Organisation Structure

There are four main functional divisions of the CER supported by an operations division that provides support services across all teams. Click here to view the organisational structure:

Organisational Structure - Senior Management Responsibilities - September 2009 cer09160.pdf (0 MB, Adobe PDF)

To see what each of the Divisions do, please see below. More information on Commissioners and Directors can be found in our Staff Profiles section while contact details for each team can be found in the sections of our website dealing with their work.

Allocation of Commissioner Duties - March 2010: To view the agreed Allocation of Duties between CER's Commissioners, please click on the link below:
Safety Division: The Safety division has responsibility for the implementation of the safety provisions of the Energy (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 2006.
Environment and Customer Affairs Division: This Division has two distinct teams, the environment and renewables team and the energy customers team. This reflects the importance of these areas in energy and regulatory policy.
Electricity Markets and Operations Division: This Division is responsible for overseeing the electricity generation sector in Ireland as well the joint regulation of the SEM (along with NIAUR).
Gas Division: The Gas Division in the CER is responsible for the regulation of natural gas networks and supply. The team is also responsible for overseeing and leading the All island gas project.
Electricity Networks and Retail Division: The Electricity Networks and Retail Division oversees the regulation of Ireland's electricity transmission and distribution systems as well as the competitive retail electricity market.