| 1. | Course Title | Energy Regulation | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ09013 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 3-EES, 17-REEKS | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Aleksandra Krkoleva Mateska | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Acquiring knowledge on the energy policy and legislation of the European Union (EU) and the Energy Community (EnC) with a focus on electricity and natural gas markets legislation and its implementation in the countries of Western Balkans and the Republic of North Macedonia. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
1. EU and EnC energy policy: Energy Union – the EU strategic document, Clean Energy for all Europeans – the EU legislative package, Grean Deal – the EU roadmap until 2040; Electricity market – Directive (EU) 2019/944 on common rules for the internal market for electricity (recast), Regulation (EU) 2019/943 on the internal electricity market (recast), Regulation (EU) 2019/941 on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector and Regulation (EU) 2019/942 on the establishment of ACER. 2. EU Third Energy Package. Internal market in electricity: Directive 2009/72/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity; Regulation (EC) 714/2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity; Internal market in natural gas: Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas; Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in natural gas. 3. Energy Community and regional initiatives. Energy Community Treaty – objectives, parties, participants, institutional establishment; Obligations to the parties – Implementation of acquis communautaire on energy, environment, competition and renewable, as well as on energy efficiency, cyber security and oil stock reserves; Expected benefits – security of energy supply, investments, regional energy markets, cross-border energy exchanges, integration into Internal energy market of EU; Obligations of the Republic of North Macedonia as a contracting party to the EnC Treaty. 4. Price regulation in the energy sector and tariffs. Needs for regulation in energy sector; Regulated activities – Transmission and distribution systems and system operators; Costs in transmission and distribution; Regulatory approaches, return of investments, tariffs and price calculation. Transmission and distribution network tariffs: Tariffs based on average costs; Tariffs based on marginal costs. 5. Primary and secondary energy legislation |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures including presentations and simulations, interactions at classes, homework as well as project and individual work. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 70 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 10 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Completed homework. | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | The exam consists of several individual tasks prepared and presented by the student. The final exam is a 30 minute overview presentation for the whole course. | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation. | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | D. Buschle, H. Lesjak (Eds.) | The Energy Community Legal Framework, Edition 4.3, June 2022 | Energy Community Secretariat | 2022 | |||||||||
| 2. | C. W. Jones (Ed.) | EU Energy Law – Volume 1, The Third Internal Energy Market, The Third Liberalisation Package | Claeys & Casteels, Belgium | 2010 | |||||||||
| 3. | V. Borozan, A. Krkoleva Mateska, P. Krstevski | Legal Framework of the Electricity Sector in the Republic of North Macedonia and its International Position | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), ISBN 978-9989-109-96-6 | 2020 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | V. Borozan, A. Krkoleva Mateska, P. Krstevski | Gap Analysis of the Electricity Sector Legal Framework of the Republic of North Macedonia and EU Law | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), ISBN 978-9989-109-96-6 | 2020 | |||||||||
| 2. | European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions | Joint Communication: EU external energy engagement in a changing world | European Commission | 2022 | |||||||||
