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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013
Amendments (103)
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The evaluation of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 has clearly shown that the framework has effectively improved the integration of Member States’ networks, stimulated energy trade and hence contributed to the competitiveness of the Union. Projects of common interest in electricity and gas have strongly contributed to security of supply. For gas, the infrastructure is now well connected and supply resilience has improved substantially since 2013. Regional cooperation in Regional Groups and through cross-border cost allocation is an important enabler for project implementation. However, in many cases the cross-border cost allocation did not result in reducing the financing gap of the project, as intended. While the majority of permitting procedures have been shortened, in some cases the process is still long. The financial assistance from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has been an important factor as grants for studies have helped projects to reduce risks in the early stages of development, while grants for works have supported projects addressing key bottlenecks that market finance could not sufficiently address.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Security of supply, as one main driver behind Regulation (EU) No 347/2013, has been significantly improved through projects of common interest. Moreover, the Commission’s climate target impact assessment27 expects the consumption of natural gas to be reduced significantly because its non-abated use is not compatible with carbon-neutrality. On the other hand, the consumption of biogas, renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and synthetic gaseous fuels will increase significantly towards 2050. Therefore, the potential natural gas infrastructure no longer needs support through the TEN-E policy. The planning of energy infrastructure should reflect this changing gas landscape. However, in some Member States natural gas projects represent substantial potential for reduction of CO2 emissions, including by facilitating transition from solid fossil fuels, in particular coal, lignite, peat and oil shale, to natural gas. Although 80% of gas projects that are projects of common interest (gas PCIs) are expected to be commissioned by 2025, it appears that the project planning for gas PCIs was too optimistic27a. More than half of gas PCIs from the fourth Union list of projects of common interest established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 were located at NSI East Gas priority corridor, due to the persisting need to improve security of supply standards, diversification of gas supply, competitiveness and gas market integration in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe. The revision of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 should not negatively affect not yet completed projects at this and other priority corridors. Natural gas infrastructure projects which were already included in the fourth or fifth Union list of projects of common interest established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 should therefore be able to maintain this status and be eligible for the first Union list of projects of common interest to be established under this Regulation. _________________ 27 SWD(2020) 176 final 27A ACER (2020), Consolidated Report on the progress of electricity and gas Projects of Common Interest
Amendment 288 #
(13) The Commission’s communication on energy system integration underlines the need for integrated energy infrastructure planning across energy carriers, infrastructures, and consumption sectors. Such system integration starts from the point of departure of applying the energy efficiency first principle and taking a holistic approach beyond individual sectors. It also addresses the decarbonisation needs of the hard to abate sectors, such as parts of industry or certain modes of transport, where direct electrification is, currently, technically or economically challenging. Such investments include hydrogen and electrolysers, which are progressing towards commercial large-scale deployment. The Commission’s Hydrogen Strategy gives priority to hydrogen production from renewable electricity, which is the cleanest solution and is most compatible with the EU climate neutrality objective. In a transitional phase however, other forms of low-carbon hydrogen are needed and therefore should be equally supported within the framework of this Regulation to more rapidly replacdecarbonise existing hydrogen andproduction focusing on a diverse range of clean technologies in terms of sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions and to kick-start an economy of scale.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Moreover, the Commission’s Hydrogen Strategy29 concluded that for the required deployment of hydrogen a large- scale infrastructure network is an important element that only the Union and the single market can offer. There is currently very limited dedicated infrastructure in place to transport and trade hydrogen across borders. Such should consist of a significant extent of assets converted from natural gas, complemented by new assets dedicated to hydrogen. Furthermore, the Hydrogen Strategy sets a strategic goal to increase installed electrolyser capacity to 40 GW by 2030 in order to scale up the production of renewable hydrogen and facilitate the decarbonisation of fossil-fuel dependent sectors, such as industry or transport. Therefore, the TEN-E policy should include new and repurposed hydrogen transmission infrastructure and storage as well as electrolyser facilities, retrofitted pipelines for regional and temporal blending solutions and storage. Hydrogen transmission and storage infrastructure should also be included in the Union-wide ten-year network development plan so as to allow a comprehensive and consistent assessment of their costs and benefits for the energy system, including their contribution to sector integration and decarbonisation, with the aim of creating a hydrogen backbone for the Union. _________________ 29A hydrogen strategy for a climate- neutral Europe, COM(2020) 301 final.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Moreover, a new infrastructure category should be created for smart gas grids to support investments which integrate renewable and low carbon gases such as biogas, biomethane, and hydrogen, in the network and help manage a resulting more complex system, building on innovative digital technologies as well as technology, mechanical or engineering solutions for gas quality and grid management.
