Belgium Energy


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

 

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