Energy Community takes decisive step to boost energy efficiency and trans-European energy infrastructure, Friday, 16 October, 2015

The 13th Energy Community Ministerial Council took place today in Tirana under the Albanian Presidency in office of the Energy Community. The ministerial council adopted 20% headline target on energy efficiency and trans-European energy infrastructure regulation. This year’s Ministerial Council meeting also marked a special occasion which agreed upon an ambitious set of reforms that will strengthen the Energy Community […]

13th Energy Community Ministerial Council adopts 20% headline target on energy efficiency and trans-European energy infrastructure regulation, moves forward on institutional reform, 16 Oct 2015

The 13th Energy Community Ministerial Council took place today in Tirana under the Albanian Presidency in office of the Energy Community. EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete, representing the European Union at the meeting, said: “The Energy Community is the most efficient instrument in ensuring effective implementation of the EU’s energy, environment and competition acquis in […]

ECS Secretariat submits views to public consultation on EU LNG and gas storage strategy, 14 Oct 2015

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 […]

ECS Secretariat publishes Policy Guidelines on the Promotion of Organised Electricity Markets in the Contracting Parties, 13 Oct 2015

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 […]

ECS Secretariat publishes response to consultation on new energy market design, 12 Oct 2015

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 […]

Madrid Forum, 14 October 2015 to 15 October 2015

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 […]

Albania: Legal framework of the concession for the construction or reconstruction of hydropower/s, (Article in Albania)

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 […]