E-Control
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State level | Federation | ||
legal form | Public institution | ||
At sight | Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology | ||
founding | March 1, 2001 | ||
Headquarters | 1010 Vienna, Rudolfsplatz 13a | ||
management | Board members Andreas Eigenbauer and Wolfgang Urbantschitsch | ||
Employee | approx. 120 in 10 departments | ||
Website | www.e-control.at |
The E-Control for the regulation of the electricity and gas industry - or short E-Control - is responsible for the electricity and gas industry regulator in Austria .
background
E-Control has been operating since March 1, 2001. At that time it was set up by the legislature on the basis of the Energy Regulatory Authority Act, Federal Law Gazette I No. 121/2000, as a GmbH , which was 100% owned by the federal government , represented by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor .
With the federal law on the regulatory authority in the electricity and natural gas industry ( Energie-Control-Gesetz - E-ControlG), ten years after its foundation on March 3, 2011, E-Control GmbH was named Energie-Control Austria for the regulation of Electricity and natural gas industry (E-Control) has been converted into an institution under public law and its organs are made completely free of instructions when performing regulatory tasks.
The organs of E-Control include:
- The board of directors and the supervisory board
- The regulatory commission , whose area of responsibility is the development and control of the conditions for network access and tariffs, measures to secure the natural gas supply, conflict resolution and other things
- The Regulatory Advisory Board , both made up of representatives from ministries, local authorities and other interest groups. The task includes advising E-Control on matters to be carried out by the regulatory authority.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Energy Control Act. Version dated August 6, 2013 (e-control.at, accessed on January 13, 2016).
- ^ Organs of Energie-Control Austria e-control.at, accessed on March 22, 2013