May 2009
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Issue: May 2009 | |
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| Editorial ERGEG held two workshops on 15 May: one as part of its current public consultation on draft Guidelines of Good Practice on electricity grid connection and access; and the other (joinlty with DG TREN) on electricity balancing. On the latter, participants were in agreement on a TSO-to-TSO approach (a natural option as transmission system operators have a full overview of the system) and the use of marginal pricing (which sends a clearer market signal to market participants). Many participants also felt that as a general rule there should not be the option to reserve capacity for balancing purposes. This workshop ties in to ERGEG's work in revising the current Guidelines of Good Practice on Electricity Balancing Market Integration (GGP EMBMI). |
Regulation through co-operation – the role of European energy (Madrid, Florence etc.) regulatory fora | |
Stakeholder fora have been set up at EU level (and also regional level via the ERGEG Regional Initiatives) to enable stakeholder participation in EU energy policy development. Who has a seat at the stakeholder fora? The role of the stakeholder fora Success of the fora Further evidence of the success of the fora is the fact that in addition to the original electricity (Florence) and gas (Madrid) fora, there is also a forum for the Energy Community of South East Europe (Athens), the citizens’ energy forum (London) and the energy efficiency and renewables forum (Bucharest). What is discussed at the fora? Madrid (gas) Forum, 28-29 May 2009 Florence (electricity) Forum, 4-5 June 2009 Bucharest Forum (energy efficiency and renewables), 8-9 June 2009 |
CEER/ERGEG Publications |
Proceedings of Events (see events section of website): • "G8+" Energy Regulators Statement, Round Table, 24 May 2009 • ERGEG workshop on 10-year gas development plan, 26 April 2009 (E09-PC-37) • ERGEG Workshop on draft GGP on grid connection and access, 15 May 2009 (E09-PC-38) |
Calendar of current and future public consultations |
The standard period for ERGEG public consultation is 8 weeks. For further information (including ERGEG’s newly revised public consultation guidelines) visit the public consultations section of the website. |
Events |
See all dates of Regional Initiatives meetings (RCC, IG, SG) on the ERGEG online Calendar. For example, the next SG meeting of the North-West region is in Paris on 9th June 2009 or the ERRA Summer School on an Introduction to Energy Regulation (13-17 July). The World Forum on Energy Regulation is the leading international conference on energy regulation, held only once every three years. The upcoming World Forum on Energy Regulation IV, from 18-21 October,which is co-hosted by CEER and the Greek Regulatory Authority promises to be a major event. See the programme on www.worldforumiv.info. Avail of early bird registration until 31 May 2009 and save €300. |
Regional Initiatives Update |
The European Energy Regulators' Newsletter presents Quarterly updates of the 7 electricity regions and 3 gas regions. For the months in between these quarterly updates, the activities in one region will be presented in the "Region in the Spotlight" section. For continued information on activities in each region, please consult the Regional Initiatives website and the regions' dedicated subpages. |
The Central West Region is currently running a public consultation (until 15 June) on cross-border intraday trade for the region to determine the exact features of the model to be implemented in the region. In an effort to launch a discussion on how to resolve this market barrier, the consultation paper proposes two options: continuous implicit allocation of capacities for the intraday timeframe (continuous implicit model - which is used in Nordic markets) and implicit auctions, with socio-economic welfare maximisation and a clearing, performed at several gates (implicit auction model - which is used in the Iberian market). |
International Activities |
At the invitation of the Italian Presidency of the G8 summit of energy ministers in Rome, 24-25 May, the energy regulators held a “G8+” regulatory roundtable. |
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