1 Introduction
2 Legal Gap Assessment
2.1 Directives (Existing and Proposed)
2.1.1 Liberalisation of the Electricity Market
2.1.2 Liberalisation of the Gas Market
2.1.3 Energy Taxation
2.1.4 Large Combustion Plant Directive (and Proposed Revision)
2.1.5 The SAVE Directive
2.1.6 Directives on Labelling of Consumption of Energy
2.1.7 Directives on Energy Efficiency Requirements for Household Appliances
2.1.8 Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention Control
2.2 Decision and Programs
2.2.1 Law on Gradually Decommissioning of Trbovlje-Hrastnik Mine, Environmental Sanation of Thermal Power Plant Trbovlje II and Support to Development Reconstructing of the Region of Zasavje
2.2.2 5th EU Framework Programme on Research and Development
2.3 Environmental Agreements
2.3.1 Energy Agreements
2.3.2 International Agreements On Air Pollution Protection
2.4 General Policies and Strategies for the Future
2.4.1 National Environmental Action Plan
2.4.2 National Energy Action Plan (NEP)
2.5 Planned and Proposed Activities
2.5.1 Integrated Resource Planning Directive
2.5.2 Feed in Directive (Renewables)
3 Patterns of Regulation and Implementation
3.1 Energy Policy Relevant Legislation and Institutional Designs in Early 1990s
3.1.1 Historical Background: Policy Arena of "Self-Managing Interest Community of Energy Sector"
3.1.2 Constitutional Changes and Amendments to Energy and Related Legislation After Fall of Communist Regime
3.1.3 Policy Objectives, Process and Style
3.2 Energy Policy in a Newly Independent State: An Instrument of Monetary, Social and Regional (De)Development Policy
3.2.1 The Role and General Pattern of Energy Policy in the Period of "Normalisation"
3.2.2 Legal and Institutional Reorganisation of Energy Industry
3.2.3 Resolution on the Strategy of Supply and Use of Energy of Slovenia
3.2.4 Drafting of the National Energy Action Programme: a Never-ending Story
3.3 The Troublemaking New Agenda of Energy Policy
3.3.1 Legal Harmonisation to EU Internal Market and Climate Issues
3.3.2 The Energy Law
3.4 The Energy Policy Relevant Environmental Policy in Slovenia
3.4.1 The Origins and Brief Overview of History of Environmental Protection in Slovenia
3.4.2 Energy Relevant Environmental Policy Actors
3.4.3 The Environmental Protection Act
3.4.4 The CO2 Tax Decree
3.4.5 The National Environmental Action Programme
3.5 Policy Actors, Instrumentation, Arenas, Networks and Styles
3.5.1 Actors
3.5.2 Policy Instruments and Instrumentation
3.5.3 Energy Policy Arena(s)
3.5.4 Networks
3.5.5 Policy Style
3.6 Detailed Description of the Policy Processes and Styles on Selected Environmental Policy Documents
3.6.1 The Environmental Protection Act
3.6.2 The CO2 Tax and the Decree on a CO2 Emission Tax
3.6.3 The National Environmental Action Programme
4 Existing Co-operation
4.1 Approach
4.1.1 Methodology
4.1.2 Selection
4.2 Best Practice Projects
4.2.1 Wood biomass based DH in Gornji grad
4.2.2 Integrated Approach in Energy Efficiency in Heating in Fran Albreht Elementary School in Kamnik
4.2.3 Energy Conservation Strategy
4.2.4 Networking and Training of Energy Advisers
4.3 General Findings and Conclusions
4.3.1 The character of the projects
4.3.2 Actors Involved
4.3.3 Dissemination of Results
5 Recommendations
5.1 Extension of EU Advisory Support in Energy Policy for at least Additional 18 Months
5.1.1 Background
5.1.2 Project Rationale and Objectives
5.1.3 Time Schedule and Costs
5.2 Supporting the Co-operation in Development of Regional Markets with Wood Biomass Fuel and Wood Biomass Energy Utilisation Technologies
5.2.1 Background
5.2.2 Project Rational and Objectives
5.2.3 Time Schedule and Costs of the Projects
5.3 Support for the Promotion of Third Party Financing of Energy Efficiency Investment
5.3.1 Background
5.4 Schools, Municipalities and NGO Co-operation on the Field of Energy in School Related Environmental Education and Energy Efficiency Related Activities
5.5 Background
5.5.1 The Rational and Objectives of the Project
5.5.2 The Time Schedule and Costs
6 References
6.1 Patterns of Regulation and Implementation
6.2 Energy and Environment Data
7 Appendix
7.1 Energy and Environment Data
7.2 Screening of Co-operation Project