Reports
Cross Sectoral
Status Review of DSO Unbundling with Reference to GGP on Functional and Informational Unbundling for DSOs
In July 2008, ERGEG published Guidelines of Good Practice on Functional and Informational Unbundling for Distribution System Operators. The European Commission invited ERGEG to present to the 2nd meet...
Electricity
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...
Customers
Status review of the definitions of vulnerable customer, default supplier and supplier of last resort
This report provides an analysis of the state of play in the ERGEG member and observer countries as regards these issues and Article 3 obligations in the Electricity and Gas Directives (2003/54/EC and...
Cross Sectoral
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
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...
Gas
Monitoring the implementation of the GGPLNG
In 2009 ERGEG carried out a comprehensive monitoring exercise of its Guidelines of Good Third Party Access Practice for LNG System Operators (GGPLNG). ERGEG’s monitoring exercise therefore covered L...
Gas
ERGEG Guidelines on Article 22 (exemptions) – Conclusions
To view the consultation documents, please click here...
Cross Sectoral
Status Review of Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector
This is the first review of sustainable development to be undertaken by CEER. The key objective of the report is to assess the progress that Europe has made in working towards the development of susta...
Customers
ERGEG Status Review of End-user Price Regulation as of 1 July 2008
This Status Review is a follow-up to ERGEG’s July 2007 Position Paper on End-user Energy Price Regulation which called for the removal of regulated prices and for Member States to publish (by July 2...
Gas
European Regulators’ Experience with Article 22 exemptions of Directive 2003/55/EC
The focus of the document “European Regulators’ Experience with Article 22 exemptions of Directive 2003/55/EC. 2008 Update of ERGEG’s internal survey” was to obtain the necessary data to updat...
Gas
2008 Status Review: Capacity Allocation Mechanisms and Congestion Management Procedures for Storage
The ERGEG Status Review of Capacity Allocation Management (CAM) and Congestion Management Procedures (CMP) for Gas Storage found a wide range of different approaches to allocating gas storage capacity...
Gas
2008 Market Monitoring: Implementation of the Guidelines of Good Practice for Gas Balancing
This report finds that there are undeniable, significant differences in balancing regimes across Europe and the existing balancing regimes can pose significant barriers for market entry to new entrant...
Electricity
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
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...
Cross Sectoral
ERGEG’s 2008 Status Review of the Liberalisation and Implementation of the Energy Regulatory Framework
The European Energy Regulators have drafted an assessment of the development of the European energy market, based upon information provided by the 27 National Reports. The 2008 ERGEG Status Review sho...
Cross Sectoral
ERGEG 2010 Status Review on the Liberalisation and Implementation of the Regulatory Framework
This 2010 ERGEG Status Review on the Liberalisation and Implementation of the Regulatory Framework draws conclusions primarily from the National Reports of the national energy regulators and from seve...
Gas
Status Review on the Design of Security of Gas Supply Schemes and Solidarity Mechanisms
In its Status Review, ERGEG has analysed the need for security of supply-policy measures for gas storage facilities. The Status Review presents the state of play on the implementation of security of s...
Electricity
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...
Customers
Transposition of Consumer Rights Monitoring Report
Upon a request from the European Commission, European Energy Regulators have conducted a monitoring exercise of the transposition of European Union (EU) energy consumer rights provisions as set out in...
Cross Sectoral
Market Abuse – ERGEG and CESR advice to the European Commission in the context of the Third Energy Package – Response to Question F.20
Following the European Commission’s request for advice, ERGEG and CESR have conducted a public consultation on market abuse issues related to energy trading.
The ERGEG and CESR advice addresses the...
Customers
Status Review Supplier Switching Process Electricity and Gas markets- Five case studies
This report monitors the transposition of supplier switching Best Practice Propositions (BPPs) in the electricity and gas retail markets. The report is based on five case studies. Five countries where...
Cross Sectoral
ERGEG and CESR fact-finding results on pre- and post-trade transparency and trading oversight
Following the European Commission's request for advice, ERGEG and CESR have conducted a fact-finding exercise on the current situation in the EU Member States with regard to pre- and post-trade transp...
Electricity
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...