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CEER paper on Electricity “Smart Grid” Performance Indicators
CEER's paper ‘Electricity “Smart Grid” Performance Indicators’, provides National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) with a structured framework and a limited set of output indicators to support th...
Electricity
Rewarding Flexibility: How retail contract choice can help unlock consumer flexibility
What is it about?
ACER and CEER’s 2025 retail monitoring report analyses how retail electricity market can contribute to unlocking consumer flexibility in the context of the energy transition.
C...
Electricity
NRAs’ Approach to DSO Flexibility Procurement, Justifications for Derogations from Article 32
Introduction
CEER has published its latest report on NRAs’ Approach to DSO Flexibility Procurement, Justifications for Derogations from Article 32 of the Electricity Directive (EU 2019/944). The...
Electricity
ACER-CEER guidance on Electricity Distribution Planning
Future-ready grids: CEER and ACER set out blueprint for distribution planning
Europe’s clean energy shift is accelerating, and distribution networks must become more modern, flexible and resilient...
Electricity
Status Review of Renewable Support Schemes in Europe for 2022 and 2023
IntroductionCEER has released its latest Status Review of Renewable Support Schemes in Europe, offering an in-depth overview of how electricity from renewable energy sources (RES) was supported in 202...
Electricity
CEER Paper on Incentives in Regulatory Frameworks with a Focus on OPEX/CAPEX Neutrality
The EU’s climate and energy goals are accelerating electrification across sectors, requiring a major expansion of fossil-free generation and grid infrastructure. EU initiatives such as Fit for 55, R...
Electricity
3rd CEER Report on Power Losses
Introduction
This CEER Report examines power losses in European electricity grids, building on previous reports from 2017 and 2020. It analyses definitions, calculations, procurement, and regulatory...
Electricity
TSO Cost Efficiency Benchmark TCB21- Model Specification Electricity
The TSO Cost Efficiency Benchmark (TCB21) assesses the cost efficiency of gas and electricity Transmission System Operators (TSOs) across Europe. Initiated by the CEER in 2021 and concluded in 2024, t...
Electricity
Impact of high market prices on renewables
This CEER Report aims to provide some insight into how high market prices affected supported RES in Europe. It seeks to determine whether there was the option for supported RES to leave any given supp...
Electricity
ACER-CEER Paper on Challenges of the Future Electricity System
This ACER-CEER position paper calls on the new European Parliament, Commission and Council to prioritise five key electricity and infrastructure challenges throughout the legislative process in their...
Electricity
C23-RES-83-05
CEER Paper on Unsupported Renewable Energy Sources
With this briefing, the Renewable Energy Systems Work Stream (RES WS) within the Electricity Working Group (EWG) aims to provide an updated assessment of the status quo of formally supported RES insta...
Electricity
C23-DS-87-03
CEER Paper on DSO Data Exchange Relating to Flexibility and NRAs’ Role
This CEER Paper on DSO data exchange relating to flexibility and NRAs’ role (C23-DS-87-03) provides information on the existing flexibility related data exchange that DSOs are involved with and iden...
Electricity
C22-RES-80-04
Status Review of Renewable Support Schemes in Europe for 2020 and 2021
This CEER Status Review of Renewable Support Schemes in Europe for 2020 and 2021 (C22-RES-80-04) collects comparable data on support for RES in Europe in order to provide policymakers, regulators and...
Electricity
C23-DS-84-04
CEER Short paper on the ownership of Storage Facilities in the Electrical Distribution System
This document seeks to outline a stepwise guide on the tendering procedure and the derogation granting process pursuant to paragraph (2) of article 36 of the (EU) 2019/944 Electricity Directive wherei...
Electricity
C23-DS-83-06
CEER Paper on Alternative Connection Agreements
This CEER report (C23-DS-83-06) provides a comprehensive overview of the alternative connection agreements, as an alternative or as an intermediary measure before grid reinforcements, which allows sys...
Electricity
C21-RES-79-03
CEER Report on Tendering Procedures for Renewable Energy Sources in Europe
This CEER report presents the current state of play on RES tendering schemes in Europe. It is an update of the 2018 (C18-SD-63-03) and 2020 (C20-RES-67-03) CEER Reports on Tendering Procedures for RES...
Electricity
ACER-CEER: Reaction to the European Commission’s public consultation on electricity market design
The ACER-CEER joint response to the European Commission’s consultation comprises their replies to the questions asked by the Commission in its consultation as well as additions to the replies in the...
Electricity
ACER CEER Reflection on EC offshore strategy
In this Reflection Paper, ACER and CEER broadly support the European Commission’s envisaged approach towards creating offshore bidding zones to integrate offshore renewable energy from hybrid system...
Electricity
C21-FP-52-03
CEER Report on Redispatching Arrangements in Europe against the Background of the Clean Energy Package Requirements
This document presents the redispatching requirements laid out in Article 13 of the updated Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity,. The report provides a compa...
Electricity
C21-DS-72-03
CEER Views on Electricity Distribution Network Development Plans
This document presents CEER’s views on electricity distribution network development plans. The document addresses aspects that distribution system operators should consider when preparing and consul...
Electricity
C20-RES-69-04
CEER Status Review of Renewable Support Schemes in Europe for 2018 and 2019
This document constitutes the latest update to the regular CEER Status Reviews of Renewable Energy Support Schemes in Europe and builds on the previous CEER reports.
The data in RES support schemes i...
Electricity
C21-DS-EWG-68-04
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
C21-FP-49-03
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...
Electricity
C20-RES-67-03
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)...