ERRA is extending its 2-day Power System Basics for Non-Engineers Training Course with content on Natural Gas.
With adding an additional day on the natural gas component we are walking through participants from production to distribution, presenting the 3 main segments (upstream, midstream and downstream) introducing key technical concepts, standards of measurements and other relevant topics.
There are a number of educational programs out there covering both the electricity and natural gas sectors but they are predominantly focused on policy or market design aspects. ERRA’s unique 'basics' courses focus on the technical, physical and regulatory aspects, which are important to be understood especially for non-engineers.
1-day site visit will be organised for course participants.
This course is not eligible for any CER credits. More information on the Certified Energy Regulator (CER).
ERRA CER Diploma holders will receive a 20% discount upon registration for the course.
The program is available to classroom and remote participants parallel. Thus, if you cannot travel to Budapest for any reason, you do not need to miss this unique technical learning opportunity, you can sign up for online participation.
For more details or any questions, please contact the ERRA Secretariat.
Participants might choose to join the electricity or the natural gas block only but they might decide to sign up for all 4 days (incl. site visit).
Meet the Course Director
Mike Madden is the Managing Director of MJMEnergy and an international expert in gas, LNG infrastructure and energy markets. As a chartered engineer with over forty years’ operational and commercial experience, Mike brings a unique blend of technical and commercial experience. He started his career at British Gas as transmission operations before moving to Gas Transportation Services where he led a team negotiating gas transportation and storage contracts. Mike founded MJMEnergy in 1995, which has been involved in providing consultancy and training services to the world’s energy markets in over 50 countries. Mike has provided consultancy on unaccounted-for-gas, gas market reform and gas market liberalisation, network codes, gas storage, gas networks and LNG.
Mike Madden Qualifications – BSc Engineering, Lancaster (1981), MBA (Dissertation: “Managing change in liberalising markets”), Henley (1994), MPhil (Dissertation: “Modelling gas market liberalisation”), Open University (2008), Master’s in Theology (Dissertation on Fuel Poverty in the UK), London School of Theology, Middlesex University (2012), Chartered Member of both the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Gas Engineers; Years of Experience: 38+
As a chartered engineer with over 40 years of operational and commercial experience, Mike offers a unique blend of technical, economic, commercial and regulatory expertise to energy sector clients. After 13 years at British Gas plc, initially as a pipeline engineer and then a commercial negotiator in British Gas Transportation, Mike left British Gas to form MJMEnergy Ltd. Over the last 26 years, Mike has worked in over 50 countries advising governments, gas producers, banks and gas buyers on a variety of aspects within the energy sector including business development. Recent projects include:
- (i) Provision of technical advice to the ECA Project Team on the Malaysia Energy Regulator (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) Price Control Project
- (ii) Provision of technical and commercial advice to DEFA (Cyprus) on gas transmission pipelines, development of the Cyprus Gas Network Code
- (iii) Working with the World Bank in Thailand on energy market liberalisation
- (iv) Technical advisor to GoP (OGRA) on market reform
- (v) Leading a World Bank study to provide technical and commercial advice to Vietnam Electricity (EVN) on LNG imports
- (vi) Leading an LNG market aggregation and infrastructure access options study in Senegal.
Pre-booking
As the training course has limited number of seats, participants are encouraged to register early. A pre-booking phase is currently open to allow interested participants to reserve their place in the two-day training course.
All pre-bookings will be reviewed, and participation will be confirmed after August 31, 2026, subject to reaching the minimum number of participants required to hold the training. Participants with pre-booking will receive a confirmation message with further details.
We invite you to register your interest at this stage to ensure your place in this ERRA training course.
Travelling to Hungary
Visa
Please verify the visa requirements of Hungary by contacting the Hungarian Embassy in your country. The list of diplomatic missions is available here: https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/embassies#hungarian-embassies-abroad. The list of countries whose citizens do not require visas to enter Hungary can be found at https://konzuliszolgalat.kormany.hu/visa-waiver-agreements.
List of third countries, where a Schengen state issues visas on behalf of Hungary is available on this page: https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/list-third-countries-where-schengen-state-issues-visas-behalf-hungary
In case you need an entry visa, please immediately contact the ERRA Secretariat! To prepare a visa invitation letter for you, please send us your passport copy and indicate the Embassy where you are applying for the visa.
Venue
ERRA Premises
44/B Logodi Street, 1012 Budapest, Hungary
Hybrid Format
The program is available to classroom and remote participants parallel. Thus, if you cannot travel to Budapest for any reason, you do not need to miss this unique technical learning opportunity, you can sign up for online participation.
Student Testimonials
Mr. Tamás Vörös, MEKH, Hungary
Mr. Nazim Khiari, CEER
overall rating of the course