At local area level, Hera has offered its expertise and ideas in the process for the formation of the new regulatory governance of the water and waste management services, further to the abolition of the Water and Waste Regulatory Authorities, so as to achieve an efficient and adequate set-up In the energy services area, Hera continued to support intense activity in of taking part (via Federutility) in the activities of the Ministry for Economic Development concerning the decrees regarding future tenders for the awarding of the gas distribution services, as well as the consulting processes of the Electricity and Gas Authority.