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The Energy Community is an international organization bringing together the EU and its neighbours in Armenia, Norway and Turkey participate as Observers.

The Energy Community is an international organisation which brings together the European Union and its neighbours to create an integrated pan-European energy market. The organisation was founded by the Treaty establishing the Energy Community signed in October 2005 in Athens, Greece, in force since July 2006. The key objective of the Energy Community is to extend the EU internal energy market rule

s and principles to countries in South East Europe, the Black Sea region and beyond on the basis of a legally binding framework. The Energy Community has ten members: the European Union and nine Contracting Parties - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine.

16/06/2026

⚡ The Energy Community Secretariat is looking for an Electricity Distribution System Expert to join our Electricity Unit.

📍 Location: Vienna, Austria

🗓️ Apply by: 12 July 2026

🔍 We’re looking for someone who:

✅ Is a citizen of an EU Member State or a Contracting Party to the Energy Community Treaty

✅ Holds a university degree in economics, engineering, or a related energy-related field

✅ Has at least 3 years of experience with EU or Energy Community electricity acquis and market regulation

✅ Brings strong knowledge of electricity distribution systems and DSOs

✅ Has excellent analytical, drafting, and communication skills

✅ Is fluent in English (written and spoken)

💡 You will:

• Support implementation of electricity distribution and DSO-related legislation

• Work with stakeholders across Europe on market design and system flexibility

• Contribute to EU-aligned regulatory frameworks and policy development

• Support the Energy Community DSO Coordination Group (ECDSO-E)

• Analyse data, prepare reports, and contribute to studies and policy papers

👉 More information and application: https://bit.ly/43CbOyU

Know someone working in electricity markets or DSOs? Tag them or share this opportunity! 🔁

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15/06/2026

We're proud to have joined Vienna Pride this past Saturday alongside Team Europe again this year.

Europe stands for freedom, respect, and equality.

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12/06/2026

⚡ Gas news: Moldova strengthens energy security through strategic reserves

Under legislative changes, the designated supplier for natural gas supplies to the Transnistrian region — must now establish and maintain a mandatory reserve equal to 15% of the region's average annual gas consumption.

The Transnitrian region (otherwise known as the Left Bank) is a breakaway region on Moldova's eastern border, which has operated outside Chișinău's control since the early 1990s.

📣 This is one of a series of steps Moldova has taken that is setting the example for what real security of supply looks like.

👉 Moldova has already exceeded EU requirements, securing storage volumes above 20% of average annual consumption nationally

👉For the first time, storage arrangements have been formally extended to Transnistria — reducing systemic risk across the whole country

👉The move follows a Gas Security of Supply table-top exercise held on 9 June, where Moldovan authorities and energy sector stakeholders — including system operators, suppliers, traders, and large consumers — simulated high- and medium-impact disruption scenarios and tested real-time responses in line with the national emergency plan

The Secretariat is proud to stand beside Moldova, as it continues down its European path.

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12/06/2026

Active consumers are already emerging across South East and Eastern Europe, but uneven rules and limited market access are holding back full participation, according to a new Energy Community Regulatory Board report. 👇

By shifting when and how they consume electricity and store and generate renewable power, these consumers can help integrate more renewables, reduce system costs, and support more efficient use of existing grids.

Because of this, according to a new Energy Community Regulatory Board (ECRB) report, regulators across the region see active customers as an increasingly important tool for strengthening security of supply.

Want a snapshot of their potential?

☀️ In Albania and Serbia, the number of active or renewable self-consumers more than doubled between 2023 and 2025.

☀️In Moldova and Ukraine, it rose by over 50%, with Ukraine’s installed capacity increasing from 1,820 MW to 2,678 MW.

What is the solution? 🧐

A detailed regulatory framework needed to make active consumers’ participation in electricity markets both practical and economically attractive is still under development across the Energy Community Region. The newly published ECRB report provides concrete suggestions to address this, including:

👉 Simpler grid connection procedures

👉 Better access to smart meter data

👉 Pricing should better reflect when electricity is used, including through time-based tariffs and dynamic contracts, to encourage consumption when electricity is abundant and reduce pressure on the system during peak demand.

