The Secretariat has submitted its views to the European Commission consultation on the EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage. Two Contracting Parties, Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina, also responded to the consultation. The Contracting Parties do not have any LNG sources at present. Indirect access to LNG via EU Member States could constitute an important security of […]

The ECS Secretariat’s Policy Guidelines aim to facilitate the establishment of organised electricity market structures in the Contracting Parties by providing guidance on the harmonised development of the institutions, processes and rules needed. The Guidelines set out how a single regulatory space for trade in electricity within the Energy Community could be created by outlining which national market measures should […]

In its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on a new energy market design, the Secretariat underlined the need for a level playing field between EU Member States and Energy Community Contracting Parties. “The fact that EU and Energy Community gas and electricity systems are interconnected cannot be disregarded,” Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, stressed. “Without […]

Location CNMC, Calle de Alcalá, 47 (28014 Madrid) The Madrid Forum was set up to discuss issues regarding the creation of the internal gas market. Currently it is addressing the cross-border trade of gas, in particular the tarification of cross-border gas exchanges, the allocation and management of scarce interconnection capacity and other technical and commercial barriers to the creation of […]

Dhënie me koncesion për ndërtimin ose rindërtimin e hidrocentralit/eve Në zbatim të Vendimit të Këshillit të Ministrave nr. 833 datë 18.9.2013 “Për Përcaktimin e Fushës së Përgjegjësisë Shtetërore të Ministrisë së Energjisë dhe Industrisë”, MEI është Autoriteti Kontraktues për dhënie me koncesion të hidrocentraleve.Ligji Nr.125/2013 i Ndryshuar me Ligjin Nr. 88/2014 “Për Koncesionet dhe Partneritetin Publik Privat”, i ndryshuar; Vendimi […]

ENTSO-E responds to EC consultations on Market Design​-Market design to provide the power system with increasingly needed flexibility– Strengthen price signals to determine electricity usage, dispatch and investment– Strong regional coordination on risk preparedness, system adequacy and system operationsENTSO-E’s responses to the Commission’s market design consultation highlight the progress achieved with network codes and the target model, while suggesting how […]

In Albania, the foreign direct investment (FDI) has been steadily welcome since the country shifted away from communism in the early 90s. Today a large percentage of the FDI into the country comes on the back of the extensive development of its rich petroleum resources. The country, from 2004, seen the seed of Bankers Petroleum on its largest onshore oilfield […]

The Energy Community held a series of events in Ljubljana this week, culminating with the annual Gas Forum on 6-7 October. Around 160 stakeholders took part. The exceptionally high number of participants and lively discussions reflect the increasing role the Energy Community plays in the international gas market landscape. Keynote speeches from Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy of the […]