Activities of David BORRELLI related to 2015/2232(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation report on the Energy Efficiency Directive (A8-0199/2016 - Markus Pieper) IT
Amendments (36)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the Paris Agreement of December 2015 made at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 15 December 2011 entitled 'Energy Roadmap 2050' (COM(2011)0885),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas increased energy efficiency and energy saving are key factors for environmental and climate protection and supply, they also bear important geopolitical and democratic dimensions for the EU, and they are a long term contribution towards peace and security; whereas the Energy Efficiency Directive provides an important basis in this connection;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the ETS has failed to produce its intended results, and a major revision of the system is underway, which still needs to be defined, implemented, and demonstrate effectiveness;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is making good progress towards its environmental energy and climate targets for 2020 (reducing CO2 emissions, increasing the share of renewable energy sources, boosting energy efficiency) and is playing a leading role at world level;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU should update its climate and environmental goals in line with the increased ambitions expressed in the recent COP21 Paris agreement, aiming to keep the rise in temperature below the 1.5°, which are closely interrelated with the vision of a fully decarbonised and denuclearised economy by 2050;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly called for binding climate and energy targets for 2030, and in particular for a binding 40 % energy efficiency target, to be implemented by means of coordinated individual national targets; whereas binding national and EU targets for energy efficiency create prosperity, innovation, and quality employment and would help secure the EU's technological leadership in those fields;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas energy efficiency needs to be considered as an energy source in its own right representing the amount in Nw (negawatts) of the energy saved, as demonstrated beyond any doubt by recent world and European history;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas it is fundamental that the EU and Member States acknowledge the importance of including citizens-based initiatives such as cooperatives, community energy efficiency projects and stresses the need to remove economic, regulatory and administrative barriers to allow citizens to actively participate in the energy system;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Acknowledges that Member States are expected to reach only 17.6% of primary energy savings by 2020 and that the 20% target is still at risk; reminds with insistence that existing EU legislation must be fully implemented, accelerating efforts, increasing ambition level and improving investment conditions; calls therefore the Members States to increase their legislative, executive and monitoring effort to fully implement the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive and the 2010 Buildings Directive;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that up to now neitherthe implementation of the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive norby the 2010 Buildings Directive have been adequately implemented by the Member States; considers, therefore, that one reason whyMember States is ongoing; the lack of a long term Energy Efficiency outlook beyond 2020 has hindered investments despite theat energy efficiency targets are being achieved lies in the factbears the best return on investment of any energy- related initiative and that citizens and undertakings themselves have an interest in low energy consumption and cutting costs; Notes the significant potential for creating quality employment offered by the full implementation the energy efficiency measures, taking into account that the jobs of some 900 thousand people employed in works relate to the supply of energy efficient goods and services (data for 2010);
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the directive’'s flexibility has allowed many Member States to embark on energy efficiency measuresbeen counterproductive, hindering the achievements of its targets; insists that loopholes in the existing Directive, especially in Article 7, must be eliminated, while keeping for the Member States the possibility to choose among the measures; notes in particular that phasing in and early actions under Article 7.2 are no longer relevant and that the 25% flexibility has diminished the effectiveness of the 1.5% p.a. energy savings requirement; insists that alternative measures under Article 7.9 must be defined with precision, preventing loopholes, and be easy to quantify;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that 24 Member States have made use of the possibility of alternative measures to the energy efficiency obligation scheme (Article 7), and 18 Member States have preferred alternative measures to the renovation quota (Article 5); criticises the factregrets that seven Member States have still not introduced energy audits (Article 8);
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the implementation of some key elements of the Energy Efficiency Directive (smart meters, cogeneration, renovation plans) need more time in order to givehas been substantially delayed; calls on administrations and undertakings an opportunity toto intensify their effort for launching projects and innovations; in this field, in order to recover the delay; in this context it is fundamental to define a long term regulatory framework for energy efficiency towards 2030 and 2050 for providing predictability to all stakeholders;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. StresseReminds that national legislation (exit from coal, payment schemes for renewable energy, capacity markets) restricts the scope for European solution energy efficiency and renewable energy must translate ons that provide the best possible results in terms of cost and supply and cancels out the price advantages obtained through energy saving; calls for increased possibilities for binding coordination by the Commissione local environment the EU's requirements in the field, in order to deliver the established binding targets; calls for increasing coordination by the Commission on national energy transition strategies;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned thatNotes that although European electricity prices for small and medium- sized industrial and business customers and private consumers, are among the highest in the worlddjusted for purchasing power parity, remain relatively high in some Member States, the implementation of energy efficiency measures limits the impact on industry and households from rising energy bills;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned at the repercussNotes that the applications of general saving rules on the targets forthe ‘energy efficiency first’ principle expandings of the ushare of renewable energy sources (RES) in the energy mix; takes the view that improved cross-regional distribution and, storage systems and demand side management provide good opportunities for the further expansion of optimal locations for wind, hydro and solar power to supply the whole of Europe; expectsis convinced that this will have a dampening effect on energy prices;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Energy Efficiency legislation needs to be mfore coherent and more flexibleward looking
