Council of European Energy Regulators

Council of European Energy Regulators
Abbreviation CEER
Formation 2000
Legal status Not for profit organisation
Purpose Energy market regulation in Europe
Location
  • Cours Saint-Michel 30a, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Region served
Europe
Membership
33 national energy regulatory authorities
Secretary General
Andrew Ebrill
Main organ
General Assembly and Board of Directors (President - John Mogg, Baron Mogg)
Affiliations ACER, International Confederation of Energy Regulators
Website CEER

The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is a "not-for-profit" organisation in which Europe’s national regulators of electricity and gas 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). The 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. The CEER represents 33 members - the national energy regulators (from the EU-28 Member States, Iceland and Norway as CEER Members, and the regulators of Switzerland, Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia as Observers)

The 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:

The 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.

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

The CEER also strives to share regulatory experience worldwide through its links with similar regional energy regulatory associations. CEER has taken the lead role in developing the International Energy Regulation Network (IERN) web platform to facilitate the global exchange and analysis of information concerning electricity and natural gas market regulation.

Members

CEER membership is open to the national energy regulatory authorities of the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA). The CEER has now 33 members, the energy regulators from the 28 EU-Member States plus Iceland and Norway - as well as 3 observers - the energy regulators from Switzerland, Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia.

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 ERÙ/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 Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway/Bundesnetzagentur) 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 Electricity Regulation CER
Italy Autorita per l'energia elettrica il gas ed il sistema idrico AEEGSI
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 Malta Resources Authority MRA
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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