All hydrocarbon products to undergo quality testing in Albania Last Updated: 2015-01-30 07:47 | Xinhua Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama pledged on Tuesday to help improving the quality of inspection in all gas stations to curb further damage to the citizens’ vehicles, Albanian daily news reported. With a Lek 55 million (447,154 million U.S. dollars) investment, the lab has modern […]

Unlocking energy market flexibility Brussels, 29 January 2015 Demand-side flexibility means empowering consumers and reduced costs Regulators’ 2015 priorities? Competition, DSOs and Customers CEER’s1 2015 annual conference today addressed one of the big issues for 2015: energy market flexibility and demand response. This packed CEER event brought together policy makers, regulators and companies to address the challenges and innovative approaches […]

Nordpool Spot announces full REMIT RRMPOSTED BY AVIVHANDLER ⋅ JANUARY 27, 2015 Nordpool Spot have announced that they will provide a full RRM service under REMIT. The announcement can be found here. Under REMIT, Organised Market Places are obliged to “offer a data reporting agreement” to report data that arises out of activity on the venue. This announcement sees Nordpool […]

Secretariat publishes policy guidelines on independence of national regulatory authorities28 Jan 2015The Third Energy Package stipulates that the national energy regulator must be legally separated and functionally independent from any private or public entity as well as have autonomy with regard to its budget. Regulatory authorities must also exercise their powers impartially and transparently and steer clear of political influence. […]

De la Communauté européenne de l’énergie à l’Union de l’énergie – Une nouvelle proposition politique Le 27 Janvier 2015Rapport par Sami Andoura, Jean-Arnold Vinois, Jacques Delors Le nouveau concept d’Union de l’énergie, qui a été soutenu par les nouveaux dirigeants européens, sans lui donner toutefois de contenu concret, ouvre un débat plus large sur les futurs défis à relever dans […]

Energy Community Director discusses priorities with Albanian PM and key energy decision-makers Director Kopač and Deputy Director Buschle met with Albanian Prime Minister, Mr Edi Rama, Minister of Energy and Industry, Mr Damian Gjiknuri, and Chairman of the Parliamentary committee responsible for energy, Mr Eduard Shalsi, on 26 January. The discussions focused on the country’s package of laws aimed at […]

Consultation: boosting the security of gas supplies for Europe Thursday, 15 January, 2015 The European Commission has opened a new consultation seeking views on EU rules to guarantee the security of gas supplies, in a bid to further improve Europe’s resilience to gas supply disruptions. In October last year the European Commission carried out ‘stress tests’ aiming to identify the […]

Latest EU gas market analysis released Friday, 9 January, 2015 The European Commission has published new analysis on European gas and electricity markets covering the third quarter of 2014. Here are some key facts from the reports: Gas EU consumption fell by 20% in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013 and gas imports dropped […]