Speakers
M.Sc. Marko Senčar
Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
Marko Senčar, M. Sc., started professional career 1988 as assistant researcher in the field of thermohydraulics and nuclear safety analysis at scientific research institutes in Slovenia and Switzerland. He collected broad experience in working for a Swiss consulting and engineering company over some years, particularly in the area of safety, operation and availability. His work included technical, but also economic and, to some extent, legal aspects.
After returning to Slovenia in 1996, he worked for about a year in the development of electric power system of Slovenia in preparation for market opening. He led the preparatory activities to introduce a new organization within the structure of the Ministry for Economic Affairs, the Directorate for energy supply, and acted for more than three years as its director. The most important working tasks were participation at and partly leading the preparatory activities of Energy law and the first by-laws, based upon the Energy law, which have enabled the market introduction.
Apart from this, he led the preparations of negotiation position for EU accession, and participated in the negotiations for the electricity subgroup within Chapter 14, Energy. Moreover, he led the preparations and projects, among them international projects, to establish the independent regulatory authority, the Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, and participated in several activities to making it operable. Since April 2001, he has acted as its deputy managing director. During this period the first regulatory framework for the electricity network pricing was developed and enforced, natural gas market opened, gas transmission pricing regulated, energy activities were licensed and the market concept was amended through a new, amended law 2004 which substantially modified the powers of the regulatory authority.
The strategic, conceptual and structural issues as well as several practical developments in electricity and gas field are the most important subjects of his activities, together with representation of the authority at electricity and gas regulatory fora and leading international supportive projects. He is vice-president of the Slovenian Committee of CIGRE for the field of energy market and regulation.