Council of European Energy Regulators

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Council of European Energy Regulators
AbbreviationCEER
Formation2000
Legal statusNot for profit organisation
PurposeEnergy market regulation in Europe
Location
  • Cours Saint-Michel 30a, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Region served
Europe
Membership
39 national energy regulatory authorities
Secretary General
Charles Esser
Main organ
General Assembly and Board of Directors (President - Annegret Groebel)
AffiliationsACER,
WebsiteCEER

The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is a non-profit organisation in which Europe's national energy regulators voluntarily cooperate to protect consumer interests and to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive and sustainable internal market for gas and electricity in Europe.

Foundation and mission[]

In March 2000, ten national energy regulatory authorities voluntarily signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" for the establishment of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER). CEER's objective is to facilitate cooperation among Europe's energy regulators in promoting a single-EU electricity and gas market. In 2003 the CEER was formally established as a "not-for-profit association" under Belgian law, with its own Brussels-based Secretariat. CEER represents 30 Members - the national energy regulators from the EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Great Britain as CEER Members, and the regulators of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and the Swiss Confederation as Observers.

CEER works closely with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). ACER is a European Community body with legal personality. ACER became fully operational on 3 March 2011. Its seat is in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Objectives and functions[]

CEER seeks to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, efficient and sustainable market for gas and electricity in Europe.

Some other objectives:

  • facilitate consultation, coordination and cooperation of national regulatory authorities, contributing to a consistent application of legislation in all Member States;
  • set up co-operation, information exchange and assistance amongst regulators;
  • contribute to the advancement of research on regulatory issues
  • operate a training academy for energy regulators

CEER acts as a platform for cooperation, information exchange and assistance between national energy regulators and is their interface at European level with the EU Institutions.

CEER establishes expert views for discussion with the European Commission (in particular DG Energy) and seeks to provide the necessary elements for the development of regulation in the fields of electricity and gas.

CEER also strives to share regulatory experience worldwide through its links with similar regional energy regulatory associations.

Members[]

CEER membership is open to the national energy regulatory authorities of the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA). The CEER now has 30 Members, including energy regulators in the 27 EU-Member States plus Iceland, Norway and Great Britain - as well as nine Observers - the energy regulators from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and the Swiss Confederation.

Country Authority Short Name
Austria Energie-Control Austria E-Control
Belgium Commission pour la Régulation de l'Electricité et du Gaz CREG
Bulgaria State Energy & Water Regulatory Commission SEWRC
Croatia Hrvatska energetska regulatorna agencija / Croatian energy regulatory agency HERA
Cyprus Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority CERA
Czech Republic Energetický Regulační Úřad/ Energy Regulatory Office ERÚ/ERO
Denmark Energitilsynet - Danish Energy Regulatory Authority DERA
Estonia Konkurentsiamet - Estonian Competition Authority - Energy Regulatory Dept ECA
Finland Energiavirasto - The Energy Market Authority EV
France Commission de Régulation de l'Energie CRE
Germany Bundesnetzagentur / Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway BNetzA
Greece Ρυθμιστική Αρχή Ενέργειας / Regulatory Authority for Energy PAE / RAE
Hungary Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal / Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority MEKH
Iceland Orkustofnun / National Energy Authority Orkustofnun
Ireland Commission for Regulation of Utilities CRU
Italy Autorità di Regolazione per Energia Reti e Ambiente ARERA
Latvia Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija / Public Utilities Commission PUC
Lithuania Valstybinė kainų ir energetikos kontrolės komisija / National Control Commission for Prices and Energy NCC
Luxembourg Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation ILR
Malta Regulator for Energy and Water Services REWS
Netherlands Dutch Office of Energy Regulation / Authority for Consumers and Markets ACM
Norway Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat / Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate NVE
Poland Urząd Regulacji Energetyki / The Energy Regulatory Office of Poland URE
Portugal Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos / Energy Services Regulatory Authority ERSE
Romania Antoritatea Nationala de Reglementare in domeniul Energiei/Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority ANRE
Slovak Republic Úrad pre reguláciu sieťových odvetví (URSO) / Regulatory Office for Network Industries URSO/RONI
Slovenia Javna Agencija Republike Slovenije za energijo / Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia AGEN
Spain Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia / National Commission for Markets and Competition CNMC
Sweden Energimarknadsinspektionen / Energy Markets Inspectorate Ei
United Kingdom Office of Gas and Electricity Markets Ofgem

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