EC asked Bulgaria to comply with Third Energy Package
Arguing that Bulgaria has not transposed Third Energy Package electricity and gas directives into its national legislation, the European Commission asked Bulgaria to comply with the legislative package and correctly implement two directives concerning the common rules. Bulgaria now has two months to transpose the directives into its national legislation. Otherwise, the Commission may decide […]
Energy Community endorsed five new pieces of acquis in gas and electricity
The Energy Community Permanent High Level Group has formally adopted two new pieces of acquis in gas and three in electricity. Network Codes and Guidelines are technical rules developed based on the Third Energy Package aimed at setting common rules on secure system operation, market integration and market functioning. The Permanent High Level Group has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
BiH adopts Law on Energy Efficiency
The House of Peoples of the Federal Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) adopted the Draft Law on Energy Efficiency which should set the conditions for improving energy efficiency in the country. The adoption of the law in BiH has been on hold since 2013 and the country has been criticized for its failure to […]