Member States to Coordinate Energy Policies Starting at Regional Level with ENTSO-E Commitment to Contribute 19 March 2015 Ahead of today’s European Council’s discussions on the Energy Union Pierre Bornard, ENTSO-E’s Chairman of the Board insisted on the need to speed up energy policy coordination among Member States, to start with the regions. ‘In order to achieve Europe’s ambitious targets […]

Albania to sell state oil firm, offer oil blocks Tue, 17th Mar 2015 Albania to sell state oil firm this year-PM * Investors will be offered new exploration blocks * Albania says has 40 million tonnes of easily extractable oil By Benet Koleka TIRANA, March 17 (Reuters) – Albania wants to try again to privatise its state oil company this […]

COOPERATION, ENVIRONMENT IN FOCUS AT ADRIATIC EVENT March 17th, 2015 Transparency, regional cooperation, environmental protection and fostering competition are crucial principles in defining the Balkan Governments’ approach to the oil and natural gas industry. This was emphasised by officials from Montenegro, Croatia and Albania who gathered in Budva, Montenegro at the Adriatic Oil & Gas Summit (AOG), which examined the […]

Vienna Forum on European Energy Law unites leading energy experts, 16 Mar 2015 The 3nd Vienna Forum on European Energy Law took place at the premises of the Energy Community Secretariat on 13 March. The Forum, which is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat, brought together over 140 experts from energy companies, […]

Stakeholders give their views on how a future Energy Community should look like, 13 Mar 2015 The results of the public consultation which gathered stakeholders’ views on options for the implementation of proposals made by the High Level Reflection Group in its report “An Energy Community for the Future” were published today. A total of 61 submissions was received from […]

CEER Annual Conference 2015, CEER on 29 January 2015 High-level panelists talking about “Unlocking energy market flexibility and demand-side response”

EnC Secretariat questionnaire: Options for Implementation of Proposals on the Future of the Energy Community A EURELECTRIC response paper, March 2015 Key Messages – EURELECTRIC believes that extending the tasks and scope of the Energy Community is over-ambitious until the main task of the Energy Community – creating an operational regional market as an integral part of the European internal […]

Eurelectric Contribution to a Reference Model for European Capacity Markets, Position Paper March 2015 Energy markets today are evolving as Europe continues to pursue its ambitious low-carbon agenda. Amid the fundamental changes taking place, EURELECTRIC believes that the full execution of an efficient integrated European energy market, i.e. the completion of the Internal Energy Market (IEM), is the cornerstone on […]