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Travelling to Moldova
Visa
If you need a visa to Moldova, we highly recommend you start your visa procedure as soon as possible at the relevant Embassy in your country. You can check on this webpage if you need visa or not to enter Moldova.
In case you need a visa invitation letter please contact the ERRA Secretariat immediately by providing your passport copy and indicating the Embassy where you will be applying for the visa or if you are eligible for eVisa.
Venue
Richmond Hotel
115 Columna Street, Chisinau, Moldova | Website >>
The hotel is offering rooms at 98.5 EUR/night, incl. breakfast and taxes.
- Guests must book their room by emailing info@richmond.md and mentioning that they are attending the ERRA meeting.
Hotels nearby
- Radisson Blu Leogrand Hotel | Website >>
- Mercure Chisinau Center Jazz Hotel | Website >>
- Bristol Central Park Hotel | Website >>
- Nobil Luxury Boutique Hotel | Website >>
Airport transfers
- The airport is located 14 km from the city center.
- Public transport: Trolleybus No. 30 runs from 06:00 – 23:27.
- Taxi services are available.
- Free airport transfer: We can arrange transportation from the airport to the hotel. To organize this, please provide flight details and arrival times for each guest. Our team will meet them at the airport exit.
Past Meetings
- Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Committee Chair, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Background details by Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ET COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Mr. Luca lo Schiavo, ERRA Regulatory Specialist
- Mr. Onur Uyanusta, Energy Expert, Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA), Türkiye
- Mr. Onur Uyanusta, Energy Expert, Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA), Türkiye
- Q&A
- Presentation of the 2022 Report by Mr. Tornike Apriashvili, Committee Vice-Chairman, Deputy Director of Electricity Department, Georgian National Energy and Water supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC), Georgia
- Discussion on updating the report
- Moderated by: Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Committee Chair, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Intro Presentation – Mr. Chris Jackson, Head of Policy for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS), OFGEM, UK
- Q&A
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ET COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Committee Chair, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Introduction of New Members
- Moderated by Mr. Tornike Apriashvili, Deputy Director of Electricity Department, Georgian National Energy and Water supply Regulatory Commision (GNERC)
- Introduction of the New ERRA Secondee: Mr. Onur Uyanusta, Energy Expert, Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA), Türkiye
- Discussion on timing, schedule, volunteers and tasks
- Moderator: Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Committee Chair, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- List of Country Presentations:
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ET COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Ms. Jelena Dilienė, ET COM Chair, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Ms. Lia Gvazava, EMER COM Vice Chair, Deputy Director of Tariffs and Economic Analysis Department, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC), Georgia
Moderator of the Morning Session: Ms. Jelena Dilienė, ET COM Chair
- Mr. Gent Hajdari, Regulatory Specialist, Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
- Q&A
- List of Country Presentations:
- Q&A
- List of Country Presentations:
- Roundtable discussion
Moderator of the Afternoon Session: Ms. Lia Gvazava, EMER COM Vice-Chair
- Leading presentation by Ms. Maria Bartek-Lesi, Senior Research Associate, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
- Q&A
- Turkish DSO guest speaker’s presentation- Mr. Coskun Tuncez, Deputy General Manager, Meram EDAS, Türkiye
- Q&A
- Turkish TSO guest speaker’s presentation, Mr. Seyit Emre Bedir, TEIAS
- Q&A
- Ms. Aniko Kiss, Deputy Head of Secretariat, EMER COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Q&A
- Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Committee Chair, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Mr. Andrew Flagg, International climate change - RETA coordinator
- Q&A
- Moderator: Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Committee Chair, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Presentations by ET COM members: Armenia, Azerbaijan (AERA), Czech Republic, North Macedonia, Türkiye
- Q&A
- Mr. Goga Daraselia, Junior Program Manager, ERRA
- Q&A
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ET COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Acting Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Moderator: Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ET COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Moderator: Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ET COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Candidates’ Introduction: Chair candidate: Ms. Jelena Diliene, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council, Lithuania – former Vice-Chair of the Renewable Energy Committee (RE COM)
- Moderator: Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ET COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Moderator: Mr. Kacper Jarosz, Deputy Program Director, ERRA
