Reports
Gas
Strategic Guidelines and Codes: Example related to transparency in natural gas
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. More detai...
Customers
Obstacles to Supplier Switching in the Electricity Retail Market: Guidelines of Good Practice and Status Review
Based on previous ERGEG reports on supplier switching and market organisation and a survey in a majority of the ERGEG Members and Observers, this ERGEG report examines the status of market opening in...
Electricity
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
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...
Gas
Calculation of Available Capacities
On 15 June 2007, ERGEG launched a public consultation on Calculation of Available Capacities: Understanding and Issues – An ERGEG Public Consultation Paper . This public consultation focussed on the...
Electricity
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...
Customers
ERGEG Position Paper on Smart Metering with a Focus on Electricity Regulation
Starting with the analysis of existing or planned smart metering schemes, this document lists some recommendations for regulators and some policy options adoptable by them, according to both types of...
Gas
Secondary Markets – the way to deal with contractual congestion on interconnection points – an ERGEG Conclusions paper
ERGEG has prepared a Conclusions paper assessing the results of its public consultation on secondary markets (E07-GFG-22-14b). ERGEG received 16 responses out of which 14 were non-confidential and t...
Gas
Additional Transparency Monitoring Report
Following the publication of the Compliance with Transparency Requirements of Gas Regulation 1775/2005/EC - An ERGEG Monitoring Report, (E07-TRA-02-03), ERGEG has prepared the Additional Transparency...
Customers
ERGEG’s response to the EC’s public consultation “Towards a European Charter of the Rights of Energy Consumers”
ERGEG's response to the European Commission’s public consultation document "Towards a European Charter of the Rights of Energy Consumers", welcomes the Commission's initiative to address the need fo...
Gas
Impact assessment for Guidelines for Good Practice for Gas Balancing
This report assesses the potential impact of making the ERGEG Guidelines for Good Practice for Gas Balancing (E07-GFG-17-04) binding. The report notes that the quantitative impact of making the GGPG...
Gas
Treatment of New Infrastructure
ERGEG has been asked to submit to the Commission its view on Art. 22 EC/2003/55 and a possible change of the legal framework with respect to investment issues. This paper summarizes the results of ERG...
Electricity
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
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...
Gas
Compliance with Transparency Requirements of Gas Regulation 1775/2005/EC
This report monitors the transparency requirements outlined in Gas Regulation 1775/2005/EU using the 15 April 2007 as a cut-off date (where applicable) for 43 European TSOs. Overall compliance is unsa...
Gas
Gas Transmission Tariffs – An ERGEG Benchmarking Report
This benchmark study compares transmission tariffs and balancing penalties of six European TSOs. Findings of this Report show that there are still large differences in tariffs and balancing penalties...
Customers
Status review on end user prices regulation
ERGEG has reviewed the status of end-user price regulation for electricity and natural gas in EU27. The survey assesses the effects on market functioning of Member States' maintaining regulated energy...
Gas
ERGEG Guidelines of Good Practice – Open Season Procedures (GGPOS)
The Draft GGPOS were issued for public consultation in 2006. To view the consultation documents, please click here...
Gas
Open Season Procedures – ERGEG Guidelines
Here is the final ERGEG Guidelines for Good Practice on Open Season Procedures (GGPOS). The consultation paper and responses by stakeholders are also available in the Public Consulation section....
Customers
GGP and Status Review – Obstacles to switching in the gas retail market
These Guidelines of Good Practice and accompanying Status Review present additional recommendations to the three sets of best practice propositions (BPPs) presented by ERGEG in 2006. They bring forwar...
Electricity
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
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