Regulation and Investments in Energy Markets

Chapter 1

The Regulatory Framework of the Energy Community in South East Europe: Considerations on the Transferability of the Concept

Branislav PrelevicEnergy Community Regulatory Board; the Regulatory Energy Agency of MontenegroEnergy Economics, University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro

Abstract

The South East Europe (SEE) electricity market constitutes an important electricity reform experiment for the whole world. This is because the SEE countries have been given a clear reform model to follow (by the European Union, EU). Following this model, the main role of the SEE Energy Community (EC) is to extend the EU internal energy market to the SEE. Under this electricity reform, the EU has assigned a crucial role to the regulators in facilitating infrastructure ...