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MINUTES OF MEETING

OF JOINT SESSION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ENERGY SECTORS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARM EN IA

AND GEORGIA

Tbilisi June 29 - 30, 2017

MEETING PARTICIPANTS:

STAKEHOLDERS GEORGIA

Ministry of Energy of Georgia

Mariam Valishvili, Deputy M inister of Georgia

Georgian State Electrosystem JSC

Sulkhan Zumburidze, Rehab ili tation manager/Chairman of the Management Board

Giorgi Amuzashvi"~ Member of the Manag ment Board

Zurab Ezugbaia, Member of the Management Board

Zurab Mikaia, Head of the National Dispatch Center-Ch ief Dispatcher

Mikheil Tavberidze, Head of the Operational Plann ing and Contracts Registra tion

Service

Arch il KokhtashvilJ~ Head of the Electric reg imes and Development Service Levan Aitsuradze, Head of the Operationa l management Service Ekaterine Mchedlishvili, Head of the System services and Balancin g energy Unit

D. Namchevadze, Information security officer/Head of the ISMS and Methodological

Support Department

Ketevan. Kukava, Senior Specialist, ISMS and Methodological support Department

David Dgebuadze, Head of the Electricity metering Deportment

Tamar Gogoreliani, Senior Specialist, Electricity metering Department

Angelino An tipova, Prabationer sp ciallst, Electricity metering Departmen t

STAKEHOLDERS ARMENIA

Armenian Power System Operator (EPSO CJSC)

Gornik Ba lyan, Deputy Director General - Chief Engineer

Siranush Asatryan, Deputy Head of Energy RegImes Plann ing Divis ion Gurgen Aghababyan, Leading Engineer of Energy Regimes Planning Division

Armenian Power Market Operator (SC CJSC)

Mkrtich Ja /alyan, Director General

Lilia Safaryan, Leading Engineer of Electrici ty Metering Department

Armenian Transmission Company (HVEN CJSC)

Razmik Khochatryan, Deputy Director General/Chief Engineer

Armenian Power Trading Company (Energalmpex CJSC)

Stepan Gevorkyan, Director General

Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia

Vahan Madoyan, Head of Regional Energy Markets Development Division

Armen Hovhann isyan, Chief specialist of Energy Infrastructures Division

Public Services Regulatory Commission of Armenia

Garegin Baghramyan, Head of Tariff Policy Department

USAID Georgia

Nicholos Okreshidze, USAID Georgia, COR G4G;

USAID Armenia

Marino Vardanyan, COR for Water and Energy Projects

EC.LEDS/Armenia PROJECT

Morino Cukic, EC-LEDS Project

David Lockhart, fC-LEDS Project

Abgar Budaghyan, EC-LEDS Project

Ruben Abrahamyan, EC-LEDS Project

Agenda:

1. Discussion and f inalization of the Roadmap for implementation of the Act ivities defined by the

Joint Working Group in M oM dated 23-24 March 2017;

2. Discussion and agreement thematic working groups and members according to the tasks given in the Roadmap;

3. Discussion and preliminary approval of the draft of t he Additional Agreement N3 to the Metering

Methodology signed on 15 th of March of 2010.

The Parties agreed upon the following:

1. Discussed, f inalized and approved the Roadmap for implementation of t he Activities defined by the Joint Working Group in MoM dated 23·24 March 2017.

2. Parties created t hemat ic working groups and define respective members.

3. The Roadmap (Annex N1 ) and information about Joint Working Group (Responsibility by Tasks)

(An nex N2) are atta ched to t his Minutes of Meeting.

4. Parties agree d th at th ey will continue working in Joint Working Group according to the tasks and timeframes given in t he approved Roadmap .

5. Pa rt ies di scussed and preliminary appro ved the draft of the Additiona l Agreement N3 to the

15 lhM etering M ethodology signed on of March of 2010. Relevant signing parties shall start internal procedures for co ncl usion of the mentioned draft Additional Agreement N3.