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 requires a candidate project of common interest to prove a significant contribution to at least one criterion from a set of criteria in the process for the elaboration of the Union list, which may, but does not need to, include sustainability. That requirement, in line with the specific needs of the internal energy market at the time, enabled development of projects of common interest which addressed only security of supply risks even if they did not demonstrate benefits in terms of sustainability. However, given the evolution of the Union infrastructure needs and the decarbonisation goals, the Conclusions of the 2020 July European Council, according to which “Union expenditure should be consistent with Paris Agreement objectives and the "do no harm" principle of the European Green Deal, sustainability in terms of the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid or the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as relevant, should be assessed in order to ensure that TEN-E policy is coherent with energy and climate policy objectives of the Union taking also into account the specificities of each Member State and the needs to implement different pathways towards decarbonisation. The sustainability of CO2 transport networks is addressed by their purpose to transport carbon dioxide.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Union should facilitate infrastructure projects linking the Union’s energy networks with third-country networks that are mutually beneficial and necessary for the energy transition and the achievement of the climate targets, and which also meet the specific criteria of the relevant infrastructure categories pursuant to this Regulation, in particular with neighbouring countries and with countries with which the Union has established specific energy cooperation. Therefore, this Regulation should include in its scope projects of mutual interest where they are sustainable and able to demonstrate significant net socio-economic benefits for at least two Member States and at least one third country. Such projects would be eligible for inclusion in the Union list upon conditions of regulatory approximation with the Union, in particular through the application of third-party access, ownership unbundling and transparent and cost-reflective tariffs and upon demonstrating a contribution to the Union’s overall energy and climate objectives in terms of solidarity, security of supply and decarbonisation. Such regulatory alignment or convergence should be presumed for the European Economic Area or Energy Community Contracting Parties. In addition, the third country with which the Union cooperates in the development of projects of mutual interest should facilitate a similar timeline for accelerated implementation and other policy support measures, as stipulated in this Regulation. Therefore, in this Regulation, projects of mutual interest should be considered in the same manner as projects of common interest with all provisions relative to projects of common interest applying also to projects of mutual interest, unless otherwise specified.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Furthermore, to achieve the Union’s 2030 and 2050 climate and energy targets and climate neutrality objective, Europe needs to significantly scale up renewable electricity generation. The existing infrastructure categories for electricity transmission and storage are crucial for the integration of the significant increase in renewable electricity generation in the power grid. In addition, that requires stepping up investment in offshore renewable energy30. Coordinating long- term planning and development of offshore and onshore electricity grids should also be addressed, including by aligning the offshore planning process with the TYNDP development. In particular, offshore infrastructure planning should move away from the project-by-project approach towards a coordinated comprehensive approach ensuring the sustainable development of integrated offshore gridoffshore electricity networks in line with the offshore renewable potential of each sea basin, environmental protection and other uses of the sea. _________________ 30 Offshore Strategy Communication
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Relevant Member States should be able to assess the benefits and costs of the afferent sea basin offshore gridelectricity networks for renewable energy and carry out a preliminary cost sharing analysis at sea basin level to underpin joint political commitments for offshore renewable energy development at sea-basis level. Therefore, the Commission should develop uniform principles for a cost-benefit and cost-sharing methodology for the deployment of the integrated offshore network development plans which should enable Member States to carry out an adequate assessment.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Union-wide ten-year network development plan process as basis for the identification of projects of common interest in the categories of electricity and gas has proven to be effective. However, while the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity and for Gas (ENTSOs) and transmission system operators have anthe most important role to play in the process, more scrutiny is requirdue to their unique expertise on modelling and scenarios and their knowledge on the infrastructural needs and challenges of the Member States, more scrutiny is expected, in particular as regards defining the scenarios for the future, identifying long-term infrastructure gaps and bottlenecks and assessing individual projects, to enhance trust in the process. Therefore, due to the need for independent validation, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘the Agency’) and the Commission should have an increased role in the process, including in the process for drawing up the Union- wide ten-year network development plan pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/94331 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council32. _________________ 31Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 54). 32Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 36).
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Following close consultations with all Member States and stakeholders, the Commission has identified 13 strategic trans-European energy infrastructure priorities, the implementation of which is essential for the achievement of the Union’s 2030 and 2050 energy and climate policy targets. Those priorities cover different geographic regions or thematic areas in the field of electricity transmission and storage, offshore grids for renewable energy, hydrogen transmission and storage, electrolysers, smart gas grids, smart electricity grids, and carbon dioxide transport.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to simplify and expedite the permitting process for offshore gridelectricity networks for renewable energy, the Member States around a particular sea basin should create unique points of contact, referred to as an ‘offshore one-stop shop’, in view of regional specificities and geography, for the for facilitating and coordinating the process of granting of permits to such projects. Moreover, the establishment of a one-stop shop per sea basin for offshore gridelectricity networks for renewable energy should reduce complexity, increase efficiency and speed up the permitting process of offshore transmission assets often crossing many jurisdictions.
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down guidelines for the timely development and interoperability of the priority corridors and areas of trans-European energy infrastructure set out in Annex I (‘energy infrastructure priority corridors and areas’) that contribute to the integration of the Union energy markets, security of supply and affordability of energy carriers and that are in line with the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets and the climate neutrality objective by 2050.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) addresses the identification of projects of common interest necessary to implement priority corridors and areas falling under the energy infrastructure categories in electricity, smart gas grids, hydrogen, electrolysers, and carbon dioxidecarbon dioxide and natural gas projects set out in Annex II (‘energy infrastructure categories’);
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘smart gas grid’ means a gas network that makes use of innovative digital solutions to, technological, mechanical or engineering solutions in the view of integrateing in a cost efficient manner a plurality of low-carbon and renewable gas sources and their blends with methane in accordance with consumers’ needs and, gas quality requirements in order to reduceand system safety requirements enabling the reduction of the carbon footprint of the related gas consumption, enableand an increased share of renewable and low-carbon gases, ands well as createing links with other energy carriers and sectors;
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) ‘repurposing’ means the technical upgrade or modification of existing natural gas infrastructure for the use of pure hydrogen;
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘relevant national regulatory authorities’ means the national regulatory authorities in the Member States hosting the projects and in Member States to which the project provides a significant positive impact;
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 20 of this Regulation amending annexes to this Regulation in order to establish the Union list of projects of common interest (‘Union list’), subject to the second paragraph of Article 172 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the project contributes significantly to the decarbonisation objectives of the Union and those of the third country and to sustainability, including through the integration of renewable and low-carbon energy into the grid and the transmission of renewable and low-carbon generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, and;
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the potential overall benefits of the project identified on the territory of the Union and in countries applying the Union acquis and which have concluded an agreement with the Union, assessed in accordance with the respective specific criteria in paragraph 3, outweigh its costs on the same perimeter, including in the longer term;
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) for the part located on Union territory, the project is in line with Directives 2009/73/EC and (EU) 2019/944 where it falls within the infrastructure categories described in points (1) and (3) of Annex II;
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point i
(i) a well-functioning internal energy market, in particular through the application of third-party access, ownership unbundling and transparent and cost-reflective tariffs;
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point ii
(ii) security of energy supplies based on a diversification of sources, cooperation and solidarity;
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part
(a) for electricity transmission and storage projects falling under the energy infrastructure categories set out in points (1)(a), (b), (c) and (e) of Annex II, the project is to contribute significantly to sustainability through the integration of renewable and low-carbon energy into the grid and the transmission of renewable and low-carbon generation to major consumption centres and storage sites, and at least one of the following specific criteria:
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d – introductory part
(d) for hydrogen projects falling under the energy infrastructure categories set out in point (3) of Annex II the project is to contribute significantly to sustainability, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, by enhancing the deployment of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and supporting variable renewable power generation by offering flexibility and/or storage solutions. Furthermore, the project is to contribute significantly to at least one of the following specific criteria:
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point e
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – introductory part
(f) for smart gas grid projects falling under the energy infrastructure category set out in point (2) of Annex II, the project is to contribute significantly to sustainability byin the view of enabling and facilitating the integration of renewable and low-carbon gases, such as biomethane, or renewable hydrogen, into the gas distribution and transmission networks in order to reducehydrogen, or synthetic gas and their blends with methane into the gas distribution and transmission networks, as well as storage systems, enabling the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the project is to contribute significantly to at least one of the following specific criteria:
Amendment 569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – point i
(i) network security and quality of supply by retrofitting, increasing the capacity or improving the efficiency and interoperability of gas transmission and distribution or storage systems in day-to- day network operation by, among others, addressing challenges resulting from the injection of gases of different qualities through the deployment of innovative technologies andsolutions in at least one of the following areas: innovative technologies, technological, mechanical or engineering improvements or cybersecurity;
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – point iii
(iii) facilitating smart energy sector integration through the creation of reverse flows or links to other energy carriers and sectors and enabling demand response.
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f – point iii a (new)
(iiia) enabling transport of renewable and decarbonised gases from production units to transmission or distribution network;
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) for natural gas projects that were included in the fourth or fifth Union list established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 and falling under the energy infrastructure category set out in point 5a of Annex II to this Regulation, the project is to contribute significantly to sustainability, including by enhancing the switch from solid fossil fuels, in particular coal, lignite, peat and oil shale, to natural gas, as provided for in the integrated national climate and energy plans referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/19991a, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and by improving air quality; furthermore, the project is to contribute significantly to at least one of the following specific criteria: (i) market integration, including through lifting the isolation of at least one Member State and reducing energy infrastructure bottlenecks; interoperability and system flexibility; (ii) security of supply, including through appropriate connections and diversification of supply sources, supplying counterparts and routes; (iii) competition, including through diversification of supply sources, supplying counterparts and routes. __________________ (1a) Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Natural gas projects referred to in point (fa) of paragraph 3 of this Article shall be eligible to be included only in the first Union list adopted in accordance with Article 3(4).
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. By 31 December of28 February, each year following the year of inclusion of a project of common interest on the Union list pursuant to Article 3, project promoters shall submit an annual report, for each project falling under the categories set out in points (1) to (4) of Annex II, to the competent authority referred to in Article 8.
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. By 31 JanuaryMarch, each year, the competent authorities referred to in Article 8 shall submit to the Agency and to the respective Group the report referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article supplemented with information on the progress and, where relevant, on delays in the implementation of projects of common interest located on their respective territory with regard to the permit granting processes, and on the reasons for such delays. The contribution of the competent authorities to the report shall be clearly marked as such and drafted without modifying the text introduced by the project promoters.
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. By [31 July 2022] and for each specific Regional Group per priority offshore grid corridor, as defined in Annex I, national competent authorities in Member States belonging to the respective Group, shall jointly create unique points of contact, ‘offshore one-stop shops’, for project promoters, which shall be responsible for facilitating and coordinating the permit granting process for offshore grids for renewable energy projects of common interest, taking into account also the need for coordination between the permitting process for the energy infrastructure and the one for the generation assets and energy infrastructure for offshore renewable electricity projects of common interest, by ensuring an uninterrupted flow of information between members of the Regional Group and serve as an information-sharing platform for peer-learning. The offshore one-stop shops shall act as a repository ofaggregating the existing sea basin studies and plans, aiming at facilitating the permitting process of individual projects of common interest and coordinate the issuance of the comprehensive decisions for such projects by the relevant national competent authorities. Each Regional Group per priority offshore grid corridor, with the assistance of the national competent authorities in the Members States belonging to the Group, shall set-up the offshore one-stop shops depending on regional specificities and geography and determine their location, resource allocation and specific rules for their functioning.
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By [1 May 2023], the Member State or competent authority shall, where applicable in collaboration with other authorities concerned, publish an updated manual of procedures for the permit granting process applicable to projects of common interest to include at least the information specified in point (1) of Annex VI. The manual shall not be legally binding, but it may refer to or quote relevant legal provisions. The national competent authorities shall coordinate and find synergies with neighbouring countries in developing their manual of procedures. perate with the authorities of neighbouring countries with a view to the exchange of good practices and facilitate the permit- granting process.
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 3
The competent authorities shall ensure that permit granting is accelerated in line with this Chapter for each category of projects of common interest. To that end, the competent authorities shall adapt their requirements for the