Policy Papers
CEER Position Paper on Renewable Self-Generation
With increasing amounts of small-scale electricity generation (and partial storage) connected at distribution level (particularly rooftop solar and wind), self-generation has the potential to have a s...
CEER Position Paper on Principles for Valuation of Flexibility
This paper seeks to support discussions on CEER’s input to the Energy Union (Winter Package). It is intended to serve as a position paper stating the principles for further valuation of flexibility...
Joint ACER-CEER response to the European Commission’s interim report of the Sector Inquiry on Capacity Mechanisms
Joint ACER-CEER response to the European Commission’s interim report of the Sector Inquiry on Capacity Mechanisms
6 July 2016
This note contains the feedback of the Agency for the Cooperation of...
CEER Statement on the European Commission’s Heating and Cooling Strategy
CEER, as the independent voice of Europe’s energy regulators, welcomes the European Commission’s strategy on heating and cooling and in particular its objective to make the heating and cooling sec...
CEER Position paper on early termination fees
In its Position paper on early termination fees, CEER restates its view that energy suppliers should not charge a termination fee to customers who switch energy supplier. This is because charging a sw...
CEER response to the European Commissions consultation on a new Renewable Energy Directive
This document contains the feedback of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on a new Renewable Energy Directive (RED) for the period afte...
CEER Response to the European Commission Public Consultation on the Review of Directive 2012-27-EU on Energy Efficiency
CEER response focuses primarily on Articles 9-11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive, which pertain to metering, billing information and cost of access to metering and billing information....
CEER Position paper on well-functioning retail energy markets
This strategic high-level paper presents a forward-looking framework for evaluating the performance of retail energy markets. It considers issues from both the supply and demand side and develops our...
ACER-CEER response to the European Commission’s consultation on risk preparedness in the area of security of electricity supply
CEER and ACER welcome the opportunity to provide comments to the European Commission’s consultation on risk preparedness in the area of security of electricity supply....
Joint ACER-CEER response to the European Commission’s Consultation on a new Energy Market Design
Joint ACER-CEER response to the European Commission’s Consultation on a new Energy Market Design
8 October 2015
CEER and ACER welcome the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission's r...
CEER Response to European Commission Consultation on an EU Strategy for LNG and Gas Storage
This document presents the CEER Response to European Commission Consultation on an EU Strategy for LNG and Gas Storage....
CEER response to the Energy Community consultation on electricity markets
The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) is pleased to contribute to the Energy Community’s thinking on the establishment of an organised market in South East Europe. We welcome the identifi...
CEER Response to European Commission Consultation on EMIR
This document presents CEER response to European Commission consultation on Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counter...
CEER Statement on Delivering a New Deal for Energy Consumers
CEER is committed to engaging with the EU institutions and stakeholders on concrete ways to deliver a New Deal for energy consumers. We welcome the EU-level focus on retail markets and consumers and t...
CEER Memo on regulatory aspects of energy investment conditions in European countries
This Memo serves as an update to the previous edition in 2014, which provides an informative overview of how National Regulatory Authorities undertake their responsibilities in evaluating and developi...
CEER response to EC Consultation on the Revision of Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply and repealing Council Directive 2004/67/EC
This document sets out CEER’s response to the European Commission Revision of Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply and repealing Council Directive 2004...
CEER letter to European Commission on MiFID II and the potential negative impacts on European energy markets and the goals of the 3rd Package
This letter outlines CEER views about the latest developments in the level 2 negotiations for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), especially as regards their impact on energy market...
CEER Advice on Customer Data Management for Better Retail Market Functioning
This document (C14-RMF-68-03) presents CEER’s Advice on Customer Data Management for Better Retail Market Functioning (electricity and gas). It outlines five guiding principles to form a basis for a...
CEER Advice on How to Involve and Engage Consumer Organisations in the Regulatory Process
This document (C14-CEM-74-07) examines how best to involve and engage consumer organisations in the regulatory process by drawing up a number of recommendations which should result in a more structure...
CEER Advice on Customer Information on Sources of Electricity
This document (C14-CEM-70-08) presents recommendations on how to make the system for disclosing how electricity has been produced more coherent and reliable. It also outlines how to make information o...
CEER Memo on Principles for regulatory performance assessments
This Memo outlines CEER's thoughts on some key principles for assessing regulatory performance. It is hoped this paper will contribute to the public debate about regulatory performance a...