Reports
ERGEG Status Review of End-user Price Regulation as of 1 July 2008
This Status Review is a follow-up to ERGEG’s July 2007 Position Paper on End-user Energy Price Regulation which called for the removal of regulated prices and for Member States to publish (by July 2...
European Regulators’ Experience with Article 22 exemptions of Directive 2003/55/EC
The focus of the document “European Regulators’ Experience with Article 22 exemptions of Directive 2003/55/EC. 2008 Update of ERGEG’s internal survey” was to obtain the necessary data to updat...
2008 Status Review: Capacity Allocation Mechanisms and Congestion Management Procedures for Storage
The ERGEG Status Review of Capacity Allocation Management (CAM) and Congestion Management Procedures (CMP) for Gas Storage found a wide range of different approaches to allocating gas storage capacity...
2008 Market Monitoring: Implementation of the Guidelines of Good Practice for Gas Balancing
This report finds that there are undeniable, significant differences in balancing regimes across Europe and the existing balancing regimes can pose significant barriers for market entry to new entrant...
Status Review of Renewable and Energy Efficiency Support Schemes in the EU
This status report examines the support schemes in place across Europe. It found that fiscal incentives such as tax reductions or exemptions are often used to complement the main support...
4th Benchmarking Report on Electricity Quality of Supply
The 4th Benchmarking Report on the Quality of Electricity Supply provides an in-depth review of continuity of supply, voltage quality and commercial quality. This detailed report analyses data from 27...
ERGEG’s 2008 Status Review of the Liberalisation and Implementation of the Energy Regulatory Framework
The European Energy Regulators have drafted an assessment of the development of the European energy market, based upon information provided by the 27 National Reports. The 2008 ERGEG Status Review sho...
ERGEG 2010 Status Review on the Liberalisation and Implementation of the Regulatory Framework
This 2010 ERGEG Status Review on the Liberalisation and Implementation of the Regulatory Framework draws conclusions primarily from the National Reports of the national energy regulators and from seve...
Status Review on the Design of Security of Gas Supply Schemes and Solidarity Mechanisms
In its Status Review, ERGEG has analysed the need for security of supply-policy measures for gas storage facilities. The Status Review presents the state of play on the implementation of security of s...
Guidelines of Good Practice on Operational Security in Electricity (GGP-OSE)
The Draft GGP-OSE were issued for public consultation in 2008. To view the consultation documents, please click here...
Transposition of Consumer Rights Monitoring Report
Upon a request from the European Commission, European Energy Regulators have conducted a monitoring exercise of the transposition of European Union (EU) energy consumer rights provisions as set out in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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 package...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...