Energy News – 50th Issue 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. Among other, WB6 committed to a...Read More

Energy News – 49th Issue ENERGY EFFICIENCYGreece: Draft Law on Energy Communities On 7 June 2017, the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy launched a public consultation on the draft Law on energy communities, with duration until 26 June 2017.The Draft Law defines energy communities as civil law partnership with exclusive aim to promote social...Read More

Energy News – 48th Issue 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 presenting their views on the several proposals of...Read More

Energy News – 47th Issue 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 regulates: a) the allocation of firm capacity products;...Read More

(Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 27, 2017) Download: Electricity market harmonisation with target modelRead More

(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) Download: Opposition to energy projectsRead More

Energy News – 46th Issue ELECTRICITY EU/ENTSO-E: Network Code on Electricity Balancing Approved. On 16 March 2017, the Member States approved the last of the eight network codes, the Network Code on Balancing. The Balancing Code sets the rules for competitive and cross border market for electricity balancing with the aim to reduce grid costs...Read More

(Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides and Stavroula Antoniou, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on February 6, 2017) Download: Recent developments in natural gas sectorRead More

Energy News – 45th Issue Energy Markets EU: Second Report on the State of Energy Union Electricity EU: ENTSO-E Recommendations on Cooperation with Third-Country TSOs Oil & Gas EnC: CESEC Action Plan 2.0 First Monitoring Report Competition-State Aid EU: The Court Rejected Italian RES Measure in Case Portovesme Renewables Ukraine: Recent Developments on RES Sector...Read More

Energy News – 44th Issue ELECTRICITY Greece: Regulation of the Second Electricity Term Products (NOME) AuctionGreece: Electricity Distribution Network Code AdoptedEU/CEER: Guidelines on Electricity Distribution Network TariffsBulgaria: World Bank Report on Recovery and Liberalization of Bulgarian Power SectorCroatia: CROPEX PublishedAmendments to the Rules of Trading –Introducing Intraday Market OIL & GAS Ukraine: Recent Developments on...Read More