Baltrel visio

The Baltrel Committee meeting was supplemented on 17 October 2008 by the seminar titled “BALTREL: the Baltic Electricity Ring – approaching the target”.

The seminar gave a broad overview of current issues connected with the development of the electricity market around the Baltic Sea, presented both by representatives of BALTREL Members and invited speakers from EC, ETSO, NordReg and Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

	Title of presentation	Presented by
1.	Introduction to the Seminar – “Energy policy – a tool for supremacy or security”.	Professor Wawrzyniec Konarski, Political Science
2.	EC attitude towards Electric Baltic Ring in the light of the market consolidation and liberalization processes.	Mr. Matti Supponen, EC DG TREN, Electricity and Gas Unit
3.	Nordic approach to the energy security round the Baltic Sea	Mr. Sture Larsson, Svenska Kraftnät, Technical Director, Deputy Director General
4.	Place and role of the Baltic Countries in the electricity ring	Mr. Vladas Paskevicius, Chairman of Lithuanian Electricity Association
5.	Baltic Electricity Ring seen from the OJSC Inter RAO UES perspective	Mr. Dangiras Mikalajunas, Member of the Management Board of OJSC Inter RAO UES
6.	Baltic Electricity Ring seen from the ETSO perspective	Mr. Graeme Steele, Chairman of ETSO Task Force on Security of Supply and European Policy & Interconnectors Manager at National Grid, UK
7.	The value of the Polish part in the Baltic Ring completion	Mr. Jerzy Andruszkiewicz, Vice President, PSE-Operator SA
8.	The development of the electricity market around the Baltic Sea – NordREG viewpoints	Ms. Asta Sihvonen-Punkka, Manager of Finnish EMV and NordREG Chairwoman