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Regional Structure for South
East Europe Electricity Market Development
1)
Ministerial Council: The Ministerial Council is
composed of the Ministers of Energy of the participating
countries and the Commissioner for Energy and Transport of the
European Commission. It meets on an annual basis and takes
strategic decisions and provides guidance to the South East
Europe Electricity Regulation Forum (SEEERF). The Ministerial
Council may also endorse conclusions reached by the SEEERF.
The Presidency
of the Council rotates on a six-monthly basis and is assisted
in its work by the European Commission. Meetings are co-chaired
by the Commission and the Presidency in Office
2)
The Permanent High Level Group: This group is composed
of representatives of the Ministers of Energy of the
participating countries and is co-chaired by the European
Commission and the Presidency in Office. Its task is to prepare the Ministerial Council
meetings and to ensure follow-up of its decisions. This group
is convened, when necessary, on the initiative of the European
Commission and the Presidency in Office.
3)
The South East Europe Electricity Regulation Forum (SEEERF):
The SEEERF will meet at least twice a year. The overall mandate
of the Forum is to review progress made in meeting objectives
set within its ambit and agrees to attribute tasks in this regard to different
bodies and work-groups. The SEEERF will be comprised of
representatives from the following:
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European
Commission;
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Governments;
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Regulators;
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Transmission
system operators of the participating countries;
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Council of
European Energy Regulators (CEER);
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European
Transmission System Operators (ETSO); and,
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Representatives
of donor countries, electricity companies and consumers.
To ensure close
collaboration with other interested parties, the governments,
regulators and TSOs of neighbouring countries are invited to
attend the meetings as observers (eg, Austria, Hungary, Italy,
Slovenia and Turkey).
4)
SEE Energy Regulators Work-Group: This is a Working
Group of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER). The
primary responsibility of this temporary regional coordination
work group is to develop a regional electricity market with a
global perspective and to prepare the necessary market rules to
allow for the progressive opening of the market in the region
and its integration into the European market by 2005. It is
comprised of the heads of the Market Development Facilitation
Groups that the Canadian SEETEC project intends to create at
the national level in each of the participating countries.
Reports of the
activities of the Working Group will be forwarded to the
Permanent High Level Group by the European Commission.
5)
SEE Transmission System Operators Work-Group: This
group will work on power transmission expansion planning and on
transmission congestion issues with a regional perspective. It
will also work under the mentorship of the UCTE on issues
related to the calculation of transfer limits, protections, and
adjustments.
The group is
comprised of the Head of the National Transmission Operators of
each of the participating countries.
Reports of the
activities of the Working Group will be forwarded to the
Permanent High Level Group by the European Commission. |
