E-Control

The Energie-Control Austria for the regulation of the electricity and natural gas industries - or short E-Control - is responsible for the electricity and gas industry regulatory authority in Austria.

Background

E-Control has been operating since 1 March 2001. It was then set up by the legislator on the basis of the Energy Regulatory Authorities Law Gazette I No. 121/2000 as a limited company that is 100 % in the hands of the federal government, represented by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, was.

The Federal Act on the regulatory body in the electricity and gas industry ( Energy Control Act - E- ControlG ) E-Control GmbH was the ten years after its foundation March 3, 2011 under the name E-Control for regulating electricity and natural gas industries ( e-Control ) into a public institution and made their bodies completely without instructions for the regulatory tasks.

The organs of the E-Control include:

  • The Management Board and the Supervisory Board
  • The Regulatory Commission, whose mandate is development and control of the conditions for network access and tariffs, measures to secure the supply of natural gas, conflict mediation and other
  • The Regulatory Advisory Council, both occupied by ministries, local authorities and other interest groups, the task includes advising the Federal Minister of Economics and Labour and the regulatory
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