Membership
Day of Accession
1 July 2006
Status
Contracting Party
Kosovo*'s 2021 implementation
performance and key energy
sector benchmark data
performance and key energy
sector benchmark data
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Implementation by electricity indicators
Implementation by electricity indicators
status: 1 November 2021
source: calculated and compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Facts and figures
Kosovo* facts and figures in electricity
Description of data [unit] 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Electricity production [GWh] 5.835 5.300 5.311 5.718 6.301 Net imports [GWh] 632 1.242 825 928 839 Net exports [GWh] 1.121 879 677 905 1.283 Gross electricity consumption [GWh] 5.346 5.686 5.671 5.741 5.771 Losses in transmission [%] 1,5% 1,5% 1,39% 1,25% 1,18% Losses in distribution [%] 29,7% 29,3% 27,9% 25,9% 25,4% Consumption of energy sector [GWh] 109 96 107 110 114 Consumption structure [GWh] / industrial, transport, services and other 1.472 1.717 1.649 1.893 1.362 Consumption structure [GWh] / households (residential customers) 2.214 2.291 2.374 2.515 2.778 Net maximum electrical capacity of power plants [MW] 1.033 1.038 1.076 1.099 1.110 Net maximum electrical capacity of power plants [MW] / coal-fired 960 960 960 960 960 Net maximum electrical capacity of power plants [MW] / hydro, total 71,31 75,54 75,54 95,1 106,2 Net maximum electrical capacity of power plants [MW] / other renewables 2 2 40 44 44 Horizontal transmission network [km] 1353,1 1353,1 1.377 1.377 1.412,8 Horizontal transmission network [km] / substation capacity [MVA] 6.359 6.399 6.399 6.399 6.608 Horizontal transmission network [km] / number of interconnectors 8 8 8 8 Electricity customers / total 537.592 561.809 580.975 605.673 630.454 Electricity customers / non-households 80.860 82.524 85.079 88.187 91.784 Electricity customers / eligible customers under national legislation 537.592 561.809 580.975 605.673 630.424 Internal market / electricity supplied to active eligible customers [MWh] 92.938 427.388 662.652 464.110 396.124 Internal market / share of final consumption [%] 2,52% 10,66% 16,47% 11% 10% source: Ministry of Economiy, according to data from the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO)
status: October 2021 -
Retail market opening
Retail Market Opening
Source: Ministry of Economic Development, compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat
Facts and figures
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Implementation by renewable energy indicators
Implementation by renewable energy indicators
status: 1 November 2021
source: calculated and compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Total renewable energy capacities
Total capacities of renewable energy 2020 - 2017 (MW)
status: 1 November 2021
source: Ministry of Economy and Environment/Energy Regulatory Office (ERO), based on ERO Report 2019 and KESCO -
Shares of energy from renewable sources
Shares of Energy from Renewable Sources
Source: EUROSTAT and Kosovo Agency for Statistics (KAS)
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency indicators, implementation indicators, implementation of labelling
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Implementation by energy efficiency indicators
Implementation by energy efficiency indicators
status: 1 November 2021
source: calculated and compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Energy efficiency indicators
2019 Energy Efficiency Indicators and Trends
Source: EUROSTAT and World Bank 2021 data and Contracting Party's Reports
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Implementation of labelling Directive
Implementation of Energy Efficiency Product Regulation Overview
New labelling package adopted by the Ministerial Council in November 2018 was not assessed, as the transposition deadline expires in January 2020
Source: multiple sources of data (EECG reports, NEEAPs etc.), compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat
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Implementation by environment indicators
Implementation by environment indicators
* implementation not assessed this year, as the Directive entered into force on 1 January 2021
status: 1 November 2021
source: calculated and compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat -
Installations and emissions under LCP Directive
Installations and emissions Under the Large Combustion Plants Directive
Source: compiled by the Energy Community Secretariat
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latest implementation updates
latest implementation updates
| Latest developments in climate | Date |
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| Climate Change Concept Paper was approved by the Government. | December 2020 |
| The Administrative Instruction Nr. 14/2018 on capture and deposition of carbon dioxide in suitable geological formations was approved at the 79th meeting of the Government of Kosovo* | December 2018 |
| By Decision No.09 / 79, Kosovo* adopted two administrative instructions partially transposing Regulation (EU) 525/2013, namely the Administrative Instruction on a Mechanism for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Administrative Instruction for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions. | December 2018 |
