At MEDREG’s General Assembly meeting held in Brussels on 4 December, Branislav Prelevic, President of Montenegro's Energy and Water Regulatory Agency, was elected President of MEDREG for a two-year mandate.

Today, the Association of Mediterranean Energy Regulators (MEDREG) hosted a high-level discussion in Brussels titled "Shaping the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Market: Progress and Prospects".

Hosted by the League of Arab States (LAS) on 25-26 November in Cairo, MEDREG Secretariat Director, Hasan Ozkoc, participated in the “Arab-African Energy Regulators Conference 2024.

On 7 November in Milan, the MEDREG Presidency Board members gathered to prepare the General Assembly meeting.

With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) is working with the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER) and its Women in Energy program to provide this webinar.

On 5 November, MEDREG held an online webinar titled "Navigating Policies and Regulations for a Mediterranean Green Hydrogen Market: Showcasing Spain and Morocco's Pioneering Efforts", under the impulsion of its Green Hydrogen Task Force.

The Gas Working Group (GAS WG) members gathered in Milan to finalise their report on "Green LNG as a Hub for the Energy Transition".  

On 30 October in Vienna, ANRE President Mr Abdelatif Bardach and E-Control Executive Director Mr Wolfgang Urbantschitsch signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen the collaboration between the Moroccan and Austrian Regulatory Authorities.

As a long-lasting partner of the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA), MEDREG participated in its Chairmen meeting, hosted in Tirana by the Albanian energy regulator ERE on 28 October.

Gathered in Milan, the members of the Environment, Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency Working Group (RES WG) discussed their key 2024 report on “Regulatory framework for the development of energy storage and distributed flexibility resources”.

Algeria has committed to ambitious targets for its energy transition with a national programme for the development of renewable energies of 15 GW in photovoltaics which have been planned by 2035.

The Algerian member - the Electricity and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) – participated in a workshop organised by MEDREG in Milan to develop incentive modalities to engage energy companies in climate certifications.

Organised by MEDREG for its Egyptian member EgyptERA, a workshop took place online on 17 October to enhance EgyptERA’s understanding of verification requirements for grid code compliance, and to design a comprehensive regulatory framework for both generation and demand facilities.

As a part of improving the transparency of a regulator and based on the previous work completed by the Institutional Working Group, EgyptERA decided to prepare their own conflict of interest guidelines.

Gathered in Milan at the MEDREG Secretariat premises, the Institutional Working Group (INS WG) met to review the initial results of their updated regulatory outlook.

Following the Institutional Working Group (INS WG) meeting, MEDREG held a workshop in the afternoon on the “Role of the NRAs in Opening the Market to Competition”.

As we head toward MEDREG’s end-of-the-year General Assembly meeting, the Consumer Working Group (CUS WG) convened in Lisbon, kindly hosted by the Portuguese member ERSE, to take stock of its 2024 deliverables.

Every year, the three regional associations of the Mediterranean (MEDREG), the European Union (CEER) and South East Europe and the Black Sea region (ECRB) convene for a trilateral workshop on consumer-related issues to discuss the most recent dynamics in the energy market and their effect on the final consumer.

Invited to the East Mediterranean Gas Forum - EMGF Joint Conference organised by the Organisation Méditerranéenne de l'Energie et du Climat, MEDREG President Abdellatif Bardach provided a keynote speech

Following the ELE WG meeting held on 1 October in Athens, MEDREG held a study visit for its southern and eastern shore member countries to explore the development of decentralized production, self-consumption of electricity and electric mobility.

Welcomed by the President of the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste, and Water, Prof. Athanasios Dagoumas, in Athens, the ELE WG convened to discuss updates to the Mediterranean Electricity Markets Observatory (2024 MEMO+ report).

The National Authority for Electricity Regulation (ANRE), represented by its President, Mr. Abdellatif Bardach, took part in the opening of Cairo Sustainable Week 2024, held from October 1 to 3 in Cairo.

Held online on 27 September, the Joint ECRB-MEDREG Workshop on “Promoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency” gathered more than 40 participants who learned about mechanisms and strategies to integrate renewable energy, and improve energy efficiency in electricity systems.

MEDREG President Abdellatif Bardach and Director Hasan Ozkoc participated in the 2nd-Europe Future Energy Dialogue (MEFED24), held in Thessaloniki-Greece on 8 September, which addressed energy infrastructure.

As a partner of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), MEDREG participated in the 2nd Edition of the Marrakech Parliamentary Economic Forum for the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf Region on 11 and 12 July.