Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, Director of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy, is currently in Athens for a series of meetings with local authorities to inspect on energy-sector reforms included in the bailout agreement, and, beyond the Greek progam, ensure the country is on the right track for EU energy policy commitments leading to the European energy market’s unification, as presented in the target model.

The DG Energy top official’s two-day agenda, concluding today, includes meetings with officials at IPTO, the power grid operator, RAE, Regulatory Authority for Energy, the main power utility PPC, and the Athens Energy Exchange.

Borchard is focused on ensuring the country’s ongoing and prospective energy-sector reforms will be implemented following the Greek program’s conclusion next month, according to certain local officials who have held talks with the visiting authority.

The DG Energy boss also appears to be applying pressure for the maintenance of schedules, by all local energy institutions, as presented in a binding road map resulting from the country’s EU membership, which stretches beyond the Greek bailout agreement.

Prior to his arrival in Athens, Borchard was in Bulgaria.