Athens, 19 October 2009 

Energy regulators have gone global in establishing the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER). 

Today, at the fourth World Forum on Energy Regulation (WFER IV) in Athens, energy regulators worldwide launched the International Confederation of Energy Regulators ICER).

ICER brings together 11 regional associations of regulators, representing more than 200 regulatory authorities and spanning 6 continents.

The first ICER Chair is Lord Mogg, President of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), will attend as an Observer the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December 2009 and will highlight the energy regulators’ role. ICER will establish 4 virtual working groups on the four themes of WFER IV;

Theme 1 - reliability and security of supply;

Theme 2 - the role of regulators in responding to climate change;

Theme 3 - competitiveness and affordability;

Theme 4 - the independence, powers, responsibilities, best practices and training of regulators.

ICER and its four virtual working groups will be supported by www.iern.net www.iern.net a web platform for the exchange of information that was launched at WFER III in 2006. The International Energy Regulation Network (IERN) website already contains information on more than 300 energy regulatory associations worldwide and is managed by the Florence School of Regulation in Florence, Italy in close cooperation with CEER.

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