Signatures:

JZumburidze, G5E, Rehabilitation Manager/Chairma n of t he Management Board

""'--_+--___~. Balyan, EPSO, Deputy Director General- Ch ief Engineer a

M . Jala lyan, Settlement Center (MO), Director General y y::J L-/ r . Baghramyan, Head of Tariff Pol icy Department, Pub lic Services Regulatory ~ommiSSion (PSRC) r\nne\ NI

ROADMAP

For lmplementation or the Activitie.

Delined by the Joint Working Croup in MoM dated 23-24 March 2017

For fruitful imp lementation of common gouls :;et b) joint Working Grou p representatives of enurg) ectors of the Republic of Armen ia and Georgia (hl.:rc imlter referred to as '·Pu/1ies"). dur ing the meeting on 23-24 March 2017 in Ye revan. Armenia. Pa ni l!s agreed upon the fol lowing:

I. INFORMATION SIJARIN v

Part ies \\ ill contin ue lC'lur erat io ll i n :,hari ng ini"u rl11at ion on existing and p lanned organinll ional tructu res/institutiona l ,.!t:vcJopm ents of ~Iectri cil) lllilrh. ets. ror the purpust! of harnKlll iz ing Ihe ru it!s and regulat i on~. a Iso c\)I1s iueri ng l~etJ rg i a' S obi igat io ll 10 com pi y with the INTSO- l rules and EL Third Energy Pnckage.

eCI;!c;sar) act ions for tusk ncc0Il1rt isi1 lllcnt:

I) [den ti I) ' ing the sco[)e of in formati on to be '1 ha red - info rmation thnt has sign ifiea n! illl Pdct on rclotionc;hip bctween parties under this program ell1U llI ay be im rortan l fo r hnrmOnt/al ion or the ruks llnd legis lation:

2) Determi ning the platrorm amI rrequenc) of inii.mnalio l1 shor in g - at least once in <> ll111nth~ period:

3) Informat ion shari ng based 011 freq llenc) agreed:

4) Based on the ~onsiderat ion or exc hl1ngt:u informat ion share requests on clarifil.:tllion and re levant recom ll1 endnt i nn~ on fur th er cOt)[)erm i( 11l under this [)mgrn m.

2. CREATION OF WORKING GROUP

Parties have creuted thl!matic wur\... ing groups un J de lilll.:d I11clllber'i!c.\perts or each working gnlll[)

The Wor!"ing Gro ups will be supported b) c(Jn~u l! nnts <I!' necessary .

1) Worl{ing Groups:

Georgia;

Coord ina to rs - Giorgi AmuzHshvili. I\ l cmbel' oj' the Mnnag\.!rm:nt Board, Georgian ~Inte

Elee trosY'itern .lSC (G~[) Zurab Ezugbaia. Me mhcr of the Management Board Georgian 5tate Electrosystem JSC (GSE )

Ml;:ll1bl:r~ - Zurab Mikaia. I leflu or the Nationa l Dispatch Center-Chid' Disptltcher (CSI:)

Mil\heil l'a\'beridzc, Ilead 0( the OpCr:1 IillIla I Planning ono (lll111'U.;ts Regl~tratlon (GSl ) Archil KokhhlSh"ili, Ilead nj' the I lectric regimes and Developl11ellt ~Cf\ Ice

(GSE)

Levan Aitsurauze. I kad p[· tht.: ()rcrationn l management Service (GSI- ) Ekaterine Mchcdlis l1\ iii. I kau o j' the o..,ystc l11 sen ices and Balancing encrg:

nit ((JSL

David Namchc\'ulizc. InrOI'matioll security officcrll-kad or the ISM~ ami

Armenia:

Coord inator

Me l11 b~rs

Met hodological (GSl:.)

