Energy News – Strategic Energy Technology Plan
Energy Markets
EU: Commission Publishes Communication on Integrated Strategic Energy Technology Plan
Electricity
EU: Member States Approve Network Code on High Voltage Direct Current Connections
other news:
Croatia: Government Adopts Regulation on Amendments to the Electricity Market Act
Greece: Energy Regulator Publishes Instructions to Electricity Suppliers
Greece: News on Opening of the Electricity Market at the Non-Interconnected Islands
Oil & Gas
Greece: RAE Approves DESFA’s Proposal on Provisional Measures for the Application of the
European Balancing Code
other news:
EU: Commission Publishes Roadmap on the Effectiveness of Recommendation on Unconventional Hydrocarbons
EU/ Poland: ECJ Finds that Poland Violated EU Rules Governing the Internal Gas Market
EU: Study on the Role of Gas Storage in the Internal Market
Ukraine: Public Consultations on Draft Gas Transmission, Distribution and Storage Network Codes
Ukraine: Harmonising Legislation with the Law on Natural Gas Market
Ukraine: Consultation on Temporary Measures for Gas Market Participants
Romania: Court Includes Shale Gas under the Legal Definition of “Petroleum Resources”
Romania: Draft Law on the Safety of Oil and Gas Offshore Operations
Albania: Intensification of Collaboration with Switzerland in the Energy Sector
Greece: Public Consultation on an Update to the Gas Preventive Action Plan
Greece: RAE Approves Study on Compensation of Operational Gas for 2016
Renewables
EU: New Directive Amends the RES Directive regarding Biofuels
other news:
Poland: Ministry Publishes Draft Regulation on RES Reference Prices for 2016
Ukraine: Government Abolishes Licensing Obligation for Trade in Biofuels
Ukraine: Licensing and Tariff Setting for Certain Heat Producers by Local Authorities
Greece: RAE Launches Public Consultation on PPAs for Biomass Power Stations at the Non-Interconnected
Islands
Competition- State Aid
EU: The European Commission Approves Two Different Danish State Aid Schemes in the Energy
Sector
Energy Infrastructure
Croatia: Government Designates LNG terminal Krk a Strategic Investment Project
Energy Efficiency
Greece: Draft Energy Efficiency Law submitted to the Parliament