Secretariat tenders a study on Coordinated Congestion Management
Monday, 6 October 2008, marks the beginning of a call for tenders on “Study on the final development and establishment of a Coordinated Congestion Management in the SEE Region”. The closing date for the tender is 12 November 2008.
The Secretariat on 17 September 2008 decided to initiate its first-ever dispute settlement procedure under the recently adopted Rules of Procedure for Dispute Settlement under the Treaty.
Delegation from Central Asia visits the Secretariat
A delegation from the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan visited the Secretariat on Monday, 22 September upon invitation of ECS Director. The members of the delegation came as the representatives of their nation ministers, regulators and TSOs.
The delegation was lead by Mr. Vesa Lappalainen, Senior Energy Law Expert from MVV.
1st Interregional Workshop on Cross Border Capacity Allocation
As part of the plans to establish a Co-ordinated Auction Office for the South East European region, the Energy Community Secretariat will hold an interregional workshop on cross border capacity allocation. The workshop targets regulators, TSOs and traders from the SEE and CEE region. It will take place on 21 October 2008 at the premises of the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna. The workshop will be chaired by Mr. George Koutzoukos, Vice President of the Greek regulator RAE.
A new RES Strategic Planning Project by USAID and CRES
On Monday 15 September representatives of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources in Greece (CRES) visited the Energy Community Secretariat. The discussions centered on capacity building and subsequent integrated energy system planning among the Energy Community Contracting Parties and Observers.