Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Electricity Association
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United States Agency 
for International Development

USAID Mission
in Kazakhstan

Embassy of 
Kazakhstan

U.S. Embassy
 in Kazakhstan

Past EIPP partnerships in Kazakhstan:

Illinois Commerce Commission – Springfield, IL
Kazakhstan Agency for Natural Monopoly Regulation – Astana, Kazakhstan

California Wholesale Market Participants – Folsom, CA
Kazakhstan Electric Grid Operating Company – Almaty, Kazakhstan

United States Energy Association – Washington, DC

Kazakhstan Electricity Association – Almaty, Kazakhstan

Alabama State Oil and Gas Board – Tuscaloosa, AL
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection – Kokchetau, Kazakhstan

Preliminary Results:

    Creation of a “grid code”, as a condition for receiving a $300 million World Bank loan for rehabilitating the electric power transmission system, which defines the rights, responsibilities and rules for participants in Kazakhstan’s wholesale power market

United States Energy Association – Washington, DC
Kazakhstan Electricity Association – Almaty, Kazakhstan
Partnership Type:  Energy Association
1999 –2002

   The KEA has created five standing committees for its membership to improve the exchange of information among its members  

  KEA publishes a monthly newsletter on the activities of the association and the industry as a whole  

  After reviewing the budgets and approval procedures of its partners, the KEA staff developed an annual budget that was reviewed and approved by its Board of Directors  

Alabama State Oil and Gas Board – Tuscaloosa, AL
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
– Kokchetau, Kazakhstan
Partnership Type:  Oil and Gas Environmental Regulatory Commission
2000 - 2002  

Preliminary Results:

  After the first exchange visits, the Ministry developed a draft of the new EIA and EIS procedures, which will be reviewed by the Alabama Oil and Gas Board and industry representatives during future exchange visits