Reports
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...
Cross Sectoral
Guidelines of Good Practice – Functional and Informational Unbundling for DSOs (GGP FIU-DSO)
The Draft GGP FIU-DSO, were issued for public consultation in 2007....
Cross Sectoral
The Green Package – Proposed EU ETS and Renewables Directives: A CEER Position Paper
The CEER shares the EU concerns on climate change and recognises the need to take immediate action in this area. As such, regulators welcome the EU’s “Climate action and renewable energy packageâ€...
Gas
Guidelines of Good Practice for Third Party Access for LNG System Operators (GGP LNG)
The Draft GGPLNG were issued for public consultation in 2007. To view the consultation documents, please click here...
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...