TY - JOUR
TI - Status of Croatia’s energy sector framework: Progress, potential, challenges and recommendations
AU - Višković Alfredo
AU - Franki Vladimir
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 3
SP - 751
EP - 770
PT - Article
AB - Following the accession of Croatia in the European Union a number of  questions are raised regarding Croatia's legal framework and its ability to  cope with the demands that it faces. This paper provides an overview of the  current status of the Croatian energy sector framework and discusses the  prospects of successful reform in this new Member State. One of the main aims  of this paper is to discuss the current progress, potential prospects and  challenges for implementing a successful reform model in the newest EU Member  State - Croatia. In this context, it is necessary to note the difficulties in  analysing electricity reform which derive from the fact that it can take many  different forms, that it involves a number of interrelated steps and that it  is an ongoing process. With that in mind, the approach to the problem was a  thorough literature review of all possible factors influencing the  development of the Croatian energy sector and a detailed analysis of all the  options and problems the sector faces. The study offers a detail structure of  the energy sector discusses its situation, problems and offers insights on  possible paths to improvement.