Exploring Possibilities for Utilization of Existing and Future Gas Pipeline and Storage Capacities
BBSPA Regulatory and Legal Workshop, October 16 2012, at the Grand Hotel Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
BP • British Embassy Sofia • Bulgargaz • Bulgartransgaz • Bulgarian State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission • EGL • ENTSOG • Dechert LLP • DEPA • Kambourov & Partners • KPMG Romania • Norton Rose LLP • Spasov & Bratanov Lawyers’ Partnership • OpenGrid Europe • RAE – Energy Regulatory Authority of Greece • Transgaz
• Existing regulations on capacity trading in liquid and illiquid markets. Capacity reservation and tenders; • Implementation of competitive market-oriented national and EU regulations on capacity usage; Commission guidelines on cross-border network codes and gas target model; • Interruptible capacities or "use-or-lose options”; • Review of regional cross-border gas flows and free capacities status-quo; • Using existing capacities, capacity expansion and/or building new infrastructure; • EU gas infrastructure package and ten-year network development plan.
Session I: Regulatory and Legal Aspects of Competitive Markets
• Cross-Border Gas Infrastructure and Flows in the BBS Area
Introductory Review by Valentin Kunev, Manager, BBSPA
• Olivier Lebois, Senior Adviser, System Development, ENTSOG, Union-wide TYNDP, a Shared Platform for the Assessment of European Gas Infrastructures
• Wim Vandenberghe, Counsel, Dechert LLP -Brussels,Pan-European Network Codes and Market Design: Opportunities and Challenges for the Gas Industry
• Christian Filippitsch, Partner, Norton Rose LLP, Dominant Cases on Capacity Booking in the European Energy Market
Session II: Cross-Border Gas Trading – Views from Traders, TSO and Regulators
• Harry Sachinis, Chairman and CEO, DEPA – Public Gas Corporation of Greece SA
• Kiril Temelkov, CEO, Bulgartransgaz, Using Existing Capacities and Capacity Expansion Plans on the Territory of Bulgaria
• Bulgarian State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission
• Dimitar Gogov, CEO, Bulgargaz
• Dr. Katerina Sardi, Head, Energy Planning and International Affairs, RAE – Energy Regulatory Authority of Greece, Supplying Natural Gas from the Revythoussa LNG Terminal to Bulgaria via the Existing Pipeline System: Facts, Rules and Requirements
Session III: Regulatory, Commercial and Political Implications of Transition to Gas Target Model
• Oliver Altenhoff, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Open Grid Europe, Recent Developments Regarding Access to the German and EU Market
• Doug Wood, Head of Regulatory Affairs, BP Gas Marketing
Agenda