Publications

Electricity E10-ENM-22-03

Final Advice on the Community-wide Ten-year Electricity Network Development Plan

This document sets out ERGEG’s advice for the development of the Community-wide ten-year electricity network development plan. The advice focuses on both the Community-wide ten-year network developm...
Electricity E10-EQS-38-05

Position Paper on Smart Grids – an ERGEG Conclusions Paper

This Conclusions Paper presents a set of conclusions (7) and recommendations (10) that should be taken in account, where appropriate, by European and national decision-makers when discussing smart gri...
Electricity E09-ENM-16-04

Final Guidelines of Good Practice on Electricity Grid Connection and Access

The Draft GGP on electricity grid connection and access were issued for public consultation in 2009. To view the consultation documents, please click here...
Electricity E09-ENM-14-04

Revised Guidelines of Good Practice on Electricity Balancing Market Integration (GGP-EBMI)

The Draft Revised GGP-EBMI were issued for public consultation in 2009. To view the consultation documents, please click here...
Electricity C09-GA-52-06a

Implementing the 3rd Package: next steps

A European energy regulators review of key practical issues which need to be considered in view of the implementation of the European Union's third package of legislative measures concerning the inter...
Electricity C08-SDE-05-03

Status Review of Renewable and Energy Efficiency Support Schemes in the EU

This status report examines the support schemes in place across Europe. It found that fiscal incentives such as tax reductions or exemptions are often used to complement the main support...
Electricity C08-EQS-24-04

4th Benchmarking Report on Electricity Quality of Supply

The 4th Benchmarking Report on the Quality of Electricity Supply provides an in-depth review of continuity of supply, voltage quality and commercial quality. This detailed report analyses data from 27...
Electricity E08-ENM-02-04

Guidelines of Good Practice on Operational Security in Electricity (GGP-OSE)

The Draft GGP-OSE were issued for public consultation in 2008. To view the consultation documents, please click here...
Electricity E08-EFG-29-05

Firmness of nominated transmission capacity

Firmness of transmission capacity rights is important for cross-border trading, market integration and competition development. Given differing approaches to this issue, the European Commission reques...
Electricity C08-GA-40-08

Strategic Guidelines and Codes: Example related to Congestion Management in Electricity

This is one of the ERGEG examples of their suggested alternative approach to the process for adoption of EU codes and rules as foreseen in the 3rd energy liberalisation package....
Electricity C08-GWG-42-03

EFET Proposal on Regional Independent System Operators (R_ISO) – CEER Response

EFET has proposed an approach where Transmission System Operators (TSOs) in a given gas regional market bring together cross-border network related activities into a Regional Independent System Operat...
Electricity E08-EFG-27-04

ERGEG Status Review on Building and Construction Authorisation and Permit Process- Case Examples

Following a request from the European Commission, ERGEG prepared a brief Status Review on Building and Construction Authorisation and Permission (BCAP) Processes, using case examples from the electric...
Electricity E07-EFG-25-03

Compliance with Electricity Regulation 1228/2003 and Congestion Management Guidelines – Criteria for Compliance

In preparation for its 2nd compliance monitoring report, ERGEG has prepared a detailed list of criteria to assist regulators in measuring compliance in the areas of inter-transmission system operator...
Electricity C07-GA-34-08

CEER Response to a Regional Independent Operator (RIO) proposal by EURELECTRIC

This CEER Response to a Regional Independent Operator (RIO) proposal by EURELECTRIC gives general views due to the fact that the proposed RIO model is not yet defined sufficiently (a point recognised...
Electricity C07-ENV-09-03

CEER Response to the Commission’s Review of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

The report highlights that the relatively short time period for which allowance caps are set impacts on long-term certainty and predictability. Moreover, the restricted coverage of the scheme does not...
Electricity E07-EQS-15-03

Towards Voltage Quality Regulation in Europe – An ERGEG Conclusions Paper

This conclusions paper presents regulators' recommendations on what they see as necessary revisions to CENELEC’s voltage quality standard EN 50160. The Report underlines the basic principles of the...
Electricity E07-EFG-23-06

Compliance with Electricity Regulation 1228/2003 – An ERGEG Monitoring Report

ERGEG has monitored the compliance of Member States, regulators and TSOs with the obligations of Electricity Regulation 1228/2003 in the areas of Inter-Transmission System Operator Compe...
Electricity E07-ETN-01-03

Cross-Border Framework for Electricity Network Infrastructure: Conclusions Paper

This advice to the European Commission includes key recommendations on: - Buildings and construction authorisations and permissions to build new electricity lines need to be clarified and speeded u...
Electricity E06-BAG-01-06

Blackout of 4 November 2006: ERGEG final report

ERGEG has submitted to Commissioner Piebalgs (6 February 2007) the ERGEG Final Report on the lessons to be learned from the large disturbance in European power supply on 4 November 2006. The ERGEG Int...
Electricity E06-BAG-01-05
Electricity E06-REM-08-03

Compatibility of National Legal Conditions concerning Regulatory Competences

This report on the compatibility of electricity regulators' powers identifies the gaps between the reality and the desired set of competencies of regulators and makes recommendations on how to close t...
Electricity E06-CBT-12-04

ERGEG advice on Guidelines for Transmission Tarification – Application of G-charge across the EU

In July 2005, ERGEG gave advice to the European Commission on Transmission Tarification Guidelines. The objective of these guidelines was, as a first step, to harmonise charges paid by generation (G...
Electricity E05-ESO-06-08

ERGEG Guidelines of Good Practice on Electricity Balancing Market Integration

These GGP constitute the ERGEG advice to the European Commission on electricity balancing market integration addressed in the Electricity Directive and in line with the Congestion Management Guideline...