Publications

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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€...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
Policy Paper

EFET Proposal on Regional Independent System Operators (R_ISO) – CEER Response

EFET has proposed an approach where Transmission System Operators (TSOs) in a given gas regional market bring together cross-border network related activities into a Regional Independent System Operat...
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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...
Work Programme
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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...
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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...
Policy Paper

CEER Response to a Regional Independent Operator (RIO) proposal by EURELECTRIC

This CEER Response to a Regional Independent Operator (RIO) proposal by EURELECTRIC gives general views due to the fact that the proposed RIO model is not yet defined sufficiently (a point recognised...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Policy Paper

ERGEG Position Paper on End-user Price Regulation

Following its June 2007 status review of end-user price regulation among EU Member States, this ERGEG Position Paper presents the following messages: Regulated end-user energy prices distort th...