57 Annual Report 2021 CEER Gas Working Group (CGWG WG) The Gas Working Group is responsible for addressing issues related to the European gas transmission systems and the EU gas market. The GWG cooperates closely with the European Commission, ENTSOG, GSE, GLE, GIE, Eurogas and the other CEER Working Groups on number of issues. The work of the Group involves a set of measures for hydrogen and gas market decarbonization along the legislative process, long-term energy storage, gas infrastructure repurposing (costs and planning), and the role of LNG in the new energy market. The Gas Working Group has four work streams: • Regulatory Gas Strategy (RGS) • Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) • Gas Decarbonization Legislation (GDL) • Gas Infrastructure (GI) In 2021, CERA participated in the 176th CGWG meeting. All the meetings were conducted online. Distribution Systems Working Group (DS WG) The Distribution Working Group focuses on the distribution level of the electricity and gas sector by examining current and upcoming challenges. Some of the prevailing topics are flexibility, the impact of electric vehicles on the distribution grid, data shared by DSOs, cybersecurity, and finally, research into new connections and flexible connections. The DS WG has two work streams, though much of its work is done via small project and drafting teams: • Energy Quality of Supply (EQS) • Cybersecurity (CS) In 2021, CERA participated in the 72nd, 73rd online DS WG meetings, but also in work stream with participation in the 105th EQS WS meeting and the 77th, 78th, 79th and 80th online CS WS meetings. Customers and Retail Markets Working Group (CRM WG) Consumer protection and monitoring competitive retail markets will continue to be a major focus of CEER Customers and Retail Markets Working Group. Emphasis is given to enabling consumers to engage more effectively in energy markets and on energy regulating issues. The work of the Working Group extends to new developments and trends on consumer empowerment and protection, monitoring of retail markets based on national indicators (Retail Market Monitoring report), progress toward achieving well-functioning retail energy markets by 2025 (Roadmap to 2025 for Well-Functioning Retail Energy Markets), implications in the regulation and protection of consumers of innovative business models, products and services emerging in the energy sector and beyond. The Group also works on issues related to tools of digital comparison and cybersecurity as part of the cross-sectoral and all-inclusive cooperation initiative. Customers and Retail Markets Working Group has five work streams: • Customer Empowerment (CEM)
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