ACER: Demystifying the European Energy Supervisor from a Consumer Perspective
Article from: OGEL 5 (2012), in Energy Union, EU Energy
Abstract
The European energy regulatory triangle, consisting of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), the European Commission and the newly established Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), has an important role in enhancing cross border trade and wholesale market competition and ultimately in protecting and promoting the interests of the energy consumers on the basis of the Third Energy Package. Generally it is assumed that ACER's tasks mainly concern the regulation of access to the transmission networks for the promotion of efficient cross-border trade and that they ...