Energy News – 54th Issue
ENERGY MARKETS
ENC: 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 analysis of the progress achieved by the EnC Contracting Parties (i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo*, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM), Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine) (CPs) towards the implementation of the EnC acquis on electricity, gas, regulatory authority, oil, renewable energy, energy efficiency, environment, climate, competition, infrastructure and statistics.
ELECTRICITY
EU/Bulgaria: C-347/16 Preliminary Ruling Regarding Second TSO License
On 26 October 2017, the Fifth Chamber of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU), in case C-347/16, issued the Decision on the request for preliminary ruling of the Sofia City Administrative Court, Bulgaria, in case pending before that court between the Bulgarian Energy Exchange (BEB) and the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, Bulgaria (KEVR), concerning KEVR’s refusal to grant BEB a license for electricity transmission and as balancing group coordinator and independent transmission system operator.
OIL & GAS
EU: European Commission Publishes New Gas Security of Supply Regulation
On 31 October 2017, the European Commission published the long-anticipated Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 (“new
Regulation”) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing from 1 November 2017 the Regulation (EU) 994/2010 (“previous Regulation”).
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