European electricity market regulators, representatives of EU countries and stakeholders met in Florence on 4-5 June to discuss progress concerning the full implementation of the ‘third energy package‘ and necessary adaptations to electricity market design. The so-called ‘third energy package’ includes rules on separating energy suppliers and generators from the operation of transmission networks, the independence of national energy regulators […]

Tirana, 10 July 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency In Albania, the government has announced the opening of the Power Exchange in an effort to liberalize the electricity supply market and other sources of energy in the country. The decision follows the voting of the new bill on the Sector of Electricity, as Albania is taking concrete steps to liberalize the energy […]

“The ultimate objective of the Energy Union is to bring affordable, secure, competitive and sustainable energy to all Europeans”, said EU Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič, at the IV ACER Annual Conference, ‘An Energy Union for Consumers’, today at the Brdo Congress Centre near Kranj, Slovenia. In order to achieve that, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, […]

The consumer is at the centre of EU Energy policy, as was again clearly reaffirmed by the last Energy Council under the Latvian Presidency. All 28 Energy Ministers underlined the need for consumers to be at the heart of the Energy Union and the Commission announced it would publish two new initiatives in July. Both the new market design and […]

• The European Commission’s February 2015 Energy Union Communication calls for intensified work on the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) and the establishment of a new strategic energy partnership with Turkey. The presence of the European Union and Turkey in the region is complementary in a number of ways. Building on this could unlock the region’s gas export potential and make […]

As a follow up to the Conference on the Western Balkans held in Berlin on 28 August 2014, we, the Ministers of Energy of the Western Balkans gathered in Vienna on 2 July 2015 in the presence of the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations and the Director of the Energy Community Secretariat (EnC) and following consultations […]

A Ministerial Meeting in the presence of EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, took place at the seat of the Secretariat in Vienna on 2 July 2015. Energy Ministers expressed support for a short list of “Projects of Energy Community Interest” that the European Commission will co-finance from its Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) multi–country […]

Given the overlap in membership, goals, policy frameworks and above all immense potential to increase synergies, the Secretariat submitted its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on reform of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) today. In order to create a strong and successful framework, the Secretariat believes that the revised ENP should be tailored to the different interests and […]