Montenegro’s RAE becomes first Energy Community regulator to join ACER’s working groups
The Montenegro Energy Regulatory Agency (RAE) fulfilled a strict criteria, including compliance with the Third Energy Package and regulatory independence, for the participation of its experts in the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators’ (ACER) working groups as of January 2018. RAE is the first national regulator from the Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties […]
Urgent meeting in Vienna helped untie energy law knot in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prime ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and Republika Srpska (RS) confirmed that they support draft state Law on Electricity Market and Regulator, and will not condition it with any further amendments. The Energy Community Secretariat followed with an announcement that it would reconsider its request for additional measures against BiH. Both […]
Energy Community chief to visit Kosovo*, Serbia, Albania in December
Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat, will visit the parliaments of Kosovo*, Serbia and Albania in December to present the key findings of the Secretariat’s 2017 Annual Implementation Report while Macedonian parliament is planned for early next year, Energy Community Secretariat told for Balkan Green Energy News portal. On 12th December, Kopač […]
Energy Community drafted Guidelines on introducing renewable energy auctions
The feed-in tariffs will be replaced by feed-in premiums (FIP), where the renewable energy producers will sell the electricity into the market and get a sliding premium on top of the electricity price. A sliding FIP scheme is based on the so-called “Contracts for Difference”. These are key provisions in the Draft Policy Guidelines on […]
WB6 Report: Projects for regional electricity market to start in November
The projects for the implementation of a regional day-ahead market and cross-border electricity balancing are expected to be kicked-off by the end of November following the finalization of the ongoing tendering procedure, Energy Community said in a Western Balkans 6 (WB6) Electricity Monitoring Report. Latest date for awarding contract for the Technical assistance to the […]
Energy Community Report covers climate change for first time
The Energy Community’s latest Annual Implementation Report for the first time covers climate change, bringing details on the Contracting Parties’ climate change legislation and strategies, especially with respect to monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions. The document, presented yesterday, provides a comprehensive overview of the progress achieved by the Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties […]
Energy Community and USAID signed a Framework for Cooperation
The Energy Community Secretariat and USAID signed a Framework for Cooperation. As one of Cooperation first deliverables, two sides agreed to organize a meeting of all donors active in the Energy Community Contracting Parties. A Framework for Cooperation was signed by Director Janez Kopač, on behalf of the Energy Community Secretariat, and Acting Assistant Administrator, […]
New Energy Community sanctions for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
The Ministerial Conference of the Energy Community will discuss in December a possibility of introducing additional sanctions against Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) because the country keeps failing to meet obligations under the terms of the Treaty of the Energy Community, in the gas sector at the state level in particular. Mirko Šarović, BiH Minister of […]
