Council of European Energy Regulators

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:

• 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 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.

See also

• Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
• European Regulators’ Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG)
• Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
• EURELECTRIC

References

• About-Section on the website of the European Energy Regulators
• CEER founding Statutes

External links

• CEER website