Construction of Trans-Balkan Corridor’s section to start in 2018.
Serbia has been given a grant of EUR 6.6 million by the German development bank KfW to build a section of the Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić said. The Minister said that the construction of the section of the power corridor between the towns of Kraljevo and Kragujevac would […]
Dragan Kujović new Executive Director of Montenegrin TSO CGES
An extraordinary Shareholders Assembly of Montenegro’s state-owned utility Crnogorski elektroprenosni sistem (CGES) elected Dragan Kujović as Executive Director of the company, CGES said in a statement. CGES is a joint stock company and transmission system operator (TSO) in Montenegro. “Shareholders Assembly relieved former Executive Director Ivan Bulatović of his duty after the expiry of his four-year mandate,” […]
AERS approved agreements between national TSO EMS and its regional peers
The Council of the Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia (AERS) approved the agreements between the public utility Elektromreža Srbije (EMS), national transmission system operator (TSO), and its neighboring peers on the procedure and method of allocating the right to use cross-border capacities and access to cross-border transmission capacities for 2018. TSO EMS signed […]
Jelena Matejić appointed General Manager of Serbian TSO Elektromreža Srbije
The Serbian government appointed Jelena Matejic as the General Manager of the state-owned Joint Stock Company Elektromreža Srbije (EMS), after almost a year of performing the function of acting Manager of the company, Serbia’s electricity transmission system operator (TSO) EMS said in a statement. “She was elected in a public competition organized by the government […]
Serbian TSO to start issuing guarantees of origin, EMS official says
Public utility Elektromreža Srbije (EMS), Serbia’s transmission system operator (TSO), should start issuing guarantees of origin, documents providing information on the source of energy, by the end of the year. It is also expected that EMS will become one of the European transmission system operators that publish 100% of key market data on the ENTSO-E […]
Serbian EMS certified as electricity transmission system operator
Serbian state-owned company, Elektromreža Srbija (EMS), has obtained a certification as an electricity transmission system operator (TSO). The certification opens the way for the EMS to obtain a license to operate transmission system and to transmit electricity. The Council of the Energy Agency of Serbia (AERS) issued the certificate to the EMS in early August, […]
EPCG joining SEEPEX later this year just the first step in further integration with other power markets
Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), national power utility company of Montenegro is currently preparing paper work to become member of SEEPEX, licensed Serbian power market operator. CEO of SEEPEX Miloš Mladenović sees this move as mutually beneficial, one which will provide EPCG with safe and stable energy trading platform, along with increased regional presence and improved […]
Power production and distribution companies in the Balkan region – governments still in charge
By Vladimir Spasić, energy journalist and analyst It is not just that the governments in the Balkan region do not consider selling their power utilities, but they covet buying what they sold twenty years ago, or at least buying from their neighbors. This can be illustrated by the announcement of Serbian power utility Eletkroprivreda Srbije (EPS) […]