European Network of Transmission System Operators and KOSTT Sign Connection Agreement – Implementation This Autumn

Following the vote in April by the Regional Group Continental Europe (RGCE), Chief Executive Officer of KOSTT Ilir Shala has inked the connection agreement with the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E).

The TSO of Kosovo said it would operate as an independent regulatory zone within the AK block with the Republic of Albania, under the synchronous area of Continental Europe.

Implementation is expected in the autumn, after technical preparations of Continental Europe entities and Swissgrid, while KOSTT is ready, according to the statement.

The deal with Albania was reached last year, Igor Todorović writes for Balkan Green Energy News.

Integration of EPS’ ElektroSever

The agreement includes the full operationalization of the 400 kV interconnection line with Albania, built in 2016, KOSTT said.

It added ElektroSever, a subsidiary of Elektroprivreda Srbije, Serbia’s state-owned power producer, which would control the territory in the north, must apply for an electricity supply license with the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) of the Pristina authorities.

KOSTT will collect between EUR 4 million and EUR 8 million per year in income from the use of the interconnection transmission network or capacity allocation and congestion management, and between EUR 500,000 and EUR 1 million for transit, the press release reveals.

KOSTT said the agreement is a step toward the membership in ENTSO-E.

KOSTT left the Serbian regulatory area (EMS) in the SMM block, made up of Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia and coordinated by Serbia’s TSO Elektromreža Srbije (EMS).

KOSTT and EMS have a long-standing dispute which once even led to a system frequency deviation in the Continental European Power System.

Elektroprivreda Srbije ad Beograd

EMS ad Beograd

Continental European Power System

KOSTT

European Network of Transmission System Operators

ENTSO E

EPS

EMS

Swissgrid

ElektroServer

Ilir Shala

Kosowo power network

KOSTT separation