Legislation

The CER was initially established as the Commission for Electricity Regulation under the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999.

The functions of the CER along with its name were changed by the Gas (Interim Regulation) Act, 2002. Under that Act, our remit was expanded to include the regulation of the natural gas sector and our name was changed to the Commission for Energy Regulation.

As well as these founding pieces of legislation, the functions and duties of the CER have been altered and expanded significantly by legislation transposing EU directives into Irish law. Some of the most significant such pieces of legislation are Statutory Instrument (SI) 425 of 2004 and SI 60 of 2005.

This section of our website provides texts of these key legal instruments as well as some of the many other key pieces of legislation underpinning and governing CER’s work, including relevant EU legislation.

Levy Orders: Each year the Commission imposes a levy on specified classes of natural gas and electricity undertakings for the purpose of meeting expenses properly incurred by the Commission for Energy Regulation in the discharge of its functions under the Act
Electricity Legislation: This section of our website provides texts of these key legal instruments as well as some of the many other key pieces of legislation underpinning and governing CER’s work, including relevant EU legislation relating to Electricity
Gas Legislation: This section of our website provides texts of these key legal instruments as well as some of the many other key pieces of legislation underpinning and governing CER’s work, including relevant EU legislation relating to Gas
New and Planned Legislation: The legislation dealing with the regulation of energy is undergoing constant change and at any time there can be a range of pieces of legislation in preparation.