Serbian state-owned power grid operator Elektromreze Srbije (EMS) and its Bosnian and Montenegrin counterparts, HOS BiH and CGES, have signed an agreement to set up a Security Coordination Center (SCC), EMS said on Thursday.

SCC, the first Regional Security Coordination Initiative (RSCI) in Southeast Europe (SEE), was set up with a goal to develop the necessary services prescribed by European network rules and by the internal regulations of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), EMS said in a statement.

These services would be adapted to regional needs and used by other transmission system operators from SEE, which will be invited to participate in the management and development of the SCC and will also be offered shareholding rights, in case they have such business interests.

ENTSO-E,representing 41 electricity transmission system operators from 34 countries across Europe, was established and given legal mandates by the EU’s Third Legislative Package for the Internal Energy Market in 2009, which aims at further liberalising the gas and electricity markets in the EU.

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