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Tuesday, April 22
Session II: Electricity Pricing: Trends and Issues
09:00 Moderator: Sergey Novikov, Chairman, Federal Tariff Service, Russia
09:10 Regulatory Aspects of Price Increases on National and Regional Markets
09:30 Regional Wholesale Market Price Tendencies
- Claus Urbanke, Head of X-Border Trading & Operations, Statkraft Markets Gmbh
09:50 Protection of Vulnerable Consumers (Role of Governments, Social Tariffs, Social Welfare Payments, Subsidies, Energy Efficiency, Impact on Investment)
- Edin Zametica, Chairman of Customer Group, Energy Community Regulatory Board, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
10:10 Tariff benchmarking in the Energy Community of South East Europe: Key Findings
10:25 Coffee break
10:50 Panel Discussion:
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Demand Response Management
Commissioner Phyllis Reha, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, USA
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Tariffs and Pricing in Albania
Erideta Bashi, Electricity Regulatory Authority, Albania
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Electricity Tariffs on Russian Wholesale and Retail Markets
Sergey Koleskin & Evgenyij Oreshkin, Market Reform Department, RAO UES Russia
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Energy Efficiency Programs, Armen Arshakyan, Head of Tariff Methodology Division, Public Services Regulatory Commission, Armenia
12:00 Q & A with Audience
12:30 Lunch - Sponsored by NARUC
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Session III/A
International Gas Projects: Progress & Issues |
Session III/B
District Heating and Combined Heat & Power |
| 14:00 Moderator: László Varró, Chief Economist, MOL |
14:00 Moderator: Vidmantas Jankauskas, Former regulator, Lithuania |
| 14:10 Presentation |
An Increased Role For Gas in South East Europe: Regional Regulatory and Policy Opportunities and Challenges,
Stephen Wilson, Principal Consultant, Economic Consulting Associates, UK |
14:10 Presentation |
Competitive or Monopolistic Markets
Antonio Bonomo, President, Euroheat and Power |
| 14:30 Presentation |
Storage Investments and Regulatory Treatment, Claus Obholzer, Member of the Board, E.ON Földgáz Storage, Hungary |
14:30 Presentation |
EBRD Municipal Projects in Ukraine
Grzegorz Gajda, Banker, Municipal Infrastructure Team, EBRD |
| 14:50 Presentation |
Supply and Demand Security from a Risk Management Perspective
Barbara Schmid, Assistant to the Secretary General, International Gas Union, Danmark |
14:50 Presentation |
Conceptual approach of district heating regulation in Ukraine
Elena Gavrilyuk, Director, Ministry for Residential Housing and Communal Services, Ukraine |
| 15:10 Coffee Break |
15:10 Coffee Break |
| 15:30 Crossfire discussion |
Moderator: Ted Fisher, Deputy Editor, Platts
Panelists:
Naske Afezolli, Head, Gas & Power East, EGL
Riccardo Rocca, Hydrocarbons Business Development, Edison
First Vice President Frederick Butler, NARUC, USA
Alexandra Oberlander, Senior Legal Counsel, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International, Austria
László Varró, Chief Economist, MOL |
15:30 Panel |
Svajunas Juodka, Commercial director, Litesko
Commissioner Phyllis Reha, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, USA |
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| 16:40 Q&A with audience |
16:40 Q&A with audience |
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17:15 Conference Concluding Remarks |
17:15 Conference Concluding Remarks |
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