Energy community secretariat receives delegation from Montenegro on a high level

The Secretariat welcomed Montenegro’s strong commitment to the energy transition and the adoption of the National Energy and Climate Plan and the coal phase-out timeline initiative. The Secretariat has supported Montenegro to be focused on the process that the Energy Community initiated against Montenegro in line with the  Large Combustion Plants Directive’s opt-out timeline for the thermal power plant Pljevlja. The Montenegrin delegation expressed its readiness to implement the Project for Ecological Reconstruction of TPP Pljevlja which has already started, as soon as possible, so that TPP Pljevlja could operate in accordance with the strictest emission-related EU directives. 

The Secretariat has agreed to extend its assistance to Montenegro, in particular with respect to the development of the missing secondary legislation for renewables, environmental impact assessment for hydropower projects and social and environmental impacts of the transition at local level in Pljevlja.