Energy News – 56th Issue-Latest decisions of the Energy Community Secretariat ENERGY MARKETSEnC: Latest decisions of the Energy Community SecretariatOn 14 December 2017, during the 15th Ministerial Council of the Energy Community, the Contracting Parties (CPs) adopted the Recommendation 2018/1/MC-EnC on the development of integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) (“Recommendation”) that were proposed...Read More

Energy News – 55th Issue-Public Consultation on the Draft Law on Energy Exchange ENERGY MARKETSGreece: Public Consultation on the Draft Law on Energy ExchangeOn 1 December 2017, the Ministry of Energy and Environment launched a public consultation regarding the Draft Energy Exchange Law. The Draft Law regulates the establishment of the Energy Exchange which will...Read More

Energy News – 54th Issue- Gas security of Supply Regulation ENERGY MARKETSENC: Annual Implementation Report for the period 2016 –2017 On 15 October 2017, the Energy Community Secretariat (EnC Secretariat) published its Annual Implementation Report for 2016 – 2017 (“Report”). The Report which covers the period from 1 September 2016 until 1 September 2017, provides...Read More

New international hydrocarbons offshore tenders launched for Crete and Ionian Sea Overview During the past few years, the Greek hydrocarbons regulatory sector (prospection, exploration and exploitation) has undergone significant changes resulting from an attempt to improve the existing legal framework. Law 4001/2011 revised the Hydrocarbons Law (2289/1995), which transposed EU Directive 94/22/EC on the conditions...Read More

Energy News – 53d Issue-EU/ ACER – CEER: 2016 Annual Market Monitoring Reports ENERGY MARKETSEU/ ACER – CEER: 2016 Annual Market Monitoring Reports: On 6 October 2017, the ACER-CEER jointlypublished the 2016 Wholesale Market Monitoring Reports. The Annual Reports on the Results of Monitoring the Internal Electricity and Natural Gas Markets consist of four volumes:...Read More

Energy News – 52nd Issue-EU acquis ENERGY MARKETSEnC: Implementation of the EU acquis on VAT On 28 August 2017, the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat published a study analysing the need for implementation of EU acquis on value-added-tax (VAT) in the EnC’s Contracting Parties (CP). The key findings of the Study support the harmonization of CPs...Read More

Energy News – 51st Issue-Gas pipeline Energy Markets ŒEU: Study on the Impact Assessment of the EU Commission of the Electricity Market Design Initiative Published Electricity ŒAlbania: ERE’s Decision on the Closed Distribution Systems of Electricity ŒAlbania: ERE’s Decision on Financial Guarantees for the Market Players ŒAlbania: ERE’s Decision on Transparency Program ŒGreece/ADMIE: Transfer of...Read More

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

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