
Course description
Participant testimonials:
Mr. Sadik Caki, Assistant Speacialist, Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA), Turkey
Ms. Laura Valente Nhancale, Head of Economic Regulation, National Electricity Counsel (CNELEC), Mozambique
Course Description
Economic, legal, technical and financial skills are central to the administrative and economic regulation of the public utilities. The constantly changing environment not only requires proper response from the regulatory side, it is also essential to be aware of the global trends in the energy sector. The current economic climate across the world and the emergence of renewable energy sources have pointed to the need of addressing recent technological innovations that demand a different approach to regulatory practice. Corresponding to these new challenges the training course aims to focus on some of the discussed topics from a “smart perspective”.
Course Objectives:
This 5-day training course will be organised into thematic modules focusing on the hottest issues and global trends of energy sector regulation. The training program combines “classic” regulation under the traditional vertically integrated industry structure with up-to-date issues of regulation by discussing the topics from a “smart” point of view. The prime objective of the course is to provide basic technical, economic and legal regulatory skills that are needed to design and manage successful regulatory systems for the energy industry.
During the Course the following broad themes are addressed:
- Role and functions of the regulator
- Price and tariff regulation
- Competition and regulation in electricity and gas
- Investment incentives to meet growing electricity demand
- The interlinks between energy policy and regulation
Target Audience:
The course is available to practising energy regulators and to non-regulators such as ministry and local government representatives, banking institutions, law and investment firms, consulting companies and regulated utility companies.
Course registration
ERRA Full Members | EUR 1 075 + 27% VAT |
ERRA Associate Members | EUR 1 275 + 27% VAT |
Non-Member Regulators | EUR 1 475 + 27% VAT |
Non-regulators | EUR 1 975 + 27% VAT |
Tuition fee includes: training materials, lunches, coffee breaks during the training course and a social programme.
Accommodation cost for 5 nights can be added to the tuition fee in the amount of 325 EUR if you chose to stay at the training venue (European Youth Centre Budapest (EYCB); http://www.eycb.coe.int).
Please note that EYCB has a dormitory type of accommodation, which means that there are no television and air conditioner in the rooms. Participants are accommodated in private rooms with private bathroom included. For more information please visit: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/eycb/Conf_facil/photos_en.asp. In case you need extra nights for your stay, a separate form will be sent to you.
Course location
Budapest
Hungary
European Youth Centre Budapest (EYCB)
Address: 1-3 Zivatar Str., H-1024 Budapest
Tel.: +36 1 438 1030 ǀ Fax +36 1 212 4076
E-mail:
Web: www.eycb.coe.int
Role and Functions of the Regulator
Opening address and introduction by participants

Kaderják, Péter
Course Director; Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Departure for Paks Nuclear Power Plant
Site Visit of Paks Nuclear Power Plant
Lunch
Theory, principles and institutions of regulation in the energy sector

Kaderják, Péter
Course Director; Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Group Work: Introducing the off-class assignment for the week

Kaderják, Péter
Course Director; Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Departure for Budapest
Price & Tariff Regulation
Fundamentals of price regulation in the energy sector - 1

Kaderják, Péter
Course Director; Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Coffee Break
Fundamentals of price regulation in the energy sector - 2

Kaderják, Péter
Course Director; Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Lunch
Price regulation game

Kotek, Péter
Senior Research Associate, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Coffee Break
Retail price regulation and social issues in emerging economies

KEREKES, Lajos
Senior Researcher, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Competition and regulation in electricity and gas
Competition and regulation on restructured electricity markets

Houmoller, Anders Plejdrup
CEO, Houmoller Consulting Aps, Denmark
Coffee Break
Electricity market integration and related regulatory issues

Houmoller, Anders Plejdrup
CEO, Houmoller Consulting Aps, Denmark
Lunch
Competition and regulation on restructured natural gas markets

Kaderják, Péter
Course Director; Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Coffee Break
Renewable energy: regulatory and market issues

Szabó, László
Senior Research Associate, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
Investment and innovation incentives
Regulatory Challenges in Emerging Economies

Bharvirkar, Ranjit
India Program Director, Regulatory Assistance Programme (RAP)
Coffee Break
Regulatory Challenges in Developed Markets

Bayer, Edith
Senior Associate, Regulatory Assistance Programme (RAP)
Lunch
Introduction to energy statistics

Kotek, Péter
Senior Research Associate, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
The interlinks between energy policy and regulation
Gas market and related regulatory reforms in Ukraine

BADANOVA, Ielyzaveta
Deputy Head of Legal, NJSC Naftogaz, Ukraine
Coffee Break
EU energy policy fundamentals and implications for regulation

Finger, Matthias
Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland
Lunch
Final test
Presentation of the off-class assignments by participants
Course Evaluation; Final Comments and Farewell

Kaderják, Péter
Course Director; Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary

BADANOVA, Ielyzaveta
Deputy Head of Legal, NJSC Naftogaz, Ukraine

Bayer, Edith
Senior Associate, Regulatory Assistance Programme (RAP)