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onthe Commissioner Timmermans as the Member of to continue improving methodologies for the Ccommission responsible for ‘better law-making’ to look more intensively into the extent to which competing or overlapping EU energy rules lead to a loss of legislative efficiency and effectiveness and increased costs for administrations, business, industry and househoprehensive, long-term assessment of energy efficiency initiatives, including all main externalities; reminds that such methodologies are key for legislative impact assessment and for other dimensions of the evidence-based policy that the Union has pledged to develop in these and other fields;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that energy efficiency can help increase the resilience of the energy system and therefore help transition towards a sustainable and secure situation;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recalls that the moderation of energy demand through energy savings and energy efficiency impact positively on the EU's energy security, competitiveness, economic prosperity and sustainability, as well as on energy affordability, combating energy poverty and creating sustainable quality employment; underlines that energy efficiency must compete on equal terms with generation capacity;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Stresses that a binding energy efficiency target for 2030 will certainly increase Europe's energy independence from imported fossil fuels, thus to take distance from global conflicts over scarce resources, and therefore contribute to peace and security; recalls that in several resolutions the Parliament asked for a 2030 energy efficiency binding target of 40%, which is in line with the increased ambition of the COP21 Paris agreement; deplores the lack of ambition on energy efficiency shown by the European Council at its October 2014 summit, in setting a non-binding target of just 27% with no individual targets for Member States;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that a barrier-free internal energy marketn internal energy market freed from barriers, dominant positions, technological lock-in of fossil and nuclear sources, and providing transparent, complete information to all players will optimise the costs of energy production and distribution and significantly improve energy efficiency across Europe;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the positive impactNotes that certification schemes or saving obligations (Article 7) are having in many Member States; considers the flexibility of the rules to be a major factor in guaranteeing their acceptance; asks that the calculation of certification schemes andcurrently implemented or under implementation in some Member States must ensure that certified savings correspond to real-life energy- saving measures should not be hampered by overly restrictive interpretations and time limitss and are not just savings on paper;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for action to be taken to ensure plausible and unbureaucratic calculations of savings and efficiency; takes the view that the Energy Efficiency Directive could also serve as framework legislation in this connection; takes the view that specific measures and efficiency criteria might be integrated into existing directives (Buildings Directive) or a combined labelling requirement (energy efficiency labelling, eco-design, circular economy, CE marking, Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Directives);
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that more flexibility is needed in order to reach the EU’s climate protection andbinding targets for energy efficiency targets; calls for ‘target flexibility’ for Member States; takes the view that rebates should be available for targets relating to energy saving and increasing the share of renewable energy sources (Article 3 of the Energy Efficiency Directive) where for example the CO2 targets have been exceedede needed to ensure a high level of ambition and effort in Member States, and that full autonomy should be recognised to Member States to define the tailored mix of tools that they need to reach the binding targets;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls in this connection for the Energy Efficiency Directive to be adapted in line with the EU’'s climate protection targets for 2030 and the COP21 agreement while also to be fit for a vision of a fully decarbonised economy by 2050;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
More energy efficiency – EU support, and best practice and optimising the Energy Efficiency Directives
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. RegretsCalls on the Commission to draw lessons from the Court of Auditors' criticism of less-than-effective energy efficiency projects supported by the EU Structural Funds (2007 to 2013), promptly devising and implementing the correspondent improvements; calls for improved guidelines and more intensive Commission monitoring with a view to making better use of the Structural Funds and EFSI for energy efficiency investments; is of the view that EFSI is not mobilising the announced investments, and calls for an improved justification of the projects funded;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for anWelcomes the increased technical support from the Commission to ensure correct and speedy implementation of the EED; Calls for further exchange of ideas among Member States on the saving obligations and building and renovation plans (Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7) with the aim of applying existing instruments (tax incentives, support programmes, model contracts) more quickly; calls for Commission guidelines for future national plansnotes the recommendation of the EPRS report on EED Article 7 for more detailed provisions, extensive guidance and reporting templates for Member States; calls for a binding Commission template for future national plans, to ensure transparency and comparability; stresses the importance of ensuring that: • (i) renovation road maps in Article 4 follow mandatory templates and include intermediate 5 year targets towards a goal of nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) by 2050, as will become necessary to meet the goals of the COP21 Paris Agreement; • (ii) Article 5 is extended to cover all public bodies and to include the adoption of best practice on financial support mechanisms; • (iii) clearer guidelines are provided for Article 6, including better integration into the wider EU rules on public procurement, and that Article 6 is extended to all public contracts, with a clear nZEB performance level set for buildings newly built or rented by public authorities; • (iv) loopholes in Article 7 are eliminated, bearing in mind that phasing in and early actions under Article 7.2 are no longer relevant and that the 25% flexibility has diminished the effectiveness of the 1.5% p.a. energy savings requirement; • (v) alternative measures under article 7.9 are more tightly defined and easy to quantify, while keeping flexibility for the Member States to choose among the measures; (vi) behavioural energy efficiency programmes are included in the list of measures considered as eligible under art7;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recommends to improve the transparency and clarity of bills, which should include information on the final price, explanation of taxes, levies and tariffs, together with information on switching and energy efficiency measures; particular attention need to be given to a clear indication on bills of the different energy sources actually composing the electricity supplied, considering that this is an important dimension driving consumers' choices and behaviours; insists that plain, clear language must be used, with technical terms either avoided or clearly explained; in this respect requests the Commission to identify key principles for establishing the minimum guaranteed information that must be provided in the bills;