To read the full report: https://bit.ly/4ehZKHH

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10/06/2026

Moldova tests gas emergency procedures, strengthening crisis response mechanisms 👇

Moldovan authorities and energy sector stakeholders — including system operators, suppliers, traders, and large consumers — came together on Tuesday, 9 June, to conduct a Gas Security of Supply table-top exercise, simulating high- and medium-impact scenarios and testing responses in real time in line with the national emergency plan.

🧐 This is the first exercise of its kind in Moldova, marking an important step in strengthening the Energy Community Contracting Party's emergency preparedness and crisis response capacity. Lessons learned will be shared with the broader Energy Community region through the Gas Security of Supply Coordination Group, and feed directly into Moldova's national gas risk assessment.

Moldova’s reliance on imported natural gas — the main fuel for electricity and heat in the Energy Community Contracting Party — makes its energy system particularly exposed to seasonal demand swings and supply shocks. This vulnerability was underscored starting with 2021 energy crisis, when disruptions to Russian gas supplies revealed structural weaknesses in supply security.

⌛ Since then, Moldova has advanced EU-aligned reforms to strengthen resilience, diversify supply sources, and reduce dependence on single suppliers.

👉 A major milestone was reached on 1 April 2026, when Moldova opened its gas market to large non-household consumers, representing more than half of national demand. This reform is expected to enhance competition and improve access to more diversified and affordable gas supplies.

👉 In addition, Moldova has gone beyond EU requirements by securing gas storage volumes exceeding 20% of average annual consumption and, for the first time in 2025, extending storage arrangements to the Transnistrian region, thereby reducing systemic risks.

For more on Moldova and the Tabletop exercise, head to our website.

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04/06/2026

And that's a wrap! Athens Electricity Forum strengthens Energy Community cooperation to accelerate electricity market integration, increasing energy security 👇

⚡ On 3–4 June, the Energy Community’s Athens Electricity Forum gathered the stakeholders needed to make EU–Energy Community electricity market integration a reality — from policymakers and regulators to system operators, market actors and European institutions.

🏃‍➡️ The integration of the EU’s South East and Eastern European neighbours into the EU single electricity market has gained urgency amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. With CBAM alignment and the right flexibility planning, the region can turn electricity market integration into a driver of renewable investment and long-term fossil fuel independence, Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski underscored.

This is especially true if the region simultaneously advances in the electrification of fossil-fuel intensive sectors such as heating and transport.

“Electricity market integration is among the region’s most important pre-accession energy priorities,” Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski said. “It is how we build larger, shock-resistant markets, unlocking the homegrown energy needed for long-term security.”

For the full press release, and the conclusions, see: https://bit.ly/4uzvIWl

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04/06/2026

As we advance EU-Energy Community electricity market integration, regulators have an enormous role to play 👇

Listen to Tamar Paranushvili of სემეკი / საქართველოს ენერგეტიკისა და წყალმომარაგების მარეგულირებელი კომისია / GNERC, Georgia.

Got opinions? Drop them in our comments.

We're finishing up our live coverage of the Athens Electricity Forum, but stick around a bit for the grand finale.

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04/06/2026

Mia Vujovic of Montenegro's Ministry of Energy and Mining came to this year's Athens Electricity Forum with good news. ⚡

Montenegro has notified the transposition of the Electricity Integration Package -- a set of 9 legal acts that once fully and compliantly transposed, opens the door to start the electricity market integration process with the EU's internal electricity market.

Montenegro is now in the verification process, whereby both the Energy Community Secretariat and the European Commission verify whether the Contracting Party has fully and compliantly transposed the The Secretariat issued its assessment to the European Commission on the 15th of May this year, and the Commission now has 5 months to issue it's opinion.

You can follow where all Contracting Parties are in the verification process here: https://bit.ly/4em94eR

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04/06/2026

Milos Mladenovic, CEO of SEEPEX A.D. came to the Energy Community's Athens Electricity Forum with a very specific purpose. 👇

🗣️After 20 years of attending the forum, these are his expectations for this year's event.

👉What are you hoping comes out of the forum this year? Drop a comment and join the conversation below.

& Keep following us today, as we share final updates from Athens.

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04/06/2026

Looking for takeaways from our intense discussion at the Athens Electricity Forum on CBAM and its effect on electricity trade between the EU and the Energy Community?

Edin Zametica, from Bosnia and Herzegovina's State Electricity Regulatory Commission, has this to say 👇

Join the debate by commenting on this post, and follow us here today for more coverage from the Athens Electricity Forum.

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