Mariam Kuka\'a , IIead of lhl: Unit or Harmon izat ion with EU Regu li.1 tion!> ilnd

Lega l development (GSE)

Giorgi Val\htllngadze. Head of the Transmission Network Plann ing amI

Development Section (GSC)

Nino Kiladzc, I lead tlr the I rall<;m iss ion Net\vork Planning and Developmen t cel ion. ~cnior Cngineer «(JSEj Kctevan Kuk:I\'Il. I..,l! n i ~)r Specin i isl. ISMS and Methodologica l "upr0r\ Department (GSE) David Dgcbuadzc. Ilend or the I:k<.:lricity metering Department (GS[) Tamar Gogorcliani, Sen ior Spcc inlist. Electricity meter ing Department (uSE) Angelina Anliponl. Prohalioner "pcc inlis\. Elt:ctr icity metering Dl:partl11ent (C5r) •

Carnik Balyan. Deputy Director General/Chief Engineer of Electr ic Power ystem Operator eJSC (EP~

MI<rtich Jalalyan. ]) irC\.:lo r General of Sett lement Center CJSc. Electric Power Mark~l Orwrn tor (EPMO) Ralmili. Khachatryan, DeI'LlI; Din:C\(lr (Jcneral /Ch id Cngineer. l l igh Vultage ElectriL Networl-.s clse (1IVL[\,j Garcgill Baghramyan, Hend oeTari lT Pol icy Dep::trtlllenL Public Ser"ke!.

Regulator) Commission (P~R(,)

Scda Shahill~ an. I-kilL! 1,1" I l:b:.tlu Il J I iCl'lls ing Department. PSRC

Vahan l\ludo~an. J lead \1 1' Regi un ul L ll l!rg) J\rlurh.l:ts Deve lopmellt Di\ i"loll.

M inist l') (l Cl- m:rg} I n lra"tr ll cllln:~ ami NUlLlral Rcst1urccs (MoEINR)

Armen Ilovhanisyan. Cll ieC ~p~c i nl i s \ o( Lncrgy Inil'astructures D i\'i-;inn.

MoEINR

Stepan Gevorkyan, Gelll!ra l Director of Energaimpex CSJc. Power rraJ ing mpany Sinlnush Asatryan. Deputy l!cud or Energy Regimes Planning Division.

EPSO

urgen Aghababyan. Leading Engineer or Energ) Regimes Planl1 inlJ

D ivis ion. EPSO Annen Ghulyun. Deput\- I lead I'll' Opl!rative Information and r\UtUll1ut lon DepuI1meni f\ r "Cnl: rgakar " branch. cPS Tigran Arzuruanyan. I--lt:nd of Iechnica l/ l r '-.erv icel Division. DCpUl~ Chief ngineer. EPMO Lilhl Sa fll f") an. Leading Engineer o r Llectricil\ Metering Dl!parlmenl. I- PMO Alfred Tumanyall. I ei.HJing l-ngiIH':l!r or I lectrlcit) Trade l)l!purtmenl. I P\ll Robert I"so\'yan. Atlvi..;u r lu l)irl!C IOr (Jellc:ral. I 1'1\\0 Lc\ol1 Vardlln~ .. n. !)c\c lurml:111 and 111\1!~lm~llts Programs Ikpartmenl _ pccin l i~t. EP~O

Arlhur Karapel) all. t;cn i(1 r Di<;palchcr oCCl!llLra l Dispatching Center. LPI..,O

3. TASKS OF THE WORKING GROUPS

Task A. Cross-Bonier Trading Prillciples

Period: June 2() l 7 - Decem/wI' J() l '"

I) Determination orNTC/Ale monthly Calcu latio ns:

2) Development of Interconnection Cupaci ty AUl; (ion/Ali ocalion Principles:

3) Development or Month and Day Ahead T rodi ng Princi ples:

4) Dcvelopmern of Metering Requi rements:

'\) Dc\ elo plllcnt or 1l11baln ncc rrud ing. Pr inciples um.lJor Prinl;i p le~ lur regul ation ur tk\, j,lliull s.

Task B. Trading Software

Perio": JO /ll/(//:I' ]0 18- .lillie ]019

I) Developing the lisl of the ex isting software in li se b: !h~ part ies, supp lemented b: re levant explanations;

2) Providing the plans for ne\\ so ftware j1un.:hase and/or devclopll1l: t1t s. sup plemented n:k'van t

:xplannlions:

3) Mah. ing dec isiun on cooperation in ::'llfi w'-Ire necJ!:>:

4) Prepara tion of the ::.oftv.. nre:

5) Implementat ion orthe TOR lor commiss iuning orsoh,\ure.

