Publications
Policy Paper
CEER Response to the Commission’s Review of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
The report highlights that the relatively short time period for which allowance caps are set impacts on long-term certainty and predictability. Moreover, the restricted coverage of the scheme does not...
Report
Towards Voltage Quality Regulation in Europe – An ERGEG Conclusions Paper
This conclusions paper presents regulators' recommendations on what they see as necessary revisions to CENELEC’s voltage quality standard EN 50160. The Report underlines the basic principles of the...
Report
Compliance with Electricity Regulation 1228/2003 – An ERGEG Monitoring Report
ERGEG has monitored the compliance of Member States, regulators and TSOs with the obligations of Electricity Regulation 1228/2003 in the areas of Inter-Transmission System Operator Compe...
Report
Compliance with Transparency Requirements of Gas Regulation 1775/2005/EC
This report monitors the transparency requirements outlined in Gas Regulation 1775/2005/EU using the 15 April 2007 as a cut-off date (where applicable) for 43 European TSOs. Overall compliance is unsa...
Report
Gas Transmission Tariffs – An ERGEG Benchmarking Report
This benchmark study compares transmission tariffs and balancing penalties of six European TSOs. Findings of this Report show that there are still large differences in tariffs and balancing penalties...
Report
Status review on end user prices regulation
ERGEG has reviewed the status of end-user price regulation for electricity and natural gas in EU27. The survey assesses the effects on market functioning of Member States' maintaining regulated energy...
Policy Paper
3rd Legislative Package Input Paper 6: Transparency requirements for Electricity and Gas – a coordinated approach
Paper 6: transparency requirement for electricity and gas - a coordinated approach...
Policy Paper
3rd Legislative Package Input Paper 5: Powers and Independence of National Regulators
Paper 5: Powers and independence of national regulators...
Policy Paper
3rd Legislative Package Input Paper 4: ETSOplus/GIEplus
Paper 4: ETSOplus - GIEplus...
Policy Paper
3rd Legislative Package Input Paper 3: Network Regulation – Overall Framework
Paper 3: Network regulation...
Policy Paper
3rd Legislative Package Input Paper 2: Legal and regulatory framework for a European system of energy regulation
Paper 2: Legal and regulatory framework for a European system of energy regulation...
Policy Paper
3rd Legislative Package Input Paper 1: Unbundling
Paper 1: Unbundling...
Report
ERGEG Guidelines of Good Practice – Open Season Procedures (GGPOS)
The Draft GGPOS were issued for public consultation in 2006. To view the consultation documents, please click here...
Report
Open Season Procedures – ERGEG Guidelines
Here is the final ERGEG Guidelines for Good Practice on Open Season Procedures (GGPOS). The consultation paper and responses by stakeholders are also available in the Public Consulation section....
Report
GGP and Status Review – Obstacles to switching in the gas retail market
These Guidelines of Good Practice and accompanying Status Review present additional recommendations to the three sets of best practice propositions (BPPs) presented by ERGEG in 2006. They bring forwar...
Report
Cross-Border Framework for Electricity Network Infrastructure: Conclusions Paper
This advice to the European Commission includes key recommendations on:
- Buildings and construction authorisations and permissions to build new electricity lines need to be clarified and speeded u...
Report
Blackout of 4 November 2006: ERGEG final report
ERGEG has submitted to Commissioner Piebalgs (6 February 2007) the ERGEG Final Report on the lessons to be learned from the large disturbance in European power supply on 4 November 2006. The ERGEG Int...
Report
ERGEG Customer Information Handbook
In the framework of the opening of residential electricity and natural gas markets for all European countries from 1 July 2007, ERGEG carried out a survey on Pre-Contractual Information (PCI). The mai...
Work Programme
Report
Compatibility of National Legal Conditions concerning Regulatory Competences
This report on the compatibility of electricity regulators' powers identifies the gaps between the reality and the desired set of competencies of regulators and makes recommendations on how to close t...