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	39 national energy regulatory authorities
Secretary General	Charles Esser
Main organ	General Assembly and Board of Directors (President - Annegret Groebel)
Affiliations	ACER, International Confederation of Energy Regulators
Website	CEER

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	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	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

References

External links

CEER website

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