Responsibilities

In Bavaria there are about 330 electricity and gas distribution system operators (Verteilernetzbetreiber) with less than 100.000 customers connected to their grids either directly or indirectly and whose grids do not extend beyond Bavaria's borders. These are all subject to the supervision by the Regulatory Chamber of the Free State of Bavaria. The state regulatory authority is supported by the subject areas 22 of the Bavarian district governments in the form of an organizational mandate.

However, the Federal Network Agency is competent for the regulation of transmission system operators (Übertragungs- und Fernleitungsnetzbetreiber) as well as of Bavarian distribution system operators whose grids cross the state’s borders or with 100.000 or more customers connected to their grids either directly or indirectly.