2011 National Report to the European Commission (Covering the period 01.01.2010 – 31.12.2010) Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) Athens, October 2011 REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY 132, Piraeus str., 118 54 Athens, Greece Tel.: +302103727400, Fax: +302103255460 E-mail :
[email protected] , Website: www.rae.gr Table of contents 1. Foreword 3 2. Main developments in the electricity and gas markets 5 2.1. Electricity 5 2.2. Natural Gas 6 3. Regulation and Performance of the Electricity Market 8 3.1. Regulatory Issues 8 3.1.1. Management and allocation of interconnection capacity and mechanisms to deal with congestion 8 3.1.2. The regulation of the tasks of transmission and distribution companies 9 3.2. Competition Issues 14 3.2.1. Description of the wholesale market 14 3.2.2. Description of the retail market 24 3.2.3. Measures to avoid abuses of dominance 28 4. Regulation and Performance of the Natural Gas market 31 4.1. Regulatory Issues 31 4.1.1. Management and allocation of interconnection capacity and mechanisms to deal with congestion 31 4.1.2. The regulation of the tasks of transmission and distribution companies 31 4.1.3. Effective Unbundling 33 4.2. Competition Issues 34 4.2.1. Description of the wholesale market 36 4.2.2. Description of the retail market 38 5. Security of Supply 40 5.1. Electricity 40 5.1.1. Supply - Demand Balance 40 5.1.2. Transmission 42 5.2. Natural Gas 47 5.2.1. Current levels of gas consumption and expected future demand 47 5.2.2.