Council of European Energy Regulators
The Council of European Energy Regulators 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. 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 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 establishes expert views for discussion with the European Commission 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 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. 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.| 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 / 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 |