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ERRA Events 2006
 

2nd ERRA Training for New Commissioners
June 14-16, 2006
Siofok, Hungary
 
 
Co-Hosted by
Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Supported by the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • Bulletin
    • Agenda
     

    This year the New Commissionaire Training provides a structured and relaxed discussion of five outstanding topics highly relevant for energy regulators of the ERRA countries. Each session takes a morning/afternoon of the course. The Guide of the session briefly introduces the major topics of the given issues; then participants are invited to present their own country-specific questions and problems and then an informal discussion follows.

    Wednesday, June 14

    June 14, Wednesday / Morning - Organizational Structure & Management of a Regulatory Body

    This session raises all the relevant organisational and management issues that New Commissioners are to face when managing their institution and their job. Issues include: building a regulatory authority from scratch; primary requirements for regulators: authority/autonomy/accountability; overview of the decision making process; managing the Commission and relationships with the Government and Parliament and the public; how to deal with the government/parliament/public/companies.

    9.00 – 9.10

    Welcoming remarks and introduction

    9.10 – 9.50

    Vidmantas Jankauskas, Chairman, NCC/Lithuania: Organizational structure & management of a regulatory body; Commission relations with others

    9.50 – 10.20

    Q&A Session

    10.20 – 10.40

    Coffee

    10.40 – 11.20

    Introduction of Participating Commissions

    11.20 – 12.00

    Slave Ivanovski, President, ERC / Macedonia: Building a regulatory authority from scratch

    12.00 – 12.30

    Q&A Session

    12:30 – 14:00

    Lunch

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Afternoon. European Energy Policy Initiatives

    This session introduces the participants to the basics of European energy policy initiatives. Motivations for and details of the EU Electricity and Gas Directives and associated regulations are discussed. A critical overview of market developments is provided. The basic proposals of the recent Green Paper on a common European energy policy is discussed.

    14.00 – 14.30

    Vidmantas Jankauskas, Chairman, NCC/Lithuania: Development of Electricity Markets in the CEE Region, Baltic Regional Electricity Market

    14.30 – 15.00

    Q&A Session

    15.00 – 15.40

    Jacques de Jong, Clingendale Institute/Holland: European liberalisation of the electricity and gas sectors

    15.40 – 16.00

    Q&A Session

    16.00 – 16.20

    Coffee

    16.20 – 17.00

    Jacques de Jong, Clingendale Institute/Holland: Do we need a common European energy policy?

    17.00 – 17.20

    Q&A Session

    17.20 – 18.00

    Introduction of Participating Commissions

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Guides of the morning session will also be present and contribute to the discussion

      
    Thursday, June 15

    June 15, Thursday / Morning - Regulation and security of supply

    This is a rather global session on regulation and energy supply security. Discussion will include regulatory roles in a broader sense; the impact of regulatory behaviour on investment decisions; gas dependency and security of supply.

    9.00 – 10.00

    Jacques de Jong, Clingendale Institute/Holland: Regulation and security of supply Part 1, Part 2

    10.00 – 10.30

    Q&A Session

    10.30 – 10.50

    Coffee

    10.50 – 11.20

    Introduction of Participating Commissions

    11.20 – 12.20

    Discussion continues based on participants’ questions and problems

    12:20 – 14:00

    Lunch

    Afternoon. Electricity Market Models

    This session gives an overview on the basic building blocks as well as on principal models of electricity markets. Introduction is provided on the operations of wholesale markets as well as on retail choice of customers. Major issues in network regulation under liberalised circumstances are discussed, including the regulation of cross-border trade. International experience with the operation of electricity markets is provided. An overview of efforts to create regional electricity markets is given (USA, EU, Central and Southern Eastern Europe). Finally, specific issues related to electricity market developments in the ERRA countries are provided (impacts of increasing private participation in the sector; removing cross-subsidies; non-payment).

    14.00 – 14.40

    Gábor Szörényi, Director, HEO/Hungary: Building blocks and principal models of electricity markets. The Hungarian experience.

    14.40 – 15.10

    Q&A Session

    15.10 – 15.40

    Introduction of Participating Commissions

    15.40 – 16.00

    Coffee

    16.00 – 16.40

    Péter Kaderják., Director, REKK/Hungary: Regional electricity market initiatives

    16.40 – 17.10

    Q&A Session

    Friday, June 16

    June 16, Friday / Morning - Price regulation

    This session discusses the basic principles of and issues related to the most important regulatory task: energy price and tariff regulation. Issues cover: economic principles of price regulation, rate base determination, principles for tariff setting, price adjustment regimes including rate of return but also incentive price regulatory schemes. The problem of low income consumers discussed in its relation to energy pricing.

