Energy Community of South East Europe (ECSEE) APL3-Bosnia and Herzegovina Project

The countries of South East Europe, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the European Commission are cooperating to develop a regional energy market, the Energy Community of South East Europe (ECSEE) and integrate it into the internal energy market of the European Union. The objective of the project is to facilitate BiH's participation in ECSEE through investments to: (i) improve dam safety;(ii) reduce adverse environmental impacts at thermal power stations; (iii) replace ageing existing facilities and equipment at hydropower and thermal power stations; (iv) rehabilitate distribution systems and introduce distribution Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, (v) establish a market operation system, (vi) provide hardware and software to improve the financial management information systems of the Elektroprivredas; and through technical assistance to facilitate project implementation, and determine the best way to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions at a power plant.