Bharvirkar, Ranjit
India Program Director, Regulatory Assistance Programme (RAP)

Finger, Matthias
Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland

Houmoller, Anders Plejdrup
CEO, Houmoller Consulting Aps, Denmark

Kaderják, Péter
Course Director; Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary

KEREKES, Lajos
Senior Researcher, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary

Kotek, Péter
Senior Research Associate, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary

Szabó, László
Senior Research Associate, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research (REKK), Hungary
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Nr. | Country | Name | Organization | Job Title |
1 | Kazakhstan | Timur Akhmetov | KPMG Tax and Advisory | Senior Manager |
2 | United Arab Emirates | Khaled Al Marzooqi | RSB- Ruglation Supervision Bureau | System Planning Engineer |
3 | Oman | Intisar Al Shukaili | Authority for Electricity Regulation (AER) | Customer Affairs Officer |
4 | Saudi Arabia | Ali K. Al-Khtani | Electricity & Co-Generation Regulatory Authority (ECRA) | Senior Economic Specialist |
5 | Lithuania | Viktoras Asaciovas | National Commission for Energy Control and Prices (NCC) | Sr. Specialist |
6 | Moldova | Natalia Baiesu | National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) | Head of legal division |
7 | Moldova | Alexandru Balaban | National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) | Chief Specialist |
8 | Latvia | Diana Berzina | Public Utilities Commission | Chief Lawyer |
9 | Moldova | Sergiu Cașu | National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) | Specialist, Electricity and Renewable Energy Division |
10 | Swaziland | Ntokozo Dlamini | Swaziland Energy Regulatory Authority (SERA) | Licensing and Regulation Engineer/Officer |
11 | Turkey | İlker Dönmez | Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) - Turkey | Energy Expert |
12 | Romania | Alexandra FODOR | SNTGN Transgaz S.A. | Head of International Relations Department |
13 | Greece | Evangelia Fragkoudaki | Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) | Communication Officer |
14 | Greece | Maria Gallou | Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) | Economist |
15 | Romania | Gheorghe HATEGAN | SNTGN Transgaz S.A. | Deputy Director General |
16 | Bangladesh | Nazia Haque | Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) | Assistant Director, Gas |
17 | Bangladesh | Mufasherul Hasan | Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) | Assistant Director, Petroleum |
18 | Bangladesh | Esrat Jahan | Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) | Assistant Director, Power |
19 | Latvia | Baiba Jakobsone | Public Utilities Commission | Chief Specialist |
20 | Bangladesh | Mohammad Abdul Kashem Mahmud | Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) | Director, Power |
21 | Hungary | Ferenc Kulin | Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority | junior analyst |
22 | Israel | Oz Levi | Public Utilities Authority | Head of Finance and Risk management |
23 | Romania | Ioana Lungu | Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) | Junior expert |
24 | United Arab Emirates | Ahmed Mohammed | Regulation and Supervision Bureau - Abu Dhabi - UAE | Production Engineer |
25 | Georgia | George Nachkebia | Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC) | Expert of Tariff and Economic Analysis Department |
26 | Greece | Ioanna Nasopoulou | Regulatory Authority for Energy | Environmentalist - G.I.S. Specialist /Department of Renewable Energy Sources |
27 | Latvia | Jānis Negribs | Public Utilities Commision (Latvia) | Seneior expert of Electricity Division |
28 | Mozambique | Laura Valente Nhancale | National Electricity Counsel | Head of Economic Regulation |
29 | Moldova | Zinaida Novacova | National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) | protocol specialist |
30 | Turkey | İbrahim Oğuz Odabaş | Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) | Assistant Energy Specialist |
31 | Kazakhstan | Timur Omashev | KPMG Tax and Advisory | Senior Manager |
32 | Moldova | Iuliana Patic | National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) | Chief Specialist |
33 | Moldova | Alina Plesca | National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) | Secretary of the Governing Body |
34 | Estonia | Karl Jaak Rebane | Estonian Competition Authority | Chief Specialist of Legal Department of Regulatory Division |
35 | Moldova | Galina Sanduța | National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) | press officer |
36 | Sri Lanka | Ramanayake Arachchige Amali Sudantha Seneviratne | Ceylon Electricity Board, Sri Lanka | Deputy General Manager (Energy Sales) |
37 | Turkey | Omer Senkardes | Enerco Enerji San ve Tic A.S. | Senior Sales and Customer Relationship Specialist |
38 | Latvia | Laura Skvarnovica | The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) | Senior Lawyer, Energy Division of Legal Department |
39 | Moldova | Silvia Stici | National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) | Chief Specialist |
40 | Hungary | Viktor Szilágy | Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority | International Expert for Energy |
41 | Hungary | Erika Szirmai | Hungarian Energy and public Utility Regulatory Authority | Analyst |
42 | Lithuania | Marta Vorobjova | National Commission for Energy Control and Prices | Chief specialist of gas division |