TllSk C. Cross-Border T.-ading Principles llnd Rules

Period: JW lIl cW \ J()I , ....' - DI.','elli /w/' :; (11 , I) DevelllpmCnl l)r ne\\ rules l i ~t tlnd ,t ructurc :

2) Development of ne\\ rules:

3) Approva I of implementat ion schl!du Ie.

Tasl. D. Trade Agreement

Period: DeceJllher 2() / \ - .JII/\" ]0 ll)

I) Deve lopment u f requ irements for elabora t iun of the dran standard agreement lor cro~!)-border power trading between commerc ial entities or the two coun tries (hereinafter: I rude greement):

2) Dl:ve lupment or standurd frade Agreement , tructure:

3) Developme nt of" stundard I~a de i\grccillent.

4) Arrrt\ \ _d ofswnd:t rd 1radc dgreclTl cJlI "" rCClll11ll1l!l1dcd dnCUl11cn t.

Tasl. E. Harmonization of new draft amendments Ilnd supplements to the Legislatioo and Regu la tionl'o

Period: JO/l l/m:J' ]Ol 8 - Decem her lOl l I ) Listi ng of the draft amendment::. and suppleme nts to the Il:gislnti ol1 anu regulations in the power sector plan ned Inr devclo l, ment in l1 ean:st future;

2) Develop ln ent ofgu idelint:s !brelubtlrmion \)f lhl; dran nll1endl1le n t~ and supplemen ts lak ing into cons ideration Gel)rgia's l}hli ga l ioll 1\ ) l:omply w ith thl.! EN I SO-E rules and Ell Th ird

Energy Pnckage and Armeniu"s (lb ligalion In com ply \\il h the Curas ian Economic L Il i o n regulations;

3) Development of the struclme or lhe dr-an arnc l1 dl11~nts and supp lements;

4) Devt' lopment ofio int p ion lor leg islation dc\ l:lllplllell t:

5) Agreement of part ies 011 the dran ul11endll1l: lll ~ UIlt! :-.upp lemcnls .

AnnCA N2

.Joini Working Group

(Responsibility h) Task\!)

Armenia Georgia

1. [nformation sharing and I. Illformation sharing coordination of coordination of activitie" activities

Garnik B~llyan . Depul} Din.::cwr Giorgi Amuz~lshvili, Member ofth

General/C hief Engineer of Electric Power Management Board. Georgian State ystem Operator CJSC (EPSO) Electrosyslcl11 JSC {GSE

Mkrtich Jalalyan. Di rector General oj' Zunlb Ezugbain. Member o f the ettlemcnt Center (.ISC. electric Power Management nourd Gevrgian Statc

Market Operutm (EPMOl J:kctrosyslcm .ISC (CS E)

Razmik Khachairyan , Deputy Direc tor David Namcbe, 'adze. Informat ion s(;curity encrallChief Engi ne~r. High Voltage ofTicer/Ht'ud () r the 1 SM Sand Methodologic::!1 ::.Iectric Networks (HVE (GSE) Garegin Baghramyan, Hend of Tariff

Po licy Department. Public Service

Regulatory Commission

Vahall Madoyan, Head of Regional

Energy Markets Development DiviSIOn.

.10CfNR

2. Cross-border Trading Principles and 2. CI·oss-bordc." TI'ading Pril1ciples and Rules Rules

Srda Shahinyan . Heud or I ~g:1 1 ,md Mikbeil Tavbcridze, Head or the Orx:rnliuna!

