Activities of Merja KYLLÖNEN related to 2016/0380(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the internal market in electricity (recast)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Union will best meet its renewable targets through the creation of a market framework that rewards flexibility and innovations. A well- functioning electricity market design is the key enabler for the uptake of renewables.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States should maintain a wide discretion to impose public service obligations on electricity undertakings in pursuing objectives of general economic interest. Member States should ensure that household customers and, where Member States deem it appropriate, small enterprises, enjoy the right to be supplied with electricity of a specified quality at clearly comparable, transparent and competitive prices. Nevertheless, public service obligations in the form of supply price regulation constitute a fundamentally distortive measure that often leads to the accumulation of tariff deficits, limitation of consumer choice, poorer incentives for energy saving and energy efficiency investments, lower standards of service, lower levels of consumer engagement and satisfaction, restriction of competition as well as fewer innovative products and services on the marketan contribute to consumer protection in well-defined situations. Consequently, Member States should apply otherdevelop the necessary policy tools, and in particular targeted energy policy and/or social policy measures, to safeguard the affordability of electricity supply to their citizens. Interventions in price setting should only be applied in limited exceptional circumstances. A fully liberalisedA competitive retail electricity market wouldcan stimulate price and non-price competition among existing suppliers and incentivise new market entries therefore improving consumers' choice and satisfaction.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) In order to meet the international climate commitments and the EU internal targets, a comprehensive turn towards low-carbon economy is needed. Therefore, the renewal of the allocation criteria of different EU funds to foster the decarbonisation and energy-efficiency measures in electricity market and other sectors is needed. It should be guaranteed that EU funding will not be allocated to projects, which are not compliant with CO2 reduction targets and policies. By delegated act the Commission shall establish an advanced and transparent methodology for evaluation of the environmental performance of the applications in electricity market.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Consumers should be able to consume, store and/or sell self-generated electricity to the market. New technology developments will facilitate these activities in the future. However, legal and commercial barriers exist including for example disproportionate fees for internally consumed electricity, obligations to feed self- generated electricity to the energy system, administrative burdens such as for self- generators who sell electricity to the system to comply with the requirements for suppliers, etc. All these obstacles that prevent consumers from self- generating and from consuming, storing or selling self-generated electricity to the market should be removed while it should be ensured that self-generating consumers contribute adequately to system costsand the technology should be neutral.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Distributed energy technologies and consumer empowerment have made community energy and energy cooperatives an effective and cost-efficient way to meet citizens' needs and expectations regarding energy sources, services and local participation. Community energy offers an inclusive option for all consumers to have a direct stake in producing, consuming or sharing energy between each other within a geographically confined community network that may operate in an isolated mode or be connected to the public distribution network. Community energy initiatives focus primarily on providing affordable energy of a specific kind, such as renewable energy, for their members or shareholders rather than prioritising profit- making like a traditional energy company. By directly engaging with consumers community energy initiatives are demonstrating their potential in facilitating the up-take of new technologies and consumption patterns, including smart distribution grids and demand response, in an integrated manner. Community energy can also advance energy efficiency at household level and help fight energy poverty through reduced consumption and lower supply tariffs. Community energy can also improve the security of the energy supply as the electrical grid is less vulnerable. Community energy also enables certain groups of household consumers to participate in the energy market who otherwise might not have been able to do so. Where they have been successfully operated such initiatives have delivered economic, social and environmental value to the community that goes beyond the mere benefits derived from the provision of energy services. Local energy communities should be allowed to operate on the market on a level-playing field without distorting competition. Local energy communities should have access to the electrical grid as the grids should be technologically neutral. Household consumers should be allowed to voluntarily participate in a community energy initiative as well as to leave it, without losing access to the network operated by the community energy initiative or their rights as consumers. Access to a local energy community's network should be granted on fair and cost- reflective terms.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Energy services are fundamental to safeguard the well-being of the Union citizens. Adequate warmth, cooling, lighting and the energy to power appliances are essential services to guarantee a decent standard of living and citizens' health. Furthermore, access to these energy services empowers European citizens to fulfil their potential and it enhances social inclusion. Energy poor households are unable to afford these energy services due to a combination of low income, high energy expenditure and poor energy efficiency of their homes. Member States should provide mechanisms to support the development of more efficient heating and cooling technologies to tackle energy poverty. Member States should collect the right and comparable information to monitor the number of households in energy poverty. Accurate measurement using unified standards should assist Member States to identify those households affected by energy poverty in order to provide targeted support. The Commission should actively support the implementation of the provisions on energy poverty by facilitating the sharing of good practices between Member States.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Member States which are affected by energy poverty and which have not yet done so should therefore develop national action plans or other appropriate frameworks to tackle this problem, aiming at decreasing the number of people suffering such situation. Low income, high energy expenditure, and poor energy efficiency of homes are relevant factors in designing EU wide indicators for the measurement of energy poverty. In any event, Member States should ensure the necessary energy supply for vulnerable and energy poor customers. In doing so, an integrated approach, such as in the framework of energy and social policy, could be used and measures could include social policies or energy efficiency improvements for housing. At the very least, this Directive should allow national policies in favour of vulnerable and energy poor customers.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 70 a (new)
Recital 70 a (new)
(70a) Rapid and full implementation of this Directive should be encouraged, and will enable the Union to meet its climate and renewable targets in a timely manner.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7a. 'energy poverty' means a household's inability to afford the necessary domestic energy services so that basic humane standard levels of comfort and health can be guaranteed, as such costs represent a significant proportion of the disposable income; (To be added as new point 8.)
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 39
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 39
39. 'regional security coordinator operational centre' means the regional security coordinator operational centre as defined in Article 32 of the [recast of Regulation 714/2009 as proposed by COM(2016)861/2]Systems operations Guideline[SOGL] .
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that their national legislation does not unduly hamperenacts measures to promote cross-border flows of electricity, consumer participation including through voluntary demand–side response, investments into flexible energy generation, energy storage, the deployment of electro-mobility or new interconnectors, smart grid technology and that electricity prices reflect actual demand and supply. Member States shall ensure consumer participation is enabled by technology neutrality.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall ensure that their regulatory framework encouragesallows for the participation of aggregators in the retail market and that it contains at least the following elements:
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
In order to ensure that balancing costs and benefits induced by aggregators are fairly assigned to market participants, Member States may exceptionally allowwill establish rules on compensation payments between aggregators and other balance responsible parties. Such compensation payments must be limited to situations where one market participant induces imbalances to another market participant resulting in a financial cost.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. Member States that proceed with deployment shall adopt and publish the minimum functional and technical requirements for the smart metering systems to be rolled out in their territories in line with the provisions laid down in Article 20 and Annex III, while taking into account the existing functionalities of already installed smart metering systems. Member States shall ensure the interoperability of these smart metering systems as well as their connectivity with consumer energy management platforms. To this respect, Member States shall have due regard to the use of relevant available standards including those enabling interoperability, best practices and the importance of the development of the internal market in electricity.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Member States shall define a common set of criteria for the purposes of measuring energy poverty. Member States shall introduce measures including funding to decrease and prevent energy poverty. The set of measures shall include advisory services focussed on energy poverty carried out with relevant other services such as social services. Member States shall continuously monitor the number of households in energy poverty and shall report on the evolution of energy poverty and measures taken to reduce and prevent it to the Commission every two years as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports in accordance with Article 21 of [Governance Regulation as proposed by COM(2016)759]. Member States shall also use the energy poverty measurements figures when reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals, namely Goal 7.1 on universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services. Furthermore, the Member States shall provide support for the development of more efficient heating and cooling technologies to tackle energy poverty.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) adopting a framework for the cooperation and coordination between regional security cooperator operational centres.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. In performing the tasks listed in paragraph 1, the transmission system operator shall take into account the services functions performed by the regional security cooperator operational centres and cooperate as necessary with neighbouring transmission system operators.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – title
Article 62 – title
Duties and powers of regulatory authorities with respect to regional operational security coordinators centres
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The regional regulatory authorities of each security-coordinated region, the geographical area where a regional operational centre is established shall, in close coordination with each other:
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) approve the TSO cooperative decision- making process, proposed by the TSOs of the security-coordinated region for the relevant services performed by regional security coordinators;
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) monitor the performance of their functions, the system coordination and report annually to the Agency in this respect.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to request to TSOs information from regional operational security coordinators centres;
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to issue joint binding decisions relevant for the improvement of coordination on regional operational centres.