    9.00 – 9.40

    Péter Kaderják, Director, REKK/Hungary: Brief introduction into the economics of energy price regulation

    9.40 – 10.10

    Q&A Session

    10.10 – 10.40

    Introduction of Participating Commissions

    10.40 – 11.00

    Coffee

    11.00 – 12.00

    Svetlana Todorova, Commissioner, SEWRC / Bulgaria: Status of prices and tariffs around the ERRA region and common problem issues to be addressed

    12:00 – 12:30

    Q&A Session

    12:30 – 14:00

    Lunch

    Afternoon. Regulatory Monitoring and Reporting

    This session will give an introduction to the monitoring activities that Regulatory Commissions are to set up in order to support their regulatory and enforcement activities. The regulators are often criticized because of tariff increases, problems in service quality and of corruption allegations. The session will introduce the participants into the most important areas to monitor and the techniques they can use in order to collect and analyse data to support their major activities.

    14.00 – 14.30

    Introduction of Participating Commissions

    14.30 – 15.20

    Péter Kaderják, Director, REKK/Hungary: Regulatory monitoring and reporting

    15.20 – 15.50

    Q&A Session

    15.50

    Training concludes, farewell

    Participant List
     

    ERRA FULL MEMBERS

    Armenia
    Public Service Regulatory Commission of Armenia (PSRC)
    Commissioner Mushegh Koshetsyan
    Tel.:(374 10 ) 54 60 20, Fax: (374 10) 52 55 63
    Internet: www.psrc.am or http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Armenia

    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    State     Energy Regulatory Commission (SERC)
    Commissioner Vladimir Dokić
    Ms. Gordana Tripić, Interpreter
    Tel: (387 35) 302 060, Fax: (387 35) 302077
    Internet: www.derk.ba or http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Bosnia

    Croatia
    Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (CERA)
    Chairman Tomo Galic
    Commissioner Milan Puharic
    Tel: (385 1) 6311 412, Fax: (385 1) 6115 344,
    Internet: www.hera.hr or http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Croatia

    Estonia
    Energy Market Inspectorate (EMI)
    Mr. Margus Kasepalu, Deputy General Director
    Tel: (372) 620 1900; Fax: (372) 620 1932
    Internet: http://www.eti.gov.ee or http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Estonia

    Hungary
    Hungarian Energy Office (HEO)
    Dr. Laszlo Szollosi, Head of Price and Economics Analytical Directorate
    Tel: (36 1) 4597720; Fax: (36 1) 4597720
    Internet: www.eh.gov.hu or http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Hungary

    Montenegro
    Energy Regulatory Agency of the Republic of Montenegro (ERA)
    Mr. Dragan Bojovic, Presiding of the Board
    Ms. Milodarka Dautovic, Analyst -Interpreter
    Tel: (381 81) 201 225, Fax: (381 81) 201 365
    Internet: http://www.regagen.cg.yu or http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Montenegro

    Serbia
    Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia
    Mr. Aca Marković, Council Member
    Tel: (381 11) 3033884; Fax: (381 11) 3225780

    Turkey
    Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)
    Mr. Celal Ustaoglu, Board Member
    Tel.: (90 312) 2204410, Fax: (90 312) 2875663
    Internet: http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Turkey or www.emra.org.tr

    Ukraine
    National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
    Commissioner Serhiy Dunailo
    Tel: (380 44) 454 7007; Fax: (380 44) 241 9002
    Internet: http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Ukraine or www.nerc.gov.ua

    INSTRUCTORS

    Bulgaria
    State     Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC)
    Commissioner Svetla Todorova, Chair of ERRA Tariff/Pricing Committee
    Tel: (359 2) 988 8728/5490 503, Fax: (359 2) 988 87 82
    Internet: http://www.dker.bg or http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Bulgaria

    Hungary
    Hungarian Energy Office (HEO)
    Dr. Gábor Szörényi, Director
    Chairman of ERRA Licensing/Competition Committee
    Tel: (36 1) 459 7770; Fax: (36 1) 459 7770
    Internet: http://www.eh.gov.hu ; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Hungary

    Hungary
    Regional Center for Energy Policy Research (REKK)
    Dr. Peter Kaderjak, Director
    Former Chairman, ERRA, and former President, Hungarian Energy Office
    Tel: (36 1) 482 7048; Fax: (36 1) 482 7067
    Internet: www.rekk.hu

    Lithuania
    National Control Commission for Prices and Energy in Lithuania (NCC)
    Chairman Vidmantas Jankauskas; former Chairman, ERRA
    Tel: (370 5) 2135 166; Fax: (370 5) 2135 270
    Internet: http://www.regula.is.lt; http://www.erranet.org/AboutUs/Members/Profiles/Lithuania

    Macedonia
    Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Macedonia (ERC)
    President Slave Ivanovski
    Tel: (389 2) 3233 580, Fax: (389 2) 3233 586
    Internet    : http://www.erc.org.mk, E-mail: erc@erc.org.mk

    The Netherlands
    Clingendale Institute
    Prof. Jacques de Jong, Fellow, Former Regulator
    Tel: (31 70) 330 3501; Fax: (31 70) 330 3535
    Internet: http://www.nmanet.nl/nl/

    Organizers

    Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
    Tel: (36 1) 477 0456, Fax: (36 1) 477 0455; Internet: http://www.erranet.org
    Ms. Krisztina Kasza, Head of Secretariat
    Ms. Viola Dozsa, Senior Program Manager

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