Privatisation tender for 66% of Greek gas TSO relaunched (Article by Stefania Chatzichristofi, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on July 31, 2017) Previous privatisationDESFA, the national natural gas transmission system operator (Greek gas TSO), is a 100% subsidiary of thepublic gas corporation DEPA and was unbundled by the latter...Read More

Arbitration News – Three is a crowd – Third-party arbitration funding (Article by Dr. A. Tsavdaridis, published in the Arbitration & ADR Newsletter of the ILO on July 20, 2017) Third–party arbitration funding can benefit both under–resourced growing businesses as well asestablished and profitable companies, allowing them to cover the legal costs of potentiallycomplex proceedings. […]Read More

In conjunction with the inclusion of communities of energy, for the first time, in the EuropeanCommission’s proposal to amend the directive on common rules for the internal market in electricityand the directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable energy sources (RES) (thes o–called ‘Winter Package’ of November 30 2016), in Greece,...Read More

Energy News – 50th Issue-WB6 Monitoring Reports on Electricity and Sustainability ENERGY MARKETSEnC: WB6 Monitoring Reports on Electricity and Sustainability On 12 July 2017, the 2017 Western Balkan 6 (WB6) annual Summit was held in Trieste, Italy. The summit addressedseveral areas of cooperation, in particular in the connectivity agenda, and in the regional integration process....Read More

Arbitration News – Authority to enter into an arbitration agreement (Article by Dr. A. Tsavdaridis, published in the Arbitration & ADR Newsletter of the ILO on June 15, 2017) A person acting as a legal representative of a legal entity must be specifically authorised in order tovalidly conclude an arbitration agreement. This precondition is not […]Read More

Energy News – 49th Issue-Amendment in the Law Regarding DESFA Energy Markets EnC: Secretariat Signs MoU with EBRD Montenegro: Public Debate on Resolving Disputes through Arbitration Electricity SEE CAO: Public Consultation on Set of Rules Albania: Decision on the Template Agreement for the Participation in the Market BiH: ERS Publishes Rules on Electricity Supply and...Read More

Energy News – 48th Issue-ACER and CEER Issue Three White Papers on Electricity ELECTRICITYEU: ACER and CEER Issue Three White Papers on Electricity In May 2017, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the Agency or ACER) and National RegulatoryAuthorities in the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) issued three joint Regulatory White Papers...Read More

Energy News – 47th Issue-NC on Capacity Allocation Mechanisms in Gas Transmission Systems OIL & GAS EU: NC on Capacity Allocation Mechanisms in Gas Transmission SystemsThe Regulation sets up CAM in gas transmission systems for existing and incremental capacity. It provides commercial and technical rules for TSO cooperation in order to facilitate capacity sales. It...Read More

Electricity market harmonisation with target model (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 27, 2017) Introduction After several years of preparation and analysis of different solutions for the reform of the electricity wholesale market and its harmonisation with EU law, (particularly with regard to...Read More

Opposition to energy projects (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, Stavroula Antoniou, Stefania Chatzichristofi and Andriani Kantilieraki, published in the ILO OnDemand: Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter on March 27, 2017) Many new energy projects are supported and incentivised by national and regional governments, but meet with considerable opposition from the public due to safety, planning...Read More