Training Course: Introduction to Water Utility Regulation February 16-20, 2015 ǀ Budapest, Hungary COURSE PROGRAMME

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1 Training Course: Introduction to Water Utility Regulation February 16-20, 2015 ǀ Budapest, Hungary COURSE PROGRAMME Organized by: Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) Professional content of the course is facilitated by: Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK) Course Venue: European Youth Centre Budapest (EYCB) Zivatar u. 1-3., H-1024 Budapest Tel.: (36 1) ǀ Fax (36 1) ǀ Web: ERRA reserves the right to change the published agenda at any time during the organisation and implementation of the programme.

2 Monday, February 16 WATER UTILITY ECONOMICS Participants 8:30 9:00 Registration, opening address and introductory round Course Directors: Mr. Péter Kaderják, Director, Regional Center for and Mr. András Kis, Chief Analyst, Water Economics Unit, Regional Center for 09:00 10:30 Setting the scene / Synergies between water and energy regulation Mr. Alparslan Bayraktar, Chairman, ERRA; Commissioner, Board Member, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Turkey 11:00 12:30 Fundamentals of water utility economics Mr. András Kis, Chief Analyst, Water Economics Unit, Regional Center for 13:30 15:00 Water utilities within the wider water management context Mr. Gábor Ungvári, Research Economist, Regional Center for 15:30 16:30 Group Work: Introducing the off-class teamwork assignment for the week* *The Group Assignment: Participants will be grouped and requested to work on the exercise after the classes. Mr. András Kis, Chief Analyst, Water Economics Unit, Regional Center for 2

3 Tuesday, February 17 PRINCIPLES AND INSTITUTIONS OF WATER UTILITY REGULATION 9:00 10:30 Principles of regulation: licensing, price regulation, monitoring and other tasks and competencies Mr. Péter Kaderják, Director, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research, Hungary 11:00 12:30 Regulatory models: organisational and institutional options Mr. Lajos Kerekes, Research Associate, Regional Center for 13:30 15:00 Case study: water utility regulation by OFWAT Mr. David Black, Director of Economics, OFWAT, United Kingdom 15:30 17:00 Case study: The Hungarian water utility regulatory reform Ms. Szilvia Szalóki, Vice-President for Public Services, Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority, Hungary Dr. Iván Szabó, Attorney-at-Law, Dr. Szabó Iván Law Office, Hungary 3

4 Wednesday, February 18 TARIFF SETTING 9:00 10:30 Price regulation I: tariff setting Mr. Péter Kaderják, Director, Regional Center for Energy Policy Research, Hungary 11:00 12:30 Price regulation II: special considerations Ms. Ágnes Törőcsik, Research Associate, Regional Center for 13:30 15:00 Exercise: tariff setting Mr. Péter Kotek, Research Associate, Regional Center for 15:30 17:00 Fiscally and environmentally sustainable tariff designs from across the World Mr. David Zetland, Assistant professor of economics at Leiden University College, The Netherlands 4

5 Thursday, February 19 PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING 9:00 10:30 Water utility benchmarking Mr. András Kis, Chief Analyst, Water Economics Unit, Regional Center for 11:00 12:30 Case study: Performance monitoring in Portugal Mr. Jaime Melo Baptista, President, Portuguese Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority (ERSAR), Portugal 13:30 15:00 The World Bank experience with water utility benchmarking Mr. David Michaud, Senior WSS Specialist and task team leader for the Danube Water Program, World Bank 15:30-17:00 Hot topics**: an interactive session Moderator: Mr. David Zetland, Assistant professor of economics at Leiden University College, The Netherlands ** submitted by participants before the workshop 5

6 Friday, February 20 NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND EMERGING ISSUES IN WATER UTILITY REGULATION 09:00 10:30 Innovative developments within the water utility sector Mr. Gábor Ungvári, Research Economist, Regional Center for 11:00 12:30 Case study: Introducing efficiency and sustainability to the Russian water utility sector Mr. Roman Ruslanovich Iskenderov, Head of Center for Public-Private Partnership of the Russian Water and Wastewater Association, Russian Federation 13:30 13:45 Course Evaluation Participants Participants 13:45 15:00 Group Work: Presentations of teamwork assignments Moderator: Mr. Péter Kaderják, Director, Regional Center for 15:00-15:30 Coffee break 15:30 17:00 Final test Group Photo Final Comments and Farewell Course Directors: Mr. Péter Kaderják, Director, Regional Center for and Mr. András Kis, Chief Analyst, Water Economics Unit, Regional Center for 6