. Phone: +3592 980 38 83; +3592 980 33 03 Cell Phone: +359 899 94 94 00 e- mail: magernitsa.restaurant{.}gmail.com