Janez Kopač

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and an unfavorable hydrological situation prompted the Energy Regulatory Commission to accept the increase in prices proposed by power companies in North Macedonia. The…

Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, has congratulated Albania and North Macedonia on opening EU accession negotiation process. Albania and North Macedonia, Energy Community Contracting Parties, reached on…

Trebinje Energy Summit – SET 2020, held in early March, under the slogan Energy Future of the Western Balkans, has set high standards during its very first edition and lived…

The construction of the seventh power generation unit at thermal power plant TPP Tuzla will be an economic disaster, Janez Kopač, director of the Energy Community Secretariat, told the Energy…

Investors expressed great interest in building solar power plants and wind parks in the Republic of Srpska, said Prime Minister Radovan Višković as he opened the two-day Trebinje Energy Summit…

The gathering of leading energy experts from the Balkans and Europe, as well as decision makers from governments in the region, will showcase the pace of the energy transition and…

Power company Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske’s (ERS) commercial activities – production, trade, and supply – should be liberalized, which will cause electricity price changes, but the RS will be given a…

Renewable energy auctions will be mandatory for the Energy Community Contracting Parties from next year, Energy Community Secretariat Director Janez Kopač said, while Aleksandar Antić, the Serbian energy and mining…

The intensity of the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) in the European Union is much lower today than it used to be in previous decades, Energy Community Secretariat Director…

Energy Community Ministerial Council, held today in Skopje, took some key decisions, including the adoption of  General Policy Guidelines on 2030 energy and climate targets, the selection of 21 infrastructure…

The Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat has congratulated Albania on successfully completing the first-ever renewable energy support auction in the Energy Community, inviting other EnC Contracting Parties to follow in the…

With the support of the GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), the largest yet delegation of parliamentarians from South-East Europe (SEE) took part in the…