MISSION
MEDREG promotes a consistent, non-discriminatory, and transparent regulatory framework to establish a sustainable, competitive, and interoperated Euro-Mediterranean energy market.
Cooperation among members drives the Association’s efforts to align regulatory frameworks and strengthen national regulatory authorities, fostering an environment that attracts infrastructure investments, ensures efficient energy systems, and promotes fair practices for consumers.
Focusing on Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, and recognising each member’s unique context, MEDREG develops best practices and actionable strategies for enhanced energy systems, while supporting a harmonised regulatory landscape that enables greater interoperability and cross-border energy trade.
OBJECTIVES
In response to the accelerating energy transition, growth in renewable energy, emerging hydrogen markets, and evolving energy security dynamics, MEDREG has expanded its objectives and geographic scope.
Benefitting from a renewed financial support from the EU for the period 2026-2029, MEDREG actively supports the European Commission’s “Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy and Clean Tech initiative”. This initiative, part of the “Pact for the Mediterranean”, aims to transform the Mediterranean into the world’s leading renewable energy and clean tech hub, linking Europe, the Southern Shore of the Mediterranean, and the Gulf. With its capacity to drive regulatory reforms and facilitate private sector investment, MEDREG constitutes the regulatory pillar of the T-MED Initiative.
Operating through a decentralised, member-driven, and collaborative model, MEDREG supports energy regulators of the Mediterranean region to:
1. Advance regional market integration and trade
Through tailored-made support, we enhance our members’ regulatory capacities and governance and assist them in their reforms to advance market integration, while we actively promote best practices in institutional setup, dynamic regulation, and transparency.
By monitoring the implementation of smart grid technologies, we foster more flexible energy systems, capable of integrating higher shares of renewable energy. We also share knowledge and expertise on regulatory and institutional requirements for electricity interconnections.
Looking ahead, we will provide guidelines for trans-Mediterranean energy infrastructure development and operation and put forward alternative market mechanisms to boost renewable energy.
In addition, we will support the Union for the Mediterranean and the European Commission (EC) on the creation of a Mediterranean Grid Code, offering non-binding principles to standardise cross-border interconnection agreements.
2. Improve conditions for private investments
We identify priorities and challenges for private investments in renewable energy in the Mediterranean region, directly supporting the EC “Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy and Clean Tech initiative” (T-MED).
Through improved regulatory governance and convergence, we foster favourable investment conditions for the deployment of sustainable, resilient and digitally secure clean-energy technologies.
For the 2026–2029 period, MEREG will improve its members’ readiness to deliver the energy transition, especially in the southern shore, by elaborating national roadmap to stimulate private sector investment in renewable energy. Country reviews will serve as a tool for monitoring and benchmarking regulatory governance for the enhancement of the renewable energy investment climate across the region.
We will also provide concrete policy and investment frameworks to encourage private sector investment in renewables and green hydrogen, including new interconnection projects to be developed like the SouthH2 corridor.
3. Increase renewable energy production and integration
We support our members in adopting regulatory tools facilitating a greater integration of renewable energy sources (RES) and promoting energy efficiency. We analyse the deployment of innovative technologies such as smart meters and smart grids in the Mediterranean region, deepening their impact in reducing electricity prices as well as evaluating potential regulatory measures to overcome limitations to their development. We explore emerging decarbonisation pathways such as green hydrogen, energy storage, and distributed generation.
In 2026-2029, renewable hydrogen will receive special attention, with dedicated reports, cooperation with Gulf countries, and joint guidance on certification, and cross-border compatibility.
4. Facilitate the decarbonisation of the gas sector and the hydrogen supply chain
We maintain a dual focus of securing gas market stability and progressively integrating hydrogen into regulatory frameworks. We exchange views and best practices with our members on how to strengthen the gas supply chain and guarantee security of supply. We also promote regulatory mechanisms for the development of hydrogen infrastructure such as gas and hydrogen corridors and the integration of green hydrogen in southern Mediterranean countries.
The period 2026–2029 will emphasise infrastructure access, cross-border compatibility, and renewable hydrogen certification schemes.
5. Promote consumer protection
Safeguarding of consumer rights lies at the heart of the tasks entrusted to regulators. In this perspective, we spread and disseminate awareness on the important role that informed and active consumers play as beneficiary and contributor towards the establishment of sustainable energy markets in our region. We make surveys and issue recommendations on energy billing, complaint handling procedure, identifying and promoting best practices to ensure consumer protection, especially the vulnerable ones, and advocate for a high quality of service for electricity and gas.
In 2026–2029, we will explore digital tools for consumer empowerment, cross-border consumer rights in integrated markets, and social aspects of the energy transition.
More information about MEDREG’s mission is available in its Constitutive Act Statutes and in MEDREG’s Action Plan for 2026-2029.