Reports
Cross Sectoral
CEER 2022-2025 Strategy Empowering Consumers for the Energy Transition
This document presents the Council of European Energy Regulator’s (CEER) strategy “Empowering Consumers for the Energy Transition”. The basis of the Strategy is that European energy regulators,...
Electricity
CEER Response to the European Commission ASSET Study on Regulatory Priorities for Enabling Demand Side Flexibility
In this document, CEER responds to the European Commission ASSET Study on Regulatory Priorities for Enabling Demand Side Flexibility (DSF) which was published in November 2020....
Electricity
CEER Report on Long-Term Generation Investment Signals in a Market with High Shares of Renewables
This report shares some considerations on whether the market framework currently in place in Europe is fit for the steady development of renewable energy, and if it will carry the necessary long-term...
Cross Sectoral
CEER Report on Monitoring NRAs’ Independence
This document discusses the organisational framework within which Europe’s national energy regulators (NRAs) operate. It shines a light on NRAs’ tasks and powers, resources, independence, accounta...
Cross Sectoral
CEER Approach to More Dynamic Regulation
This note gives an initial look at the use of dynamic regulation tools amongst NRAs and related considerations...
Cross Sectoral
CEER First Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effects on the Energy Sector
This document presents CEER’s first analysis of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the energy sector. This interim report seeks to highlight the pandemic’s impact on the energy market as a wh...
Cross Sectoral
CEER Report on Regulatory Frameworks for European Energy Networks 2020
The Report on Regulatory Frameworks for European Energy Networks 2020 analyses different regulatory systems of electricity and gas networks (at the TSO and DSO level) in most EU Member States, Great B...
Customers
CEER Report on Billing Issues in the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package
C19-CRM-CEM-132-03, 23This CEER report (C19-CRM-CEM-132-03) presents an overview of the changes to billing and billing information for electricity customers introduced by the Clean Energy Package (CEP...
Cross Sectoral
What regulators stood for in 2020!
This paper reviews CEER’s 2020 work and brings out CEER’s main messages from 2020....
Gas
Status Review Report on Regulatory Frameworks for Innovation and Security of Supply in Gas Transmission Infrastructure
This document presents a progress report on regulatory frameworks for innovation and security of supply in gas infrastructure. It follows the conclusions of the Energy Infrastructure Forum 2019, which...
Electricity
2nd CEER Report on Tendering Procedures for RES in Europe
This CEER report (C20-RES-67-03) presents the current state of play on RES tendering schemes in Europe. It is an update of the 2018 CEER Report on Tendering Procedures for RES in Europe (C18-SD-63-03)...
Customers
Self-Assessment Status Report 2019 for the Roadmap to 2025 Well-Functioning Retail Energy Markets
This status report uses the framework developed by CEER in its Roadmap to 2025 Well-Functioning Retail Energy Markets. This Roadmap analyses 25 metrics developed in CEER’s 2017 Handbook for National...
Electricity
CEER Status Review Report on Regulatory Frameworks for Innovation in Electricity Transmission Infrastructure
This document presents a progress report on regulatory frameworks for innovation in electricity infrastructure. It follows up on the conclusions of the Energy Infrastructure Forum 2019. The conclusion...
Customers
CEER response to the Commission’s public consultation on the New Consumer Agenda
This CEER document shares with the public CEER’s 6 October 2020 response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on the EU’s new ‘consumer agenda’...
Customers
CEER-BEUC 2030 Vision for Energy Consumers: LET’S ASPIRE!
CEER and the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) have renewed our Vision for Energy Consumers with a horizon to 2030. Looking ahead to 2030 and the EU’s 2050 sustainability and climate neutrality...
Electricity
CEER Paper on DSO Procedures of Procurement of Flexibility
This paper provides insights on what the implications are for incentives, prerequisites and interactions among the involved parties with DSO access to and use of flexibility. The aim of the paper is t...
Gas
CEER Paper on Regulatory Issues Related to the’Delta In-Out’ in Distribution Networks
This document (C19-GS-05-03) aims to reach a more in-depth knowledge of the Δinout problem, by creating a common understanding at the European level, despite possible different features of distributi...
Cross Sectoral
CEER Note on Stranded Assets in the Distribution Networks
This note on stranded assets in the distribution network highlights the main findings following a survey on stranded assets to the CEER Member and Observer National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs)....
Cross Sectoral
CEER Paper on Whole System Approaches
This document presents a short paper on Whole System Approaches (WSA). It categorises three different layers of WSA, taking into account the parties involved (network operators and others) and the sco...
Cross Sectoral
CEER Paper on Cybersecurity in the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package
This document presents how cybersecurity topics have been developed in the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package, going through act by act. This paper also provides information on the status and the...
Cross Sectoral
National Models of Cooperation among Different Sectoral Regulators in the Context of Consumer Law Enforcement
This CEER document (C19-RBM-19-05) reports on whether cooperation models are put in place between NRAs and relevant entities/organisations in order to better ensure consumer protection, as foreseen in...
Electricity
CEER Paper on Electricity Distribution Tariffs Supporting the Energy Transition
This document presents CEER’s conclusions on electricity distribution network tariffs within today’s electricity system and how they can support expected changes. Besides building upon CEER’s ea...
Electricity
2nd CEER Report on Power Losses
This report provides an overview of power losses (transmission and distribution) in electrical grids – the levels of losses, how they are defined, calculated and valued across 35 European countries....