Overview
- Role: ACER plays a key role in driving increased energy market integration across Europe to bring the benefits of affordable, secure and decarbonised energy to European businesses and citizens.
- Director: Christian Zinglersen
- Members: ACER member authorities are the national energy regulatory authorities of the EU Member States.
- Established in: 2011
- Number of staff: Number of statutory staff – 141; number of all personnel (including interims, graduates and trainees) - 177.
- Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Website: ACER
What it does
ACER works on:
- Integrating national energy markets into a more competitive EU energy market, thereby ensuring reliable energy supply at lower cost for consumers.
- Helping Europe transition to clean energy to decarbonise its wider economy.
- Contributing to efficient trans-European energy infrastructure, enabling energy to move easily across borders and facilitating the roll-out of more renewables.
- Monitoring energy markets to ensure that they are trustworthy, deterring market manipulation & abuse.
- Coordinating energy regulatory action across the EU (where necessary).
Who benefits
ACER fosters a fully integrated and well-functioning European energy market, where electricity and gas are traded and supplied according to the highest integrity and transparency standards, so that EU consumers and businesses can benefit from a wider choice, fair prices and greater protection.
To achieve this goal, ACER works closely with a wide range of energy stakeholders, the EU institutions and policy makers.
Further information
Contact
EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
- Name
- EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
- Website
- https://www.acer.europa.eu/
- info
acer [dot] europa [dot] eu - Phone number
- +386 8 205 34 00
- Postal address
Trg republike 3
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia- Social media