In his opening remarks at the meeting, Amb. André Mernier, the Energy Charter Secretary General, underlined the importance of the Energy Charter Process as a means to promote regional cooperation through dialogue based on the broadly accepted principles of the Energy Charter and supported by international law. The Managing Director of KEGOC, Mr. Sergey Katyshev welcomed the delegates. He acknowledged the important role which the Energy Charter can play in facilitating regional energy trade and provided workshop participants with an overview of recent developments in Kazakhstan.
At the meeting, the representatives of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed a joint declaration. This document contains the recommendation to develop a framework for sustainable and secure regional power trade based on the principles of the Energy Charter. Delegates and invited experts shared their experience and successful examples of regional electricity cooperation and exchanged information on the latest developments in the electricity field in the Central and South Asian region. The Model Electricity Agreements developed by the Secretariat were also discussed. Workshop participants recommended to further elaboration of the operational agreements. The Task Force plans to have its next meeting in the region later in the autumn of 2009.
Programme and Presentations
Welcome speeches and opening remarks
Mr. Sergey Katyshev
Managing Director of the Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company KEGOC, Kazakhstan
Ambassador André Mernier
Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat
Introduction to the Workshop
Mr. Ralf Dickel
Director for Trade and Transit, Energy Charter Secretariat
Session one: Cross-border electricity markets
A Regional Electricity Market - the Nordic Experience
Mr. Kåre Rudsar, Vice-President, Nord Pool Consulting AS
Legal Framework of Parallel Operation of CIS Eclectic Power Systems and Common CIS Electricity Market (in Russian)
by Mr. Vladimir Volosski, Director, Department of External Relations, CIS Electric Power Council
Current State of Energy Infrastructure Development and Future Cooperation Prospects in South
by Mr. Durga N. Raina, President, ENTECSOL International
Central Asia South Asia 1000 Mg (CASA 1000) - Project Update
by Mr. Qazi Naeem-ud-Din, Executive Director, Intergovernmental Committee Secretariat in Kabul, Afghanistan
Creation of a Common Power Market in Central Asia
by Mr. Michael Trainor, Senior Energy Policy Specialist, USAID Almaty, Kazakhstan
Session two: Model Agreements for cross-border electricity projects
Model Agreements for Cross-Border Electricity Projects
by Mr Philippe Gurd Gross, Legal Assistant, Energy Charter Secretariat, and
by Mr Alberto Pototschnig, Partner, Mercados Energy Markets International
Session three: Participating country presentations
Afghanistan (Slides | Speech)
by H.E. Ahmad Wali Shairzay, Deputy Minister of Energy, Ministry of Energy and Water, Kabul, Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
by Mr. Sergey Katyshev, Managing Director of the Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company KEGOC, Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan (in Russian)
by Mr. Akylbek R. Tyumenbaev, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy, Industry and Fuel Resources, Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan (in Russian)
by Mr. Abdullo Kurbonov, Head of Department of Electric Power Industry, Ministry of Energy and Industry, Tajikistan
Uzbekistan (in Russian)
by Mr. Eso Sadullaev, Head of Dispatch Department, State Joint Stock Company Uzbekenergo, Uzbekistan
Programme of Prospective Development and Energy Sector Modernisation (in Russian)
by Mr Khamidulla Shamsiev, Director, Dispatching Centre "Energy", Uzbekistan
Panel discussion
Chaired by Mr Ralf Dickel, Director for Trade and Transit, Energy Charter Secretariat