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The work of DERAThe overall work of DERA involves supervising the monopoly companiesin the energy sector. The Authority must help ensure that consumers– households and enterprises – are charged reasonable andtransparent prices under reasonable, uniform and transparent terms ofsupply. This includes environmental considerations.DERA regulates the infrastructure of the electricity and gas sectors aswell as access to this infrastructure. For the supply obligation of electricitycompanies, the Authority is also responsible for price control,partly on the basis of requirements for security of supply. Furthermorethe Authority carries out benchmarking of the regulated enterprises.If it is a matter of transparency, DERA regulations can also apply forareas subject to competition, e.g. publication of prices and terms.DERA’s competence is laid down in the three energy supply acts – theElectricity Supply Act, the Natural Gas Supply Act and the DistrictHeating Supply Act – as well as the Energinet.dk Act.Tasks withinindividual sectorsThe electricity sectorThe Electricity Supply Act is the foundation for regulation of the electricitysector. The Act lays down the framework for how consumer protection,environmental concerns and security of supply can be achievedin the liberalised electricity market. The object of the Act is to promoteefficiency in the electricity sector, partly by using benchmarking. Thesector comprises about 130 enterprises.Liberalisation of the sector has necessitated a new company structurein the sector. Today, enterprises are therefore divided into companiesfor generation, grid, system operation, transmission, and trade. At thesame time, a number of new players have appeared on the market.DERA’s responsibilities are limited to the parts of the sector whereelectricity companies have been granted a monopoly. These are gridand transmission companies. Grid companies are subject to specialregulations. If a company is part of a larger group, the company mustbe separated as an independent unit in order to apply regulations appropriately.The regulation activities cover the companies’ prices and thustheir income, control of their new investments, and measures to ensureopen access of generating companies to the grid. The regulation coversboth the distribution grids and the regional transmission grids.Suppliers of electricity with a supply obligation deliver electricity to4 Danish Energy Regulatory Authority · Annual Report 2005