ACER Working Groups and Task Forces
Working Groups
The ACER Working Groups are established in line with the terms of Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
The rules for the functioning of the Working Groups are set out in the Decision No 1/2021 of the Administrative Board of the Agency.
ACER Working Groups are composed of representatives of ACER, national regulators, and the European Commission.
The ACER Working Groups Chairs and Vice-Chairs are senior representatives of national regulatory authorities.
At the moment, there are four ACER Working Groups:
- ACER REMIT Committee or (ARC)
- Co-chair: Karina Knaus (CV, Declaration)
- Vice Chairs: Karin Lunning (CV, Declaration) - Esther Espeja Bragulat (CV, Declaration)
- Entry point for members
- ACER Electricity Working Group or (AEWG)
- Chair: Christine Materazzi-Wagner (CV, Declaration)
- Vice Chairs: Johan Roupe (CV, Declaration) - Barry Hussey (CV, Declaration)
- Entry point for members
- ACER Gas Working Group or (AGWG)
- Chair: Pedro Verdelho (CV, Declaration)
- Vice Chairs: Esnault Benoît (CV, Declaration) - Tom Maes (CV, Declaration)
- Entry point for members
- ACER Retail Market Working Group or (ARWG)
- Co-chair: Natalie McCoy (CV, Declaration) - Karen Trant (CV, Declaration)
- Entry point for members
ACER Working Groups and Task Forces
Task Forces under the ACER Electricity Working Group
Future Policy & Governance TF
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Sven Kaiser | Martin Povh |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Infrastructure
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Riccardo Vailati | Juan Lopez Vaquero |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Forward Capacity Allocation
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|---|
| Alwan Mahmoud | Martin Viehhauser | Vacant |
| CV | CV | |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Balancing
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Pavesi | Marijn Maenhoudt | Alexander Kellerer |
| CV | CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration | Declaration |
Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management Task Force
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|---|
| Alwan Mahmoud | Martin Viehhauser | Vacant |
| CV | CV | |
| Declaration | Declaration |
System Operation and Grid Connection
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Marco Pasqua di Bisceglie | Georgios Antonopoulos |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Security of Supply Task Force
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|---|
| Florian Koenig | Daniel Ihasz-Toth | Vacant |
| CV | CV | |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Cybersecurity Task Force
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Janos Ivanyos | Sławomir Bryska |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Compliance and Enforcement Task Force
| Co-Convener | CO-CONVENER |
|---|---|
| Maria Barroso | Jouan Roupe |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
ACER Working Groups and Task Forces
Task Forces under the ACER Gas Working Group
Balancing
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Joanna Buzar | Vacant |
| CV | |
| Declaration |
Capacity Allocation Mechanism
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Edouard Le Bret | Vacant |
| CV | |
| Declaration |
Infrastructure
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Carola Millgramm | Esnault Benoît |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Interoperability
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Jörn Mehlitz | René-Pascal Poismans |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Tariffs
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Markus Krug | Tom Maes |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
Gas Target Model
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Markus Krug | --- |
| CV | --- |
| Declaration | --- |
Hydrogen Markets and Regulation
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|---|
| Vasilis Papandreou | Marco La Cognata | Anneke Francois |
| CV | CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration | Declaration |
ACER Working Groups and Task Forces
Task Forces under the ACER REMIT Committee
REMIT Policy Task Force
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Leo Lehr | Vacant |
| CV | |
| Declaration |
Market Monitoring Standing Committee
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener | Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Santos | Tomaz Vizintin | Marie-Judith Moriconi | Marcel Vochem |
| CV | CV | CV | |
| Declaration | Declaration | Declaration |
Market Data Standing Committee
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Iztok Zlatar | Eleonora Nagali |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |
ACER Working Groups and Task Forces
Task Forces under the ACER Retail Market Working Group
Market Monitoring Report Task Force
| Co-Convener | Co-Convener |
|---|---|
| Seamus Cathal Byrne | Mattias Johansson |
| CV | CV |
| Declaration | Declaration |