Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2006
Effective Start Year: 
2007
Effective End Year: 
2015
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Overarching Policy
Economic Sector: 
Energy
Energy Types: 
All, Other
Issued by: 
Parliament of Georgia
Overall Summary: 
This policy was released by the Parliament of Georgia in December 2007. Through this document the country sets the objectives pursued in the energy sector. In particular, the country is looking to raise its energy security, which serves as a tool for ensuring national interests through secure supply of various energy products under acceptable quantity, quality and price. The aim is to develop a long-term comprehensive state vision, which will later become the basis for the development of short, medium and long term strategies in the energy sector.
Access
Energy access priorities: 
Another important direction of the energy policy is improving the service quality (development/rehabilitation of transmission and distribution infrastructure and finalization of individual metering) and protecting the consumer interests.
Energy access action plan: 
[I]t is of particular importance to strengthen the regulatory function of regulatory bodies, which through consideration of bilateral interests with fair approach ensures the monitoring of service quality and regulation of relations between service providers and the consumers. [...]new standards for service quality must be determined and the criteria for their evaluation and fair rules for service quality monitoring must be determined by the regulatory authoity.
Consumer subsidies: 
The government led social programs and targeted subsidies must ensure uninterrupted supply of energy to vulnerable population.
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
Develop and implement an integrated approach to energy efficiency in Georgia
EE action plans: 
Adequate DSM measures for energy generation, transmission-distribution and consumption as well as energy efficiency programs, play an important role in optimizing country’s energy consumption dynamics. To facilitate the DSM, an according legislative framework needs to be created; activities oriented on i development and establishment of energy efficient technologies and equipment must be planned and implemented; for energy producers and consumers incentivizing regulation must be created and established for realization of energy efficiency programs.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
Development of renewable resources is a key to tackling climate change and deploying cleaner sources of energy.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
Development of renewable resources is a key to tackling climate change and deploying cleaner sources of energy.---While implementing energy projects including implementation of large HPP projects, that might have an environmental and social impact, , it’s vital to take into consideration best international practices, which include environmental and social impact assessment, consultations with local population, information publicity and availability.
Pricing
Energy pricing: 
For effective functioning of the energy markets, transparent and fair tariff levels must be determined. Fair tariffs must on the one hand allow the producer to fully compensate the costs related to service provision, and on the other hand, protect the consumer to receive high standard services at transparent and fair costs. The government led social programs and targeted subsidies must ensure uninterrupted supply of energy to vulnerable population. In addition long term, fixed tariffs (including cap tariffs) may be considered for various types of consumers, to ensure long term, financially and technically sustainable development of energy system.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
Main objective of the energy policy is to raise country’s energy security, which serves as a tool for ensuring national interests through uninterruptable supply of various energy products under acceptable quantity, quality and price.---Diversification of supply sources, optimal utilization of local resouces and reserves.---Diversification of supply sources and routes for oil, natural gas and electricity; efficient utilization of local energy potential; and if necessary, creation of strategic minimum reserves for oil and/or oil products.[...] Local demand on electricity shall be satisfied by own energy resources, through replacing imported energy carriers step by step.[...].
Energy mix: 
Diversification of supply sources, optimal utilization of local resouces and reserves.--- Diversification of supply sources and routes for oil, natural gas and electricity; efficient utilization of local energy potential; and if necessary, creation of strategic minimum reserves for oil and/or oil products
Cross-border energy infrastructure: 
Georgia is remarkably rich in hydro-power resources, also having potential of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal resources, which can be used for creation of additional capacity by means of domestic and foreign investments. To achieve this goal, it is vital to improve investment climate [...] through development of corresponding domestic and cross-border infrastructure;
Trade
Energy trade priorities: 
Georgia is remarkably rich in hydro-power resources, also having potential of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal resources, which can be used for creation of additional capacity by means of domestic and foreign investments. To achieve this goal, it is vital to improve investment climate [...] through deepening strong and stable trading relations with neighboring countries’ energy markets;
Investment
Investment climate development: 
Georgia is remarkably rich in hydro-power resources, also having potential of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal resources, which can be used for creation of additional capacity by means of domestic and foreign investments. To achieve this goal, it is vital to improve investment climate through creation of stable, transparent and non-discriminatory legal basis; through deepening strong and stable trading relations with neighboring countries’ energy markets; through development of corresponding domestic and cross-border infrastructure; also, through support of scientific-research (R&D)activities.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
[S]tarting from year 2017, consumers shall have right to become direct consumers, if they satisfy the requirements set by relevant “Grid Codes” and “ Electricity (capacity) Market Rules”.
National policy structure: 
Gradual approximation of Georgia’s legislative and regulatory framework with the EU’s Energy acquis.
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
[I]t is vital to continue working on further improvement of legal framework as well as scientific-research and infrastructure development, to facilitate utilization of Georgia’s existing clean energy potential and enable the country to become a regional platform for clean energy trading .
R&D renewable energy: 
Georgia is remarkably rich in hydro-power resources, also having potential of wind, solar, biomass and geothermal resources, which can be used for creation of additional capacity by means of domestic and foreign investments. To achieve this goal, it is vital to improve investment climate through [...] support of scientific-research (R&D)activities.