The feasibility study was finalized in April 2008 and its conclusions were accepted by the project’s steering committee.

The HPPs Andrijevo and Zlatica are listed as options in the GIS update under the Medium Gas Price Forecast for 2015; the plants will reduce the dependency of Montenegro for imports of electricity;
The HPPs are also recommended in the Montenegro Government Energy Strategy for commissioning in between 2012 and 2015.

IFC was selected as Lead Advisor for the development of the series of hydroelectric power generation plants on the Moraca River, as PPPs.
Significant preparatory and technical design work has already been done; The preparation of the Detailed spatial plan for the area of water storages is in the finalization phase as well as the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment. With the assistance of the IFC, hired as advisor for preparation and implementation of the tender process, the existing technical plans and designs are being reviewed as well as applicable legal regulations, and requirements for implementation of the project are being specified with objective to prepare the tender documents. It is expected that prequalification tender will be published at the beginning of the next year (2010).

The HPP is listed as candidate for expansion programme in GIS update, under the medium gas price forecast scenario, for 2012; the plant is the most advanced of EPCG's projects and could improve the country’s and the region's energy balance. It is also listed in the Montenegro Government’s Energy Strategy for commissioning in 2015.
The revitalisation and modernisation of the existing power plants is also being implemented and the objective of these activities is to optimise the existing generation system and to increase total annual generation by approximatelly 400 GWh.

The construction of HPP Komarnica is included in the spatial and hydraulic plans of Montenegro. (KfW’ comment: the modernisation of HPP Piva within German Development Cooperation is already under implementation (first phase: 17 million EUR, second phase 30 million EUR)).
In the framework of the bilateral cooperation between Montenegro and Austria, the Prefeasibility study is done by Poyry Consultants and financed by Voith Siemens (AT). The scope is verifying the technical economic merits of the project and validating the investment decision, to be taken by the Assembly of Montenegro. The elaboration of the Detailed spatial plan for the area of water storage and the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment is underway.

The project is listed as a priority in Montenegro Energy Strategy; The privatisation of TPP Pljevlja and the associated lignite mine is expected to result also in the construction of the second unit.

EPCG selected a Slovenian consortium of consultants to prepare the EIA, the feasibility study and other analysis as a first step for the construction; The Government decided in March 2008, to use the Public Private Partnership model to build Unit II of TPP Pljevlja; EPCG will invest existing in the infrastructure of TPP Pljevlja and Coalmine, and the strategic partner would provide funds for the new unit. EPCG will integrate the TPP with the coalmine into a single energy complex.
The Government of Montenegro requested that this project is no listed as a priority project as of January 2010.

The Invitation for prequalification for concession award for exploitation of coal from Maoce basin and the construction of the powerplant was published in November 2009.