Central
The central government is responsible for:
- Nuclear energy;
- Federal equipment plans for electricity;
- Major energy storage infrastructure, and
- The transport and production of energy, and prices.
- Security of supply
- National indicative investment plans for gas and electricity (in collaboration with
- The CREG, the federal regulator)
- Nuclear fuel cycles and related research and development (R&D) programmes.
- Large stockholding installations for oil
- Production and transmission/transport of energy (including electricity grid >70 kV),
- Including large storage infrastructure
- Transport tariffs and prices
- Product norms
- Offshore wind energy.
Regional
Regional authorities are responsible for:
- Local transport and distribution of electricity;
- The public distribution of gas;
- The rational use of energy, and
- Distribution tariffs (gas and electricity) will be transferred from the federal to the regional level (except tariffs of the transmission system operators).
- Regulation of gas and electricity retail markets
- Distribution and transmission of electricity (electricity grid <70 kV)
- Distribution of natural gas
- Distribution tariffs
- District heating equipment and networks
- Renewable sources of energy (except offshore wind energy)
- Recovery of waste energy from industry or other uses
- Promotion of the efficient use of energy
- Energy R&D (except nuclear)
- Use of firedamp (coal-bed methane) and blast furnace gas.
Local
Provinces/Municipalities
Local authorities are responsible for:
- Energy supply;
- The management of the public distribution of energy. (Communes frequently use intercommunal associations for this purpose).
Responsible ministries/bodies
Economy FPS/FOD
Department for Energy – Walloon Region
Department of Living Environment, Nature and Energy within the Ministry of the Flemish Community
Department for Environment – Brussels-Capital Region
Sources
Constitution of Belgium (Constitution belge texte coordonné du 17 février 1994). In particular Art. 39
Special law of Institutional Reform (Loi Spéciale de réformes institutionnelles du 8 Août 1980). In particular Art. 6, paragraph 1, indent VII
The French Speaking Community (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles)
IEA Belgium
Belgium, IEA Review, 2016