PROFILE: THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN ENERGY REGULATORS (CEER)

The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is the voice of Europe’s national energy regulators at EU and international level. It seeks to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, efficient and sustainable EU internal energy market. CEER's work includes international cooperation, smart grids, sustainability, Demand Side Operators and customer issues.

Objectives and Functions

The overall aim of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, efficient and sustainable internal market for gas and electricity in Europe. The CEER acts as a platform for cooperation, information exchange and assistance between Europe's national energy regulators and is their interface at EU and international level. On EU issues, CEER works very closely with (and supports) the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), an EU Agency formed for the cooperation of energy regulators which has its seat on Ljubljana, Slovenia.

CEER also strives to share regulatory best practice worldwide through its membership in the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER) which brings together similar associations from across the globe including NARUC (America), ERRA (Central/Eastern Europe) and MEDREG (the Mediterranean region).

The CEER now has 30 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. 

Members

1. Austria: Energie-Control Austria (E-Control)
2. Belgium: Commission pour la Régulation de l’Electricité et du Gaz (CREG)
3. Bulgaria : Energy & Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC)
4. Croatia: Hrvatska energetska regulatorna agencija / Croatian energy regulatory agency (HERA)
5. Cyprus: Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA)
6. Czech Republic: Energetický Regulační Úřad (ERÚ) - Energy Regulatory Office (ERO)
7. Denmark: Energitilsynet - Danish Energy Regulatory Authority (DERA)
8. Estonia: Konkurentsiamet - Estonian Competition Authority - Energy Regulatory Dept (ECA)
9. Finland: Energiavirasto - The Energy Authority (EV)
10. France: Commission de Régulation de l'Energie (CRE)
11. Germany : Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (Bundesnetzagentur – BnetzA
12. Greece: Regulatory Authority for Energy (PAE / RAE)
13. Hungary: Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal / Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH) 
14. Iceland: Orkustofnun / National Energy Authority
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15. Ireland: Commission for Energy Regulation (CER)
16. Italy: Autorita per l'energia elettrica il gas ed il sistema idrico (AEEGSI)
17. Latvia : Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulçðanas komisija / Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
18. Lithuania: Valstybinė kainų ir energetikos kontrolės komisija / National Control Commission for Prices and Energy (NCC)
19. Luxembourg: Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation (ILR)
20. Malta : Regulator for Energy and Water Services (REWS)  
21. Netherlands: Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)
22. Norway: Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat / Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)
23. Poland: Urząd Regulacji Energetyki / The Energy Regulatory Office of Poland (URE / ERO)
24. Portugal: Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos / Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE)
25. Romania: Antoritatea Nationala de Reglementare in domeniul Energiei/Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE)
26. Úrad pre reguláciu sieťových odvetví (URSO) / Regulatory Office for Network Industries (URSO/RONI)
27. Slovenia: Agencija za energijo / Energy Agency(AGEN)
28. Spain:  Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia / National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC)
29. Sweden: Energimarknadsinpektionen / Energy Markets Inspectorate (EI)
30. United Kingdom: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM)

Observers

1. FYR of Macedonia : Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Macedonia (ERC)
2. Kosovo:   Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) 
3. Montenegro: Regulatorna Agencija za energetiku (REGAGEN) Energy Regulatory Agency - Montenegro 
4. Switzerland: Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom)