Energy News – 22nd Issue-Abolished
Cost-Recovery Mechanism
ENERGY MARKETS
EU: ACER Completes Preparations for the Implementation of REMIT
EU: Eurostat and DG ENER Sign a MoU in the Area of Statistics
Romania: Competition Council Publishes Report with Preliminary Results of
Investigation on the Electricity Market
Bulgaria: Commission sends Statement of Objections to BEH and
subsidiaries for suspected abuse of dominance on Bulgarian natural gas
markets
Bulgaria: Changes of Energy Regulator’s Legal Status
Montenegro: Amendments to the Energy Law
ELECTRICITY
EU: ENTSO-E Launches Public Consultation on Harmonised Allocation
Rules for Cross Zonal Forward Capacity Allocation
Greece: RAE Launches Public Consultation on Restoration of Abolished Cost-Recovery Mechanism
OIL & GAS
Ukraine: Draft Law of Ukraine on Natural Gas Market Adopted in the First
Reading
Ukraine: Increase of Rent Payments Relating to Natural Gas Extraction and
of Natural Gas Prices for Industrial Consumers and Other Business Entities
RENEWABLES
Poland: New Act on Renewable Energy Sources
Bulgaria: Suspension of Incentives for Production of Electricity from
Renewable Sources due to Achieving National Goals
Croatia: Amendments to the Ordinance on Acquiring the Status of Eligible
Producer of Electricity
Ukraine: NERC Decides on Further Reduction of “Green” Tariffs
Romania: ANRE Sets the Mandatory Acquisition Quota of Green Certificates
for 2014
Greece: Increase of Special Duty for Financing RES Producers (ETMEAR)
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE & GRIDS
EU: European Commission Launches Call for Proposal for Projects of
Common Interest (PCI) and Consultation for Smart Grids PCI
EU: ENTSO G Issues Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) up to
2035
EU: ACER’s Opinion on the ENTSO-Ε Draft Ten-Year Network
Development Plan 2014
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Croatia: Ordinance on Systematic Energy Management in the Public Sector