Under the ICER platform, energy regulators cooperate within ICER through Virtual Working Groups (VWGs).
From 2009-2015, ICER was structured along four Virtual Working Groups: Security of Supply, Climate Change, Competition and Affordability, and Good Regulatory Practices. For the 2015-2018 period, the Working Groups were refocused on the roles and challenges that regulators face in evolving market situations, as follows: Electricity (VWG1), Gas and Other Fuels (VWG2), and Technology and Innovation (VWG3). As of August 2023, VWG1 and VWG2 have concluded.
Activities among members of the VWGs may include:
Chair: Carolyn Calwell, Chief Corporate Services Officer & General Counsel at Ontario Energy Board
Co-Chair: Rashmi Somasekharan, Deputy Chief (Regulatory Affairs) at CERC
Potential issues to be covered include the challenges and opportunities associated with:
Members: 40
Chair: Nouri Hajri (MEDREG)
Co-Chair: José Venegas
Potential issues covered:
Members: 58
Chair: Bagdagul Kaya Caner, LL. M.
Co-Chair: Karem Hanafy Mahmoud Mohamed.
Potential issues covered:
Members: 40