Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

Agency overview
Formed	3 September 2009 (2009-09-03)
Jurisdiction	European Union
Agency executive	Alberto Pototschnig, Director
Key document	Regulation (EC) No 713/2009
Website	acer.europa.eu

The European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) is an Agency of the European Union by the Third Energy Package in 2009.^[1] It was established in 2010 and has its seat in Ljubljana, Slovenia.^[2]

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.

The basis for the establishment of ACER is Regulation 713/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 July 2009. The Regulation describes the establishment and legal status, tasks, organisation and financial provisions.^[3]

ACER is the second intergovernmental organization headquartered in Slovenia. The first was the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE).^[4]

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)

See also

• Energy Community
• European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E)
• European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G)
• Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)
• European Regulators’ Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG)

References

External links

• http://www.acer.europa.eu/Pages/ACER.aspx

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