Structure of final use of electricity

The structure of electricity consumption serves to identify its main users. It is an indicator that allows us to judge the scale of economic and industrial development of a country. The more electricity the private sector uses (industry, agriculture, transport, etc) the more developed the country is. On the other hand, analyzing the structure of final use helps to determine the measures necessary for a…

Of the most important parameters for measuring the efficiency of the consumption of electricity is the level of losses. For many years this has been one of the biggest concerns of the energy sector and it appears that it is still very present. Total losses include Losses in the Distribution System, Losses in the Transmition System, and Non-technical Losses which refer to the electricity taken…

The second component that helps in determining the efficiency of electricity use is the ratio of payments received versus the amounts billed.  Burimi: 2009 Annual ERE reportComments and analysis: Open Data Albania The graph shows that the amount billed (in nominal value) has been constantly increasing. This could be partly explained by the increase in electricity consumption, the price increase, but also by an increase…

As one of the main requirements for a normal lifestyle for the people and the development of the country’s economy, securing the necessary elcetric energy is a real challenge for every government. The demand for electricity is ever increasing, therefore planning the energy production is a pre-condition for a normal energitic situation. Comments and analysis: ODASource: Energy Report, INSTAT Aggregate sources represent all possible alternatives for…

The private sector that produces electricity mades up a small market and still has a low impact in the overall production of electricity in our country. Although after 2008 the number of private companies operating in this market has increased, the data shows that they are still far from being an important factor. Presently the private market is made up by small HEC-s which are…

The Center for European and Security Affairs of the Institute for Democracy and Mediation  has conducted a research on the level of property crime during the last four years, 2008-2011.  The research is based on the data provided by the General Directorate of State Police and intends to deepen the analysis on crime trends in the country as well as to encourage debate on preventive…

The Institute for Democracy and Mediation and the Center for European and Security Affairs have conducted a research on the level of crime against human life in the last four years, 2008-2011. The research is based on the data provided by the General Directorate of State Police and intends to deepen the analysis on crime trends in the country as well as to encourage debate…

Budget revenues represents a country’s revenues from taxes for realizing investments and expenditures by public institutions. The difference between expenditures and revenue makes the budget deficit. In the case of Albania, the budget revenues for 2009 were about 299 billion Albanian Lek (ALL) or 26% of GDP. Compared with the region countries, Albania is ranked as follows: IMF estimatesSource: International Monetary Fund (IMF)Comments and Analysis:…

Budget expenditures represent investments and expenditures incurred by public institutions using revenues. The difference between expenditures and revenue makes the budget deficit. In the case of Albania, budget expenditures for 2009 were about 379 billion Albanian Lek (ALL) or 33% of GDP. Compared with the region countries, Albania is ranked as follows: Source: FMNComments and Analysis: ODA As can be seen from the graph, Albania’s…

Savings –Lending Companies are financial institutions which accept deposits only from their members, and lend these funds to make a profit. They are subject to licensing and supervision requirements and are part of the union of savings-lending which are required to report to the Bank of Albania their financial situation and supervision compliance on an individual basis as well as on a condensed basis for…

Debt stock of a country is total public debt issued domestically and abroad and has not yet been repaid. Open Data Albania, has conducted a research, based on data from the Bank of Albania, Ministry of Finance and International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the progress of the debt stock of the Albanian state over the years. The data are cumulative, so the stock of debt…

The Kosovo banking system is relatively new, but after 1999 it has made considerable progress. Open Data Albania has conducted a research on the Kosovo banking system, based on data provided by the Central Bank of Kosovo. Presently, the banking system comprises 8 banks: Banking System in Kosovo  (2010) Source: Central Bank of the Republic of KosovoAnalysis and Comments: Open Data Albania The entire banking…

Non-bank financial institutions are companies that perform financial intermediary  activities, closely related to financial issues but not classified as accepting deposits institutions. Some of these activities include leasing, lending, investment in securities, etc. The insurance companies and pension funds are not part of them of this categorization of institutions. Open Data Albania has conducted a research on these institutions, and their weight relative to GDP,…

Open Data Albania has conducted a research on bad debt (loans) of banking system in Albania, based on data from the Bank of Albania. Loans are classified as bad debt when banks have difficulty in collecting them. They are categorized in several ways depending on the degree of problems that they show: Standard loans are also called as regular loans, because they show no problem…