Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) - (Decentralised Agencies)
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Decentralised Agencies
Decentralised agencies contribute to the implementation of EU policies. They also support cooperation between the EU and national governments by pooling technical and specialist expertise from both the EU institutions and national authorities. Decentralised agencies are set up for an indefinite period and are located across the EU.
Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
ACER helps ensure the single European market in gas and electricity functions properly. It assists national regulatory authorities in performing their regulatory function at European level and, where necessary, coordinates their work.
More specifically, ACER:
- complements and coordinates the work of national regulatory authorities
- helps formulate European network rules
- where appropriate, takes binding individual decisions on terms and conditions for access and operational security for cross border infrastructure
- advises European institutions on issues relating to electricity and natural gas
- monitors the internal markets in electricity and natural gas and reports on its findings
- monitors wholesale energy markets to detect and deter market abuse, in close collaboration with national regulatory authorities (it took on this function in 2012 under EU Regulation 1227/2011 on wholesale energy market integrity & transparency (REMIT).
Further information
Contact
Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
Website: https://www.acer.europa.eu/
Email: info@acer.europa.eu
Postal address: Trg republike 3, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia