Gen­er­al in­for­ma­tion on en­er­gy reg­u­la­tion

For further information please go to Responsibility and Task Delimitation.

The Bundesnetzagentur's aim is liberalisation of the energy markets. Liberalisation began at European level some years ago and has been taken forward by EU directives. Further information is available at History of liberalisation.

Consumers and commercial undertakings have a great interest in the price for access to the electricity grid and gas network being calculated fairly. This legal task is fulfilled by the Bundesnetzagentur with a specific instrument known as "incentive regulation".