Curricula
Monday, March 13- The revenue requirement
8.30 - 8.50 Introduction and overview of the course (Peter Kaderjak, REKK)
8.50 - 9.40 The role and objectives of tariff planning and principles of price regulation (Peter Kaderják, REKK)
9.40 - 10.00 Coffee break
10.00 – 10.50 Calculating the revenue requirement I. (Mr. Radu Regman, ANRE)
10.50 – 11.40 Calculation the revenue requirement II. (Mr. Radu Regman, ANRE)
11.40 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.50 Monitoring needs for assessing the necessary data for rate setting (Mr. Peter Kaderjak, REKK)
12.50 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.50 Supporting the rate case with performance evaluation of public utilities (Mr. Valerii Tsaplin, NERC)
14.50 – 15.40 Exercise (financial analysis and rate base setting) (Ms. Edit Farkas, HEO)
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 16.50 Case presentation I.
Tuesday, March 14: Tariff design
8.30 - 8.50
Economics of price regulation I.(Mr. Andras Kiss, REKK)
8.50 - 9.40 Economics of price regulation II. (Mr. Andras Kiss, REKK)
9.40 - 10.00 Coffee break
10.00 – 10.50 Price regulation theory specific to electricity and gas sectors (Mr. Andras Kiss, REKK)
10.50 – 11.40 Tariff design I. Network cost and tariff structure (Ms. Aistija Zubaviciute, NCC)
11.40 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.50 Tariff design II. Setting Final Consumer prices (Mr. Radu Regman, ANRE)
12.50 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.50 Case presentation and discussion II.
14.50 – 15.40 Tariff impact of weather-corrected gas and electricity demand estimations (Mr. András Sugar, REKK)
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 16.50 Group work
Wednesday, March 15: The process for changing rates
8.30 - 8.50 Different methods of incentive regulation (Mr. Radu Regman, ANRE)
8.50 - 9.40 Regulating Service Quality (Mr. Valeriy Tsaplin, NERC)
9.40 - 10.00 Coffee break
10.00 – 10.50 Incentive regulation: the Baltic experience, Ms. Aistija Zubaviciute, NCC, Lithuania
10.50 – 11.40 Exercise/Game (András Kiss és András Tóth, REKK)
11.40 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.50 Exercise – Excel, Benchmarking of distribution companies (Mr. Valeriy Tsaplin, NERC)
12.50 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.50 Cultural Program
14.50 – 15.40 Cultural Program
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 16.50 Group work
Thursday, March 16: Social and environmental aspects
8.30 - 8.50 Social impacts of energy policy decisions (Ms. Svetla Todorova, SEWRC, Bulgaria)
8.50 - 9.40 Social tariffs (Ms. Svetla Todorova, SEWRC, Bulgaria)
9.40 - 10.00 Coffee break
10.00 – 10.50 Case presentation III.
10.50 – 11.40 FINAL PRESENTATIONS I.
11.40 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.50 Environmental issues related to tariffs (Ms. Gabriella Pál, REKK)
12.50 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.50 FINAL PRESENTATIONS II.
14.50 – 15.40 FINAL TEST
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 16.50 Evaluation of the course and farewell
ERRA PILOT TRAINING COURSE
Price Regulation and Tariffs
The Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) organized its 3rd Pilot Training Course Price Regulation and Tariffs on March 13-16, 2006 in Budapest. The course was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and facilitated by the Regional Center for Energy Policy Research (REKK).
20 ERRA members sent participants to the Training Course: Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Romania, Romania (Gas Regulator), Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine, UNMIK Kosovo. Serbia – as a potential future ERRA member – sent an observer to the course.
The Course Director was Dr. Peter Kaderjak of REKK (former Chairman of ERRA). Course lecturers included Andras Kiss of REKK, Gabriella Pal of REKK, Radu Regman of ANRE Romania, Svetla Todorova of SEWRC Bulgaria, Valeriy Tsaplin of NERC Ukraine and Aistija Zubaviciute of NCC Lithuania.
The 4-day course featured formal presentations delivered by the course lecturers, case studies presented by course participants, exercises and final presentations. The first day’s agenda was devoted to the Revenue Requirement. Mr. Kaderjak in his introductory presentation spoke of the Role and Objectives of Tariff Planning. Then, Mr. Regman gave two presentations on Calculating the Revenue Requirement. Next, Mr. Kaderjak introduced the issue of Monitoring Needs for Assessing the Necessary Data for Rate Setting. Mr. Tsaplin then presented Supporting the Rate Case with Performance Evaluation of Public Utilities.
