Risk Preparedness Plan For Electricity Sector in Georgia
The requirements, contents and template for preparation of the Risk-preparedness Plan are stipulated in Chapter III (Articles 10, 11, and 13), Article 21 and ANNEX I of the Risk-preparedness Regulation, and Article 7 and Article 8 of the draft Order №1-1/520 of Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia dated 2 December 2020 – Rules on Security of Electricity Supply.
Pursuant to the SoS Rules, with the other requirement determined therein, the Risk-preparedness Plan also takes into account the requirements stipulated by the Resolution No. 453 of the Government of Georgia dated October 6, 2017 "On the development of rules for preparation of emergency management plan".
To ensure an effective approach to electricity crisis prevention and management a Risk-preparedness Plan is prepared on the basis of identified most relevant national electricity crisis scenarios.
The Risk-preparedness Plan includes national and regional measures that are planned or taken to prevent, prepare for and mitigate electricity crises.
The Risk-preparedness Plan describes effective, proportionate and non-discriminatory measures addressing all identified electricity crisis scenarios. The plan is technical and operational in nature, its function being to help prevent the occurrence or escalation of an electricity crisis and to mitigate its effect. The Risk-preparedness Plan should be updated regularly.
The Risk-preparedness Plans should be made public, while ensuring confidentiality of sensitive information.
Having the Risk-preparedness Plan in place enables Georgia to timely prepare for the electricity crises and mitigate or prevent the consequences of the crisis and in this way to maintain the security of electricity supply for the consumers in Georgia. The Risk-preparedness Plan is also a good instrument to establish common and coordinated actions with the neighbouring countries in order to cope with regional electricity crises. Since Georgian neighbouring countries are not members of the EU or the Energy Community, they are not obliged to apply the same regulation, so any cooperation related to emergency situations should be based on bilateral agreements.
According to Article 7 of the SoS Rules, “…based on electricity security risks and crisis scenarios the Risk-preparedness Plan shall be developed by MoESD in cooperation with the TSO, Inter-Institutional Group for Energy Security (IGES), GNERC, distribution system operators, electricity producers, if necessary, other energy enterprises and relevant organizations representing the interests of household and non-household consumers. MoESD immediately informs Energy Community Secretariat about the approval of the Plan. The plan shall be updated at least once every four years by MoESD.”
Risk-preparedness Plan has the structure and contents defined by the Security of Supply Rules which is in compliance with the Risk-preparedness Regulation, according to which the mentioned document was drawn up.
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