- Discussion
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ET COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
Past Meetings of the Renewable Energy Committee (RE COM)
- Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
Possibilities of using RES in central heating supply and its impact on primary energy consumption
- Introduction of the OIES Research Paper: Decarbonizing Germany’s heating sector (pre-recorded): Mr. Ralf Dickel, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
- Case study presentation Recording
- Dr Okan Yardimci, Group Head of the Energy Transition Department, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Türkiye
- Q&A
- Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Discussion
- Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Mr. Kacper Jarosz, Deputy Program Director, ERRA
- Discussion
- Moderated by Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Verbal updates from the members are requested
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, RE COM Coordinator, ERRA Secretariat
- Mr. Hassan Taqi, EMER COM Chair; Director of Economic and Financial Affairs, Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR), Oman
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Renewable Energy Committee Chair, Director of Renewables and Energy Efficiency, E-Control, Austria
- Mr. Jozef Holjenčík, Chairman, Regulatory Office for Network Industries (URSO), Slovakia
- Mr. Gent Hajdari, Energy Consultant, Optima Energy Consulting
- Q&A
- Mr. Karolis Kiguolis, Founder & CEO, Linea Ignis, Lithuania
- Q&A
- Ms. Zsuzsanna Pato, Senior Advisor, Consultant, Regulatory Assistance Project
- Q&A
- Additional Material
- Mr. Zoltán Pataki, Director, Regulatory & Stakeholder Affairs, E.ON Hungary
- Q&A
- Mr. Gatis Junghāns, Board Member, AS Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST), Latvia
- Q&A
- Hungarian case study on the New Large scale Battery Energy Storage: Ms. Judit Krajcs, International Electricity Expert, Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH), Hungary
- Greek case study on the Opening multiple ancillary service markets to Demand Side Flexibility: Mr. Athanasios Tolias, Advisor to Vice President, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water (RAEWW), Greece
- Q&As/Discussion
- Moderator: Mr. Aleksandar Chebotarev, Commissioner, Energy, Water Services and Municipal Waste Management Services Regulatory Commission, North Macedonia
- Ms. Zsuzsanna Pato, Senior Advisor, Consultant, Regulatory Assistance Project
- Mr. Gatis Junghāns, Board Member, AS Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST), Latvia
- Mr. Zoltán Pataki, Director, Regulatory & Stakeholder Affairs, E.ON Hungary
- Mr. Karolis Kiguolis, Founder & CEO, Linea Ignis, Lithuania
- Q&As
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Mr. Andreas Gunst, Partner, DLA Piper, UK
- Q&A
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Discussion
- Ms. Anastasija Stefanovska-Angelovski, Adviser in Economic Department, Energy, Water Services and Municipal Waste Management Services Regulatory Commission
- Q&A
- Mr. Kacper Jarosz, Deputy Program Director, ERRA
- Q&A
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Moderated by: Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Discussion
- Ms. Jana Vášová, Senior Specialist Renewable Energy Sources Unit, Energy Regulatory Office (ERO), Czech Republic
- Q&A
- Mr. Kacper Jarosz, Deputy Program Director, ERRA
- Q&A
- Moderated by Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
Mr. Mohammed Alotaibi, Engineer, Water and Electricity Regulatory Authority (WERA), Saudi Arabia
- Mr. Eriks Eihenbergs, Senior EU affairs expert, Cross-border system operation coordination division, Energy Department, Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Latvia
- Q&A
- Mr. Nikolas Schmitz, Bundesnetzagentur, Germany
- Q&A
- Ms. Éva Somossy, Green Economy Expert, Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH), Hungary
- Q&A
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Mr. Markus Krug, Deputy director of our gas department, Energie-Control, Austria
- Q&A
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Q&A
- Mr. Elmar Gulaliyev, Senior specialist, Strategic Planning and Innovations Division, Azerbaijan Energy Regulatory Agency (AERA), Azerbaijan
- Q&A
- Moderated by Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Discussion
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Introduction by the Committee Members
- Moderated discussion among the committee members based on the following aspects: - Is there any legal base for prosumers in Your country? If no, is there any plans to set regulation, any demand from the society/businesses?; - What is status quo in Your country – facts&figures; - How do You think, what are the main obstacles (e. g. unclear regulation, lack of potentiality, pay off term etc.) and incentives (state support, communication strategy, high electricity prices etc.) for developing prosumers; - What is the recent impact on the electricity prices?; - What is the recent impact on the electricity supply?; - Is there a significant increase in the demand for RES technologies?; - Which technologies are top rated?; - Can you meet the demand? If no: what are the showblockers: missing hardware, missing knowledge and experts, missing investment, whatever; - Which sectors are the main driver for the increasing demand? Energy sector, private households, industry?
- Moderated by: Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Questions and Answers
- Ms. Isın Ünver, ERRA Secretariat
- Q&A
- Ms. Jana Vášová, ERU, Czech Republic
- Discussion
- Moderated by Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Discussion
- Ms. Krisztina Csombor, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Discussion
- Mr. István Táczi, PhD Candidate, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Questions and Answers
- Ms. Liesbeth Switten, AIB Speaker, Secretary General, Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB), Belgium
- Questions and Answers
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Moderated by Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Candidates’ Introduction:
– Mr. Sergey Aghinyan, Commissioner, Public Services Regulatory Commission, Armenia
– Ms. Jelena Diliene, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council, Lithuania
– Ms. Jana Vášová, Specialist, Supported Energy Sources Unit, Energy Regulatory Office, Czech Republic - Online Election
- Announcing the results
- Members’ experience to the crisis: boost in RES deployment, which segments and approx. ratio of increase and which technologies (PV, Wind, Biomass, etc.)
- Obstacles of RES increase, (e.g. technologies are not available, technicians are not available, missing capital to invest, etc.)- Moderated by: Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Questions and Answers
- Ms. Jana Vášová, ERU, Czech Republic
- Moderator: Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Discussion
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Introduction by the Committee Members
- Moderated by: Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA Secretariat
- Candidates’ Introduction:
Chair position: Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
Vice Chair position: Mr. Mustafa Çelebi, Group Head; Vice-Chair of the Committee, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Turkey
- Online Election
- Announcing the results
- Data collection on Renewables share in select ERRA member countries: Moderated discussion among the committee members based on the following aspects:
- Members’ experience to the crisis: boost in RES deployment, which segments and approx. ratio of increase and which technologies (PV, Wind, Biomass, etc.)
- Obstacles of RES increase, (e.g. technologies are not available, technicians are not available, missing capital to invest, etc.)- Moderated by: Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Questions and Answers
- Mr. Vedat Akdag, Energy Expert, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Türkiye
- Questions and Answers
- Ms. Jelena Dilienė, Member of the Council, National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC), Lithuania
- Questions and Answers
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Discussion about the finalisation of the paper
- Discussion/Questions and answers
- Discussion/Questions and answers
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Discussing the poll results
Information on future ERRA activities
Committee 2-year work assessment poll
- Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Roundtable discussion
- Mr. Ferenc Matisz, Regional Sourcing Director, Electrica Furnizare, Hungary
- Discussion/ Questions and answers
- Moderator: Mr. Mustafa Çelebi, Group Head; Vice-Chair of the Committee, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Turkey
- Country presentation 1: North Macedonia – Ms. Anastasija Stefanovska Angelovski, Adviser in Economic Department, Energy and Water Services Regulatory Commission (ERC)
- Country presentation 2: Oman – Mr. Hilal Al Ghaithi, Director of Sustainable Energy, Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR)
- Discussion/ Questions and answers
- Moderator: Mr. Mustafa Çelebi, Group Head; Vice-Chair of the Committee, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Turkey
- Country presentation 3: Pakistan - Dr. Irfan Yousuf, Consultant/Advisor (RE), National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA)
- Discussion/ Questions and answers
- Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Discussion
- Video presentation by Dr David Robinson, Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA
- Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Moderator: Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- ERRA Status report updates: Electric Vehicles
- Roundtable discussions
- Ms. Katalin Véhmann, international electricity expert, EU Market Integration Unit, Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH), Hungary
- Mr. Harald Proidl, Director, Renewables and Energy Efficiency; Chairman of the Committee, Energie-Control, Austria
- Discussion, Approval of the Report
- Eng. Khaled Khallaf, Head of Codes and Technical Performance Department, Gas Regulatory Authority (GasReg), Egypt
- Discussion/ Questions and answers
- Mr. Márton Sipos, Manager, KPMG Hungary
- Questions and answers
- Moderator: Mr. Mustafa Çelebi, Group Head; Vice-Chair of the Committee, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Turkey
- Country presentation 1: Estonia: Mrs. Marilin Tilkson, Development manager, Estonian Competition Authority
- Country presentation 2: Mozambique: Mr. Sérgio Moreno, Energy Regulatory Authority (ARENE) Discussion/Questions and answers
- Discussion/ Questions and answers
- Ms. Eszter Süle, Head of Regional Office, Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)
- Discussion/ Questions and answers
- Ms. Valeria Farkas, Senior Program Manager, ERRA