Following the presentations group discussions started on the following issues: Allowed Technical and Commercial Losses,…… Prior to the course participants were asked to prepare case studies, problems that are currently emerging in their home organizations. On the first day Mr. Janulionis from Lithuania brought a current gas tariff issue related to the revaluated regulatory asset base. Ms. Maria Roman case study introduced the new Romanian methodology for calculating regulated revenue for underground gas storages.
The main issue of the second day was Tariff Design. In the morning Mr. Andras Kiss gave two presentations on Economics of Price Regulation and then another one on Price Regulation Theory Specific to Electricity and Gas Sectors. Next, Ms. Aistija Zubaviciute and Mr. Radu Regman gave lectures on Tariff Design. Following the lectures case presentations were scheduled..Ms. Zsuzsanna Volek from Hungary brought a case related to gas capacity charges. Mr. Alexandru Molnar case presentation was related to Romanian transmission tariffs. Next, participants conducted an exercise on Tariff Impact of Weather Corrected Gas and Electricity Demand Estimations.
The third day was dedicated to the broad issue of Process for Changing Rates. First, Mr. Radu Regman gave a presentation on Different Methods of Incentive Regulation. Ms. Aistija Zubaviciute introduced the Experience of Baltic States with Incentive Regulation. Then, Mr. Valeriy Tsaplin spoke of Regulating Service Quality. The day was closed with two group exercises: one on Cost Review and another one on Benchmarking of Distribution Companies.
Social and Environmental Aspects were discussed on the fourth day. First, Ms. Svetla Todorova gave two presentations on Social Impacts of Energy Policy Decision and on Social Tariffs. Next, Ms. Anahit Babayan from Armenia brought a case study related to green energy pricing and Ms. Reeli Kuhi-Thalfeldt from Estonia brought another case about the estimation of justified operating costs. Ms. Gabriella Pal presented Environmental Issues related to Tariffs. Then, participants broke into four groups and presented the result of their group work. The course closed with a final test and evaluation.
The training materials are password protected. Please contact the ERRA Secretariat for access.
By Krisztina Kasza, Program Director, ERRA
List of Participants
ERRA Full Members
Albania
Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERE)
Internet: www.ere.gov.al
Ms. Lavdi Konjari, Tariff Specialist
Telephone: (355 4) 258112; Fax: (355 4) 222963
Armenia
Public Servics Regulatory Commission (PSRC)
Internet: www.psrc.am
Ms. Anahit Babayan, Senior Specialist, Tariff Methodology Department
Telephone: (374 10)52 58 90 (326); Fax: (374 10)52 55 63
Bosnia and Herzegovina
State Energy Regulatory Commission (SERC)
Mr. Alija Mujčinagić, Tariff and Market Department Analyst
Telephone: (387 35) 302 085 ; Fax: (387 35) 302 077
Internet: www.derk.ba
Bulgaria
State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission
Internet: www.dker.bg
Ms. Daniela Mitrova, Senior Expert
Telephone: (359 2) 9359 637; Fax: (359 2) 988 87 82
Croatia
Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (CERA)
Internet: www.vred.hr
Ms. Anka Cvitanović Jovanic, Economic Affairs Department
Telephone: (385 1) 6322-097; Fax: (385 1) 6170-464
Estonia
Energy Market Inspectorate (EMI)
Mr. Reeli Kuhi-Thalfeldt, Senior Expert
Tel.: (372 6) 201 901, Fax: (372 6) 201 932
Internet: http://www.eti.gov.ee
Hungary
Hungarian Energy Office (HEO)
Internet: http://www.eh.gov.hu
Ms. Edit Farkas, Head of Department for gas Price Preparation
Telephone: (361 1) 459-7880
Ms. Zsuzsa Volek, Expert
Telephone: (36 1) 459 7880; Fax: (36 1) 459 7880
Kazakhstan
Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation of Natural Monopolies (ANMR)
Internet: http://www.regulator.kz/page.php
Ms. Jerzhan Zharilkasyn, Head of Division
Telephone: (7 3272) 36-83-11, 36-83-15
Kyrgyz Republic
State Energy Agency under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (SEA)
Internet: www.sea.gov.kg
Mr. Rustam Sadyraliev, Head of Pricing and Tariff Department
Telephone: 966312 424836, Mobile: 966 0502 112422
Lithuania
National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania (NCC)
Mr. Danas Janulionis, Head of GasDepartment
Tel.: (370 5) 2397826; Fax: (370 5) 2135270
Internet: http://www.regula.is.lt
Macedonia
Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Macedonia (ERC)
Internet: www.erc.org.mk
Ms. Andrijana Nelkova, Economic Advisor
Telephone: (389 2) 3233580 ext.110; Fax: (389 2) 3233586
Moldova
National Energy Regulatory Agenсy (ANRE)
Mr. Alexandru Mizha, Deputy Head of Division on Tariff Policy and Economic Analysis
Telephone: (373) 22 278 025; Fax (373) 22 224698
Internet: www.anre.md
Montenegro
Energy Regulatory Agency of the Republic of Montenegro (ERA)
Internet: www.regagen.cg.yu
Mr. Novak Medenica, Head of the Economic Department
Telephone: (381 81) 310280
Poland
Energy Regulatory Office (ERO)
Internet: http://www.ure.gov.pl
Mr. Jacek Dobracki, Senior Specialist
Telephone: (48 22) 66 16212; Fax+48 22 66 16219
Romania
Romanian Electricity and Heat Regulatory Authority (ANRE)
Internet: http://www.anre.ro
Mr. Alexandru Molnar, Expert
Telephone: (40 21) 3074694; Fax: (40 21) 3124365
Russian Federation
Federal Tariff Service of the Russian Federation (FTS)
Internet: www.fstrf.ru
Mr. Sergey Podluczkiy, Head of Department within Division for Regulation and Control of Pricing int he Electricity Sector
Telephone: (7435) 710-49-25
Turkey
Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)
Internet: http://www.epdk.gov.tr
Mr. Zafer Korkulu, Assistant Energy Expert
Telephone: (90312) 2872560 ext.224; Fax: (90312) 2878416
Ukraine
National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Mr. Juriy Antonyuk, Head of Department for Monitoring, Tariff, Pricing Policy in the Electricity Sector
Tel.: (380 44) 454 70 57
Internet: www.nerc.gov.ua
ERRA Associate Members
Romania
National Natural Gas Regulatory Authority (ANRGN)
Internet: http://www.anrgn.ro
Ms. Maria Roman, Economist, Natural Gas Market Regulation Office
Telephone: (4021) 3033800; (4021) 2230224, Fax: (4021) 3033808
Kosovo
Energy Regulatory Office of Kosovo (ERO)
Mr. Naim Sahiti, Cost and Price Control Expert
Telephone: (377 44) 208833; Fax: 381 (0) 38 247620
Internet: http://www.ero-ks.org
Other Participants
Serbia
Energy Agency of Republic of Serbia (AERS)
Internet: http://www.aers.org.yu
Mr. Aca Vučković, Senior Expert / Technical Department
Telephone: (381 11) 3037252 / (381 11) 3225780
Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
Ms. Krisztina Kasza, Head of Secretariat
Ms. Andrea Farkas, Program Assistant
Tel: (36 1) 477 0456; Fax: (36 1) 477 0455
Internet: http://www.erranet.org
Course Instructors
Dr. Kaderják, Péter; Course Director
Director, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Budapest, Hungary
Telephone: (36 1) 482-7048; Fax: (36 1) 482-7067; Internet: http://rekk.uni-corvinus.hu
Kelemen, Olga
Executive Director, Teleszkop Ltd.
Telephone: (36 30) 989-1367; Fax: (36 23) 450-003; Internet: http://rekk.uni-corvinus.hu
Kiss, András
Research associate, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK)
Telephone: (36 1) 482-8959; Fax: (36 1) 215-8894; Internet: http://rekk.uni-corvinus.hu
Todorova,Svetla
Commissioner Chair of the ERRA Tariff/Pricing Committee
State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC), Bulgaria
Internet: http://www.dker.bg
Zubaviciute, Aistija
Chief Specialist, Vice-Chair of the ERRA Tariff/Pricing Committee,
National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania (NCC), Lithuania
Internet: http://www.regula.is.lt
Regman, Radu
Director, Technical Regulation Directorate
Romanian Electricity & Heat Regulatory Authority (ANRE), Romania
Internet: www.anre.ro
Tsaplin, Valerii
Head of Strategic Planning Department
National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine (NERC), Kiev, Ukraine
Internet: http://www.nerc.gov.ua