Licens ing Department. PSRC Pb nni ng and Co ntracts Registration (GS[-,)

Vahan Mado)/an, Head of Regiunal Archil Kokhtasbvili, Head of lhe Electric Energy Markets Development Division. regimes und Development Service (GSE ) MoEfNR Ek11terinc l\IIchcdlishvili, Head oCthe ~:stcm Robert Tsovyan. Advisor to Direc tor services anu Balam'ing energy Unit (GS L ) General. EPMO evan Aitsuradze, Head of Ul t: Operat ional Levoll Vardanyan. Development and manugement Service tGSn investments Programs Department Duvid OgchulIdzc. I-lend of the Ek ctricity "' pecialisl. EP~ metering Dl.!partment (GSF )

Stepan GevorkY:ln, Gen~ral Directo r.

Zurab Miknia. I-lead of Ih(' National

Energaimpex CSJ Dispatch Centl.:!r-C hief Dispulcher ((TS[ I Gurgen Agh41babY~ln . L~ading Enginet!r Giorgi Vnkbtangad.le, IleaJ of [hI.!

f Ellergy Regimes Planning Divisi ~) n .

Iransm isslOn Network Planning and cPSO Dl'vdopmCnl Secl ion ((JSE)

Alfred Tumanyan. Leading Engi nee r or Ninl> KH:HJ.le, Ilead of" the f rans mi ssHlIl I- b :tri (;il) Trnde Depart ment. I"P~ 1 0 Nl: l\\ Ork Planning unu Devl! lopml.!l1t o.;~ctiun.

~--______________________. ________~___ ______~k~__~__ ________________~ ~Sen ior T: nl! ineer (GSE) http:KH:HJ.le http:Vnkbtangad.le

3. Trading Sol....wnrc

Tigran Arzumanyan. Head or TechnicallIl Service/ Division, Deput) Chief Engineer, Eleclric Power Market perator (EPMO) 'inmush Asatry'ln. Deputy (-lead of .:.nergy Regimes Planning Di vision. l-, PSO Gurgen AghababY.1D. Leading Engint!t?r r Energ) Regimes Planning Divlsiun.

PSO

Armen Chulyun. Deputy I-lead of Operali\'~ Information and Automation Department of "Energakap" bran t:h. I, PSO

4. Trude agreement and Ilarmonization of Legislation

Seda Shabinyan. Head of Legal and Licensing Department. PSRC Vahan Madoyan, Head of Regional Energy Markets Developlllt:l1t Division.

MoEII\R ArmeD lIovhanisyan, Chi~f specia list of Energy InfrasLructures Division. Mo[INR Stepan Gevorkyan, General Director.

C: ncr~ail11pex CS.lC Lilia Saf~IJ·Y.,". Lead ing Engineer tl\' I:.kclJic it) Metering Department. EPtvlO Alfred Tumanyan, Lending Engineer or ::Iectricity Trade DepaJ1ment, EPMO Valle Mal·tirosY~ID. Ilead or Financ ial Department. HVE Robert Tsovyan, Advisor to Director General. EPMO Arthur Karapetyan. Senior Di~patcher oC 'entral Dispatchi ng Cenlt:r. !::PSO

Levon VartJanyan, Development and Investment$ Programs Depm1mel1l Spec iali st. 1:.1:>'"

J. Tradin~ Software

Mikheil Tavberidze, I lead of the Operat ional Plann ing and Contrac ts Regis tration (GSE) Archil Kokhtashvili, Head ofthe Electric I'(:gimes and Development Service (GSL ) David Dgebuad7.c, Heau of the Ele~tricit)' metering Departmcnt (GSE)

4. TratJc Agreement antJ I-hrmonization of Legislation

David Dgebuadzc, Head of the Elec tricit metering Department (GSE)

David N'lmchcvadze, Infom1alion securi ty orriccr' l lead of the ISMS and Mdhodolngical

(GSE)

Mariam Kuka\'ll, I lead or the Unit or

! iarmonizalion with EU Regu lations i.lI1 d Legal de\ elopment (GSC)

Kctcvan Kulmvll. Senior Specialist. I'\MS and t\ kthodological SlJprort Department «(I~[ )

Tamou' Gugorcliani, Seni or Specialist.

l:kctric lt) ml:t~ring Deplu·tmenl (GSl )

AngclinH Antipo"ll, Probationer speciali,>!'

:" Iectnci t) metering Department (GSI: ) http:AghababY.1D