The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) is an
Agency of the European Union
The agencies of the European Union (formally: ''Agencies, decentralised independent bodies, corporate bodies and joint undertakings of the European Union and the Euratom'') are bodies of the European Union and the Euratom established as juridica ...
by the
Third Energy Package
The European Union's Third Energy Package is a legislative package for an internal gas and electricity market in the European Union. Its purpose is to further open up the gas and electricity markets in the European Union. The package was proposed ...
in 2009. It was established in 2010 and has its seat in
Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center.
During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...
, Slovenia.
On 6 May, the administrative board designated Alberto Pototschnig as its first director. By deciding on their director and chairs, ACER took a step forward towards becoming fully operational. On 1 January 2020, Christian Pilgaard Zinglersen was appointed as ACER's second director.
The basis for the establishment of ACER is Regulation 713/2009 of the
European Parliament
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and the
Council of 13 July 2009. The regulation describes the establishment and the legal status, tasks, organisation, and financial provisions.
Regulation 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009
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ACER is the second intergovernmental organization headquartered in Slovenia. The first was the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE).
Tasks
The Agency:
* complements and coordinates the work of national regulatory authorities,
* participates in the creation of European network rules,
* takes, under certain conditions, binding individual decisions on terms and conditions for access and operational security for cross border infrastructure,
* gives advice on various energy-related issues to the European institutions, and
* monitors and reports developments at the European energy markets, primarily on the framework of the Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT)
The Agency updated its REMIT guidance in May 2021.[
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See also
* Energy Community
The Energy Community, commonly referred to as the Energy Community of South East Europe (ECSEE), is an international organization consisting of the European Union (EU) and a number of non-EU countries. It aims to extend the EU internal energy ...
* (ENTSO-E)
* European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) is an association of Europe's transmission system operators (TSOs). ENTSOG was created on 1 December 2009 by 31 TSOs from 21 European countries. Creation of the ENT ...
(ENTSOG)
* Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)
* European Regulators' Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG)
References
External links
The Agency WebsiteREMIT Portal
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