Competences

Basic competences of the Regulatory Commission within the electric energy sector are as follows:

• Monitoring and regulation of relationships between generation, distribution and customers of electricity including traders of electricity,
• Prescription of methodology and criteria for determination of both, the price for using distribution network and for supply of non-eligible customers with electricity as well as the methodology for determination of the fee for connection to the distribution network,
• Making tariff system for selling electricity and using distribution network,
• Determination of tariff rates for distribution system users and tariff rates for non-eligible customers,
• Issuance or revocation of the licenses for generation, distribution and trade of electricity,
• Making general conditions for delivery of electricity,
• Determination of the electricity price at the plant outlet.

In the natural gas sector, pursuant to the Gas law of Republic of Srpska, Regulatory Commission is in charge of the following:

• Determination of methodology for calculation of costs of generation, transport, distribution, storage and supply with natural gas,
• Determination of the methodology for calculation of costs for connection to the network,
• Making tariff system for calculation of prices for using systems of generation, transport, distribution, storage of natural gas and tariff system for calculation of the natural gas prices for the tariff customers supply,
• Determination of criteria and prescription of conditions for obtaining, amendment and revocation of licenses for activities as well as deciding on, in the proceedings for obtaining, amendment and revocation of licenses for activities in the natural gas sector,
• Settlement of disputes per complaints on decisions of the transport and distribution system operators in proceedings for granting approvals for using network and approval for connection to the network,
• Determination of the minimum annual consumption of natural gas which is used to get a status of eligible customer, to determine the status and keep the register of eligible customers of natural gas,
• Giving consent to the operational rules of the system operator and to the general conditions for supply with natural gas,
• Giving consent to the energy undertakings on the prices of  services and prices of the natural gas supplying.

Competences of the Regulatory Commission within the scope of the oil and oil derivatives sector are as follows:

• Determination of the methodology for calculation of costs of oil transport through the oil pipeline and of oil derivatives transport though the product- pipelines,
• Making tariff system for calculation of the price for using oil pipeline and product-pipelines respectively,
• Approval of criteria and prescription of conditions for obtaining, amendment and revocation of licenses for activities, deciding on, in the proceedings for obtaining, amendment and revocation of licenses for activities in the oil and oil derivatives sector and keeping register of issued and temporarily or permanently revoked licenses for activities in the oil and oil derivatives sector,
• Settlement of disputes in the second instance per the complaint,
• Monitoring of activities which the licenses are issued for in the oil and oil derivatives sector pursuant to the Law on oil and oil derivatives and principles stipulated by this law, including follow-up of the application of tariff systems and methodologies for access and using oil pipeline and product-pipelines respectively.