The Algerian Electricity and Gas Regulation Commission (CREG) has been created under th
relative to
electricity
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and
gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).
A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...
distribution.
CREG is an independent body with a legal status and a financial autonomy. It is vested with three main missions:
* Realization and control of
public service
A public service is any Service (economics), service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through pub ...
,
* Advising the authorities on
organisation
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The word is derived fr ...
and functioning of the
electricity
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and
Algeria
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gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).
A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...
market,
* Supervision and control of the respect of
law
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s and regulations related to the
electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as describ ...
and the national gas
market.
CREG has begun its activities after his installation by the
prime minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
on 24 January 2005.
CREG is managed by a steering committee constituted of a chairman and three (03) directors appointed by presidential decree on proposition of the Minister in charge of Energy.
An advisory council is instituted within the regulation commission. It is composed of two (02) representatives of the relevant ministerial departments and of all interested parties (operators, consumers, employees).
The composition and financing of the advisory council are defined by legal ways.
The main competences and functions of the regulation commission are:
1. Permits /
Concessions
2. Demand forecasts / Investment planning
3. Remuneration of operators and tariffs
4. Access to
networks
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Science and technology
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* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics
...
/
Markets
5.
Quality
Quality may refer to:
Concepts
*Quality (business), the ''non-inferiority'' or ''superiority'' of something
*Quality (philosophy), an attribute or a property
* Quality (physics), in response theory
*Energy quality, used in various science discipl ...
,
regulation
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s /Technical and
environmental
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control
6. Consumer protection
A conciliation department for conflicts resulting from the implementation of the regulations particularly those relative to access to networks, tariffs and remuneration of operators;
An arbitration chamber, on request from the parties, rules on conflicts which may arise among operators except for those related to contractual rights and obligations.
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