Regulatory Authority for Energy, Water & Wastes
Monitoring, regulation and supervision of the energy market are exercised by the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Water and Wastes (RAEWW), which is the national regulatory authority for electricity and natural gas, water services and municipal waste management.
Consumers may, within the framework of the RAEWW’s responsibilities regarding the monitoring and supervision of the energy market and consumer protection, address the Authority on issues related to the procedure for the supply of energy products, their rights and obligations towards energy suppliers and any problems they face, as well as on issues related to their connection to the natural gas network.
RAEWW decides on the provision, amendment and revocation of licenses on activities related to the energy sector, in accordance with the specific provisions of the Energy Law, provided that the principles of transparency and equal treatment are in compliance, and taking into account the specific characteristics of the applicants, the protection of consumers, the protection of the environment while ensuring conditions of healthy competition.
Find more on RAEWW’s website: raaey.gr/energeia/
Compensatory Measures for natural gas distribution tariffs
The Energy Regulatory Authority (renamed as RAEWW), with its Decision no. 1058/2020 and with its subsequent supplementary and executive Decisions no. 1479/2020, 1480/2020, 1457/2020, 727/2021, 728/2021 & 729/2021 (Decisions), imposed, following a relevant request from the Union of Industrial Energy Consumers (EVIKEN), compensatory measures on each of the (at that time) Natural Gas Distribution Network Operators. The compensatory measures concerned the coverage of the difference that existed during the period from 14/08/2015 to 30/11/2016, between the distribution charges set by Law 4336/2015 and the prices that were finally determined by the Authority’s Decisions no. 345/2016, 346/2016, 347/2016 and 348/2016, following the approval (by RAE) of the Basic Distribution Activity Tariff Regulation (OGG B 3067/29.06.2016).
The Operators have exercised (each separately) all the provided legal remedies for the annulment of the Decisions. The cases are currently pending before the Council of State. Their trial took place on 29-10-2024 and the issuance of court decisions is expected.
From the above, enaon EDA, as the company DEDA was renamed, which merged by absorption and therefore became the universal successor of the former Operators EDA ATTICA and EDA THESS, expressly reserves all its rights, until the final and irrevocable judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court.