2 Amendments of Arne GERICKE related to 2016/0379(COD)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Energy Union aims at providing consumers – household and business – secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy. Historically, the electricity system was dominated by vertically integrated, often publicly owned, monopolies with large centralised nuclear or fossil fuel power plants. The internal market in electricity, which has been progressively implemented since 1999, aims to deliver a real choice for all consumers in the Union, both citizens and businesses, open up new business opportunities and morefor undertakings, encourage cooperative ‘citizens’ energy’ models with regional value added and boost cross- border trade, so as to achieve efficiency gains, competitive prices and higher standards of service, and to contribute to security of supply and sustainability. The internal market in electricity has increased competition, in particular at the wholesale level, and cross- border trade. It remains the foundation of an efficient energy market.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Supply networks throughout Europe, whether local or long-distance, face major challenges which many of them will be unable to meet. Accordingly, Member States are required to focus on modernising and adapting the local power supply networks in their regions and taking appropriate measures to coordinate their development across Europe;