Making the third package work in practice

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Making the third package work in
practice Wolfgang Urbantschitsch, E-Control
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Hot issues of the 3rd package

• Unbundling three equivalent models to separate
  interests how will the ITO model work in
  reality?
• Level playing field will there be one with
  three available, quite different models?
• Clarify who does what - especially between Cion,
  Agency and the ENTSOs
• How to make the whole legislation consistent in
  the remaining time?
• Considerable practical divergencies in the
  process adopting codes how to reconcile the
  positions and strengthen the new institutions?

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Many open political issues still...some examples

• Legal quality of the 10 year investment
  programmes
• binding or non binding
• Who starts the process of framework guidelines
• EC or Agency
• Adoption of codes
• EC or Agency
• Consultation
• ENTSO or Agency
• Monitoring of implementation
• ENTSO or Agency
• Enforcement
• Agency or NRAs or EC

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Timetable if everything goes well
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Implementing the 3rd Energy Package

• Close cooperation between Agency and ENTSOs is
  necessary
• Involvement of other stakeholders has to be
  guaranteed
• The energy regulators are consulting on
• Work timetable and future stakeholder involvement
  with the Agency
• Developing Framework Guidelines and prioritising
  Network Codes
• The coordination of regional and national issues
• Consultation opened on 21 October and closes31
  December 2008

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Consultation Paper I

• Agency
• Consultation by the Agency and the ENTSOs
• Role of the stakeholders
• Accountability
• Framework Guidelines and Codes
• Nature of framework guidelines and codes
• Priorities and Grouping
• Capacity allocation calculation and congestion
  management
• Transparency rules
• Balancing rules including transparency provisions
  on balancing
• ERGEG will develop guidance on
• 10 year investment plan
• Storage and LNG

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Consultation Paper II

• Regional considerations
• Single European energy market as ultimate goal
• Regional Initiatives are essential steps towards
  the common market
• Jurisdiction at national or EU level only
• Greater co-operation between TSOs and NRAs needed
  

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Conclusions

• Close co-operation between ERGEG and GTE
  (ENTSO-E)
• Effective involvement of stakeholders in the
  process
• Starting early is important for progress
• Preparatory work in the period from adoption to
  formal implementation of 3rd Package can be used
  by Agency and ENTSOs as basis for their formal
  decisions

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Thank You !

• Wolfgang Urbantschitsch
• Head of Legal, Energie-Control GmbH
• A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Rudolfsplatz 13a
• wolfgang.urbantschitsch_at_e-control.at
• Further information is available at
• www.energy-regulators.eu