On Thursday, 16 October, European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jørgensen is expected to hold a teleconference with Cyprus’ Minister of Energy, Commerce, and Industry, George Papanastasiou, and Greece’s Minister of Environment and Energy, Stavros Papastavrou, who oversee energy matters in their respective countries. The focus of the teleconference will be the Greece-Cyprus Electrical Interconnection, the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI). The meeting is confirmed by the publication of the Commissioner’s weekly agenda by the European Commission.
The two ministers had met in Athens last week, where they agreed on the transfer of ownership and operator licenses for the GSI from the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) to Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), as officially published last Friday in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus.