INOGATE & Energy tariffs
The tariff paid by every consumer of energy includes its delivery, extraction or import (for gas) and generation or import (for electricity). To guarantee the quality and security of energy supply, tariffs must be paid for at a rate sufficient to recover the operating costs and to provide a reasonable return on the capital invested in the assets.
Payment is generally achieved by a system of tariffs - although some large users may enter into commercial contracts for supply. End consumer tariffs may be applied by commercial suppliers in de-regulated sectors, or through a regulatory process where monopoly suppliers are in place. The network businesses (for transmission and distribution) are viewed as natural monopolies in de-regulated sectors and are always subject to tariffs.
Where there are monopolies, the regulator acts as a proxy for completion by attempting to limit the profits a company makes to that which would be found in a similar organisation in a competitive environment. Through incentives or price controls it encourages efficiency in those companies. End user tariffs are matched to the cost of providing the services to ensure that no cross-subsidisation takes place.
In the INOGATE Partner Countries (PCs), there is a large variation in the tariff methodologies currently in place. In many PCs, particularly those that are considering membership in the EU Energy Community, the tariffs are well designed, and most of the assistance is targeted at specific issues. In those countries that maintain a traditional, vertically integrated structure, assistance is much more geared towards capacity building and advice on the underlying disciplines.
INOGATE has undertaken a tariff review of the Partner Countries to establish their current status and to advise on the steps that they may take if they wish to reform their tariffs according to the central tenets: fairness, transparency, coverage of reasonable costs, efficient allocatation of the costs between customer classes, provision for investment and provision of a reasonable return for the owners.
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INOGATE & Energy tariffs
Activity Title ▴▾ | Date ▴▾ | Status ▾ | Location | Type |
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Meeting of the INOGATE Country Coordinators and Working Group Members 18-19 May 2011 | 18/05/2011 - 19/05/2011 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
Vulnerable Customers and Social Aspects of Pricing | 23/06/2011 - 24/06/2011 | Completed | Tbilisi (Georgia) | Seminars & Workshops Event |
1st Meeting of the Working Groups on Energy Cooperation between the EU and the Black Sea and Caspian Sea Littoral States and Their Neighbours | - 29/03/2006 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
Regulatory Implications of Energy Efficiency Policies | 14/09/2011 - 16/09/2011 | Completed | Almaty (Kazakhstan) | Event Seminars & Workshops |
Meeting of the INOGATE Country Coordinators and Working Group Members 13-14 December 2011 | 13/12/2011 - 14/12/2011 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
AHEF Project Fiches | 01/01/2010 - 18/01/2012 | Completed | Country Requests (AHEFS) Event |
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PPF Project Fiches | 01/06/2010 - 18/01/2012 | Completed | Country Requests (AHEFS) Reports and Studies Event |
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SEMISE Case Stories | 18/01/2009 - 18/01/2012 | Completed | Reports and Studies Country Requests (AHEFS) Event |
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SEMISE Methodological Approaches | 18/01/2009 - 18/01/2012 | Completed | Reports and Studies | |
Comp A: NEW ITS Workshop for EU Delegations on Project Activities | 26/04/2012 - 26/04/2012 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Event Training Course |
INOGATE 15th Anniversary Report - INOGATE in Milestones 1996-2011 | 14/02/2012 - 14/02/2012 | Completed | Publications | |
INOGATE Annual Report 2011 | 30/11/2011 - 14/02/2012 | Completed | Publications Reports and Studies |
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Translation of 3rd Energy Package of EU Directives | 30/11/2011 - 14/02/2012 | Completed | Publications Reports and Studies |
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Recruitment of Network of Experts | 21/03/2012 - 06/04/2012 | Completed | Publications | |
Final Report | 25/01/2012 - | Completed | Reports and Studies | |
Comp A: Internal Training Course | 23/04/2012 - 24/04/2012 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Training Course |
New Guidelines & Application Form for Assistance under the ITS Ad Hoc Expert Facility (AHEF) | 01/07/2012 - 01/04/2015 | Completed | Country Requests (AHEFS) Event |
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Comp A: Working Group and Country Coordinators Meeting | 29/11/2012 - 30/11/2012 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
Comp A: Promotion of the INOGATE Programme in Oil and Gas Forum in Ukraine | 23/10/2012 - 25/10/2012 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Other Event |
Final Reprt of ITS | 15/02/2012 - 15/02/2012 | Completed | Reports and Studies | |
Final Report of SEMISE | 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2012 | Completed | Reports and Studies | |
Regional Seminar “Electricity Cross Border Trading – EU Perspectives” – Belgium | 31/01/2013 - 01/02/2013 | Completed | Brussels (Belgium) | Event INOGATE Meetings |
INOGATE Newsletter | 14/12/2012 - 31/01/2015 | Completed | Publications Publications |
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Status Report 2011 | 30/11/2012 - 30/11/2013 | Completed | Publications Reports and Studies |
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Comp A: Communication Trainings for EU projects in Ukraine | 11/12/2012 - 12/12/2012 | Completed | Kiev (Ukraine) | Event Seminars & Workshops |