43 | Hungary | Katalin Véhmann | Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority | International Coordinator an Expert for Electricity |
44 | Georgia | Levan Zakareishvili | Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC) | Junior Specialist of Electricity Department |
45 | Hungary | Andor Szilárd Ávéd | Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority | International Natural Gas Expert |
46 | Turkey | Sadık Çakı | Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) | Assistant Speacialist |
Venue/ Accommodation
European Youth Centre Budapest (EYCB)
Address: Zivatar u. 1-3., H-1024 Budapest
Tel.: +36 1 438 1030 ǀ Fax: +36 1 212 4076
E-mail:
Web: www.eycb.coe.int
Tuition fee includes: training materials, lunches, coffee breaks during the training course and a social programme.
Please be informed that 5 nights of accommodation at the course venue – European Youth Center (EYCB) can be added (July 17 – July 21). Please note that EYCB has a dormitory type of accommodation, which means that there are no television and air conditioner in the rooms. Participants are accommodated in private rooms with private bathroom included. For more information please visit: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/eycb/Conf_facil/photos_en.asp. In case you need extra nights for your stay, a separate form will be sent to you with the confirmation letter. Single room rate is € 65/night (including breakfast and VAT).
Visa
Please verify the visa requirements of Hungary by contacting the Hungarian Embassy in your country. The list of diplomatic missions is available here: http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade/missions. The list of countries whose citizens do not require visas to enter Hungary can be found at http://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: http://konzuliszolgalat.kormany.hu/visa-issuance-on-behalf-of-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.
Airport Transfers/ Travel Information
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (formerly Ferihegy):
- Located 16 kilometres (9,9 mi) east-southeast of the centre of Budapest
- Central telephone number for information: +36 1 296 7000
- http://www.bud.hu/english
- The transfer time to/from the airport to the downtown is approximately 45-60 minutes (subject to traffic)
Shuttle bus
miniBUD (http://www.minibud.hu/) is the official airport shuttle service company providing fixed-priced transfer service between Budapest Airport – Budapest city center – Budapest Airport. The miniBUD airport shuttle service counters located on the arrivals level of Budapest Airport.
Rate to the EYCB:
- one-way: HUF 4400 (approx. 15,71 EUR)
- round trip: HUF 7900 (approx. 28,21EUR)
Taxi from the Airport
There is an official airport taxi company (Főtaxi) available at the Arrival Hall of the Terminals. All Főtaxi cars are equipped with POS terminal, therefore passengers can pay with credit card as well. Reservations can be made in person at Főtaxi booths located at the exit at Terminal 2A and 2B. At the taxi rank in front of the stands taxis are parking continuously waiting for passengers.
Rates (for reference purposes only): around HUF 8500 (27 EUR) for one way.
Calling a Taxi in Budapest
Please find below the list of larger taxi companies in Budapest:
- Taxi 2000: +36 1 200 0000
- Citytaxi: +36 1 211 1111
- Főtaxi: +36 1 222 2222
- 6×6 Taxi: +36 1 666 6666
Public Transport
Budapest’s network of public transport services (BKK) includes buses, trolleybuses, trams, subway (Metró) and over ground suburban trains (HÉV).
For ticket prices and more information please visit the official website of BKK: http://www.bkk.hu/en/tickets-and-passes/prices/
Booklet in PDF with useful information is available here >>
Railway Stations
International trains operate from the three largest stations:
- Keleti pályaudvar: VIII., Baross tér. Tel: (+36-1) 413 – 4610.
- Nyugati pályaudvar: VI., Nyugati tér Tel: (+36-1) 349-8503
- Déli pályaudvar I. Krisztina krt. 37. Tel: (+36-1) 375-6593
All three international railway stations are part of the Budapest Underground system, the Metró. The Déli is on the Red (Number 2) line, Keleti is on the Red (Number 2) and Green (Number 4) lines and the Nyugati is on the Blue (Number 3) line.
Official website of the Hungarian State Railways: https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en
General Information
Currency: | HUF (Hungarian Forint) Currency Exchange Rates: http://www.mnb.hu/en/arfolyamok |
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Time zone: | UTC/GMT +1 hours | |
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Electricity: | 230 V/50 Hz (Europlug) | |
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Dial Codes: | +36 – | |
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Emergency Calls: | 112 (ambulance, police and fire) | |
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Smoking: | Smoking is not permitted in public places, dining and meeting facilities. | |
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Weather: | http://www.meteoprog.hu/en/weather/Budapest/ http://koponyeg.hu/t/Budapest |
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Information on Budapest: |
http://bebudapest.hu/ http://www.budapest.com/ https://www.budapestinfo.hu/home.html http://www.funzine.hu/ |
Course location
Budapest
Hungary
European Youth Centre Budapest (EYCB)
Address: 1-3 Zivatar Str., H-1024 Budapest
Tel.: +36 1 438 1030 ǀ Fax +36 1 212 4076
E-mail:
Web: www.eycb.coe.int