KOSTT j.s.c is a transmission system operator company with its headquarters based in Pristina, Kosovo.
It plays an important role in the energy sector in Kosovo. As a market operator it is responsible for the organization and administration of trades in electricity and the management of the settlement process.
It is a member of the Energy Community, an international organization consisting of the European Union (EU) and a number of non-EU countries.
KOSTT is control area and it is synchronously connected with continental Europe and cooperating with RG CE TSOs to abide by the EU packages. It expects to become a member of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity in the future.
History
Appointed by the Ministry of Energy and Mining of Kosovo and licensed by the Energy Regulatory Office pursuant to the provisions of the primary and secondary Kosovo legislation, KOSTT j.s.c became a licensed entity for the transmission system operator and for the market operation, in October 2006.
The establishment of KOSTT j.s.c was a consequence of the restructuring of the energy sector in Kosovo. The transmission and dispatch functions officially have been divided from the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) (a vertically integrated company) on 1 July 2006, following the decision of the Government of Kosovo taken in July 2005 for restructuring of KEK and the obligations deriving from the Energy Community Treaty for South East Europe