| Latest developments in energy efficiency | Date |
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| Kosovo* submits to the Secretariat its fifth Annual Report under the Energy Efficiency Directive | December 2021 |
| The final fourth Energy Efficiency Action Plan of Kosovo* submitted to the Secretariat | December 2020 |
| The Energy Efficiency Agency submitted 4th Annual Progress Report in line with the Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency. | November 2020 |
| The Energy Efficiency Agency submitted 3rd Annual Progress Report as required by the Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency. | October 2019 |
| The Energy Efficiency Agency submitted final drafts of the 4th NEEAP and National plan for increasing the number of nearly zero-energy buildings. Both documents cover period 2019 – 2021 and are planned to be adopted by the end of 2019. | October 2019 |
| The board of directors of the new energy efficiency fund appointed the managing director. | August 2019 |
| The institutional framework was strengthened with the establishment of a new energy efficiency fund as an independent entity. | January 2019 |
| The Ministry adopts three technical regulations to implement the Law on Energy Performance of Buildings. | December 2018 |
| Law on Energy Efficiency transposing Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency was adopted by the Parliament of Kosovo*. | November 2018 |
| Latest developments in renewable energy | Date |
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| Kosovo submitted its forth Progress Report on promotion and use of energy from renewable sources under Article 22 of the Renewable Energy Directive to the Secretariat. | February 2021 |
| Kosovo* submits the third Progress Report on the promotion of renewable energy 2016-2017, to the Secretariat. | February 2019 |
| The Ministry of Trade and Industry finalised the draft Law on Trade in Petroleum Products and Renewable Fuels and the Administrative Instruction on Biofuels and sent it to the Cabinet of Ministers. | June 2018 |
| Regulation (Grk) No. 05/2018 On One Stop Shop For Renewable Energy Sources was adopted. | April 2018 |
| Latest development in environment | Date |
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| Kosovo* adopted legislation compliant with the provisions of the Large Combustion Plants and Industrial Emissions Directives. | July 2021 |
| An Administrative Instruction (MTI) No. 06/2019 on the technical requirements for import, storage, wholesale, and retail sale of petroleum fuels and cleaning of tanks was adopted. | July 2019 |
| Government of Kosovo* declares Pashtrik Mountain and Vërmica Lake a Protected Area in the category of Nature Park. | May 2019 |
| The revised NERP, which takes the Secretariat’s comments into account, was adopted by the Government of Kosovo*. | May 2018 |
| Latest developments in electricity | Date |
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The connection agreement with ENTSO-E entered into force, documenting Kosovo*s progress in terms of cross-border cooperation. |
October 2020 |
| The regulator amended a Guideline on liberalisation of the electricity market in Kosovo* in order to prolong regulation of supply prices: by 31 March 2020 for customers supplied at a 35 kV voltage level, and by 31 March 2021 for 10 kV customers. | March 2019 |
| The transmission system operator of Kosovo was certified by the regulator, following the Energy Community Secretariat's Opinion 02/2019. | February 2019 |
| Kosovo Business Registration Agency registered a supply company Elektrosever, wholly owned by the Electric Power Utility of Serbia, EPS. Licensing of a Serbian supplier in Kosovo* is a precondition for the entry into force of the Connection Agreement between ENTSO-E and KOSTT. | November 2018 |
| A Memorandum of Understanding on day-ahead market coupling between the transmission system operators and national regulatory authorities of Albania and Kosovo* was signed. | August 2018 |
| KOSTT applied for the transmission system operator (TSO) certification by the national regulatory authority, ERO. | May 2018 |
| Latest development in oil | Date |
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Government of Kosovo* adopts Administrative Instruction (MTI) No. 09/2020 On the Control and Quality of Petroleum Derived Liquid Fuels |
November 2020 |
| Latest development in renewable energy | Date |
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| Kosovo Competition Authority (KCA) started a sector inquiry of the energy markets. | June 2019 |
| State Aid Department of the Ministry of Finance publishes “State Aid Guideline”. | January 2019 |
| Regulation of (GRK) No. 19/2018 on Procedures and Forms of State aid Notification, was approved on 71 meeting of the Government of Kosovo, with the Decision No.05/71. | October 2018 |
| Regulatory authority latest developments | Date |
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| With Rule ERO/No.02/2020, the regulator adopts Rules on wholesale electricity market integrity and transparency | June 2020 |