# Council of European Energy Regulators

The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is a non-profit organization in which Europe's national energy regulators co-operate to protect consumer interests and to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, and sustainable internal market for gas and electricity in Europe.

## Foundation and mission

In March 2000, ten national energy regulatory authorities voluntarily signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of CEER. CEER's objective is to facilitate cooperation among Europe's energy regulators in promoting a single-EU electricity and gas market. In 2003, CEER was formally established as a non-profit organization under Belgian law, with its own Brussels-based Secretariat. CEER represents 30 Members - the national energy regulators from the EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Great Britain as CEER Members, and the regulators of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and the Swiss Confederation as Observers. CEER works closely with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). ACER is a European Community body with legal personality. ACER became fully operational on 3 March 2011. ACER's seat is located in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

## Organization Objectives

CEER seeks to facilitate the creation of a single, competitive, efficient and sustainable market for gas and electricity in Europe.
Some other objectives:
* Facilitate consultation, coordination, and co-operation of national regulatory authorities, contributing to a consistent application of legislation in all Member states
* Set up co-operation, information exchange, and assistance amongst regulators
* Contribute to the advancement of research on regulatory issues
* Operate a training academy for energy regulators
CEER acts as a platform for cooperation, information exchange, and assistance between national energy regulators and is their interface at European level with the EU Institutions.
CEER establishes expert views for discussion with the European Commission (in particular DG Energy) and seeks to provide the necessary elements for the development of regulation in the fields of electricity and gas.
CEER also strives to share regulatory experience worldwide through its links with similar regional energy regulatory associations.

## Members

CEER membership is open to the national energy regulatory authorities of the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA). The CEER now has 30 Members, including energy regulators in the 27 EU-Member States plus Iceland, Norway and Great Britain - as well as nine Observers - the energy regulators from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and the Swiss Confederation.
| Country | Authority | Short Name |
| Austria | Energie-Control Austria | E-Control |
| Belgium | Belgian Federal Commission for Electricity and Gas Regulation. | CREG |
| Bulgaria | State Energy & Water Regulatory Commission | SEWRC |
| Croatia | Croatian energy regulatory agency | HERA |
| Cyprus | Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority | CERA |
| Czech Republic | Energy Regulatory Office | ERO |
| Denmark | Danish Energy Regulatory Authority | DERA |
| Estonia | Estonian Competition Authority - Energy Regulatory Dept | ECA |
| Finland | The Energy Market Authority | EV |
| France | Energy Regulation Commission | CRE |
| Germany | Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway | BNetzA |
| Greece | Regulatory Authority for Energy | PAE / RAE |
| Hungary | Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority | MEKH |
| Iceland | National Energy Authority | Orkustofnun |
| Ireland | Commission for Regulation of Utilities | CRU |
| Italy | Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks, and Environment | ARERA |
| Latvia | Public Utilities Commission | PUC |
| Lithuania | National Control Commission for Prices and Energy | NCC |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg Institute of Regulation | ILR |
| Malta | Regulator for Energy and Water Services | REWS |
| Netherlands | Dutch Office of Energy Regulation / Authority for Consumers and Markets | ACM |
| Norway | Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate | NVE |
| Poland | The Energy Regulatory Office of Poland | URE |
| Portugal | Energy Services Regulatory Authority | ERSE |
| Romania | Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority | ANRE |
| Slovak Republic | Regulatory Office for Network Industries | URSO/RONI |
| Slovenia | Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia | AGEN |
| Spain | National Commission for Markets and Competition | CNMC |
| Sweden | Energy Markets Inspectorate | Ei |
| United Kingdom | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets | Ofgem |