Council of European Energy Regulators

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.

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
36 national energy regulatory authorities
Secretary General
Charles F. Esser and Úna Shortall
Main organ
General Assembly and Board of Directors (President - Garrett Blaney
AffiliationsACER, International Confederation of Energy Regulators
WebsiteCEER

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 36 members - the national energy regulators from the EU Member States, Iceland and Norway as CEER Members, and the regulators of Switzerland, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova 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:

  • 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

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 36 members, including energy regulators in the 28 EU-Member States plus Iceland and Norway - as well as 7 observers - the energy regulators from Switzerland, Montenegro, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia and the Republic of Macedonia.

CountryAuthorityShort Name
AustriaEnergie-Control AustriaE-Control
BelgiumCommission pour la Régulation de l'Electricité et du GazCREG
BulgariaState Energy & Water Regulatory CommissionSEWRC
CroatiaHrvatska energetska regulatorna agencija / Croatian energy regulatory agencyHERA
CyprusCyprus Energy Regulatory AuthorityCERA
Czech RepublicEnergetický Regulační Úřad/ Energy Regulatory OfficeERÙ/ERO
DenmarkEnergitilsynet - Danish Energy Regulatory AuthorityDERA
EstoniaKonkurentsiamet - Estonian Competition Authority - Energy Regulatory DeptECA
FinlandEnergiavirasto - The Energy Market AuthorityEV
FranceCommission de Régulation de l'EnergieCRE
GermanyBundesnetzagentur / Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and RailwayBNetzA
GreeceΡυθμιστική Αρχή Ενέργειας / Regulatory Authority for EnergyPAE / RAE
HungaryMagyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal / Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory AuthorityMEKH
IcelandOrkustofnun / National Energy AuthorityOrkustofnun
IrelandCommission for Regulation of UtilitiesCRU
ItalyAutorità di Regolazione per Energia Reti e AmbienteARERA
LatviaSabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija / Public Utilities CommissionPUC
LithuaniaValstybinė kainų ir energetikos kontrolės komisija / National Control Commission for Prices and EnergyNCC
LuxembourgInstitut Luxembourgeois de RégulationILR
MaltaRegulator for Energy and Water ServicesREWS
NetherlandsDutch Office of Energy Regulation / Authority for Consumers and MarketsACM
NorwayNorges vassdrags- og energidirektorat / Norwegian Water Resources and Energy DirectorateNVE
PolandUrząd Regulacji Energetyki / The Energy Regulatory Office of PolandURE
PortugalEntidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos / Energy Services Regulatory AuthorityERSE
RomaniaAntoritatea Nationala de Reglementare in domeniul Energiei/Romanian Energy Regulatory AuthorityANRE
Slovak RepublicÚrad pre reguláciu sieťových odvetví (URSO) / Regulatory Office for Network IndustriesURSO/RONI
SloveniaJavna Agencija Republike Slovenije za energijo / Energy Agency of the Republic of SloveniaAGEN
SpainComisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia / National Commission for Markets and CompetitionCNMC
SwedenEnergimarknadsinspektionen / Energy Markets InspectorateEi
United KingdomOffice of Gas and Electricity MarketsOfgem

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