Energy Community initiates dispute settlement procedures, three Contracting Parties failed to unbundle DSOs
The Energy Community Secretariat opened preliminary dispute settlement procedures against Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina and Ukraine for the failure to fulfill their obligations under the Energy Community Treaty to legally and functionally unbundle national electricity distribution system operators (DSO). “The Energy Community Secretariat initiated ex officio preliminary dispute settlement procedures against Albania, BiH, and Ukraine for […]
Switching to more market-based schemes for renewables in Contracting Parties’ interest
Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, speaks in an interview for the Balkan Green Energy News about widening the scope of the Industrial Emissions Directive’s application and launching a process aimed at setting targets for renewable energy, energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas emission reduction for 2030. He also explains why switching to more […]
Energy Community adopted EU’s Recommendation on integrated National Energy and Climate Plans
The Contracting Parties of the Energy Community have to start preparation of integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) in 2018 and should finalize them as soon as possible, the European Commission proposed in Recommendation on preparing for the development of integrated NECPs. The Contracting Parties (CPs) formally adopted the Recommendation which aims at encouraging […]
EPCG launches tendering to produce design plan for TPP Pljevlja ecological overhaul
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) has issued a public invitation of tenders to produce a preliminary design plan for ecological reconstruction of coal-fired power plant Pljevlja. The deadline for submission is February 1, and the estimated value of the deal is EUR 900,000. The best bidder will have seven months to do the job. […]
Energy Community Regulatory Board named new chief and defined tasks for 2018
The Energy Community Regulatory Board (ECRB) elected Giorgi Pangani as its President for the years 2018 and 2019, the Energy Community Secretariat said in a statement after ECRB’s session. Former President Branislav Prelević was first elected in December 2013. His mandate expired at the end of 2017. A lawyer by profession, Pangani is working for […]
Talks on new Montenegrin coal-fired unit fail, Government to implement ecological overhaul of TPP Pljevlja
Montenegrin Government decided to start the ecological reconstruction of the coal-fired power plant Pljevlja. The Unit I of the thermal power plant (TPP) Pljevlja, operated by public power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG), will be ecologically reconstructed by 2021. The announcement is part of the Government’s decision to terminate the cooperation on Project of Construction […]
Energy Community chief’s message to Serbian Members of Parliament
Serbia is the first member of the Energy Community to have transposed the Third Energy Package of the European Union, but implementation has been delayed in many areas. The huge obstacle is that the Law on Energy adopted in 2014 is not being implemented. The biggest problem is unbundling of gas company Srbijagas, which is […]
Macedonian Draft Law on Energy to introduce liberalization of power market in 2019
Macedonia’s Draft Law on Energy envisages the liberalization of the electricity market from 2019, allowing households to choose their supplier. Public discussion on the Draft Law is ongoing, while adoption is anticipated by March, Macedonian media reported. Households that do not want to choose a supplier will be supplied by a universal supplier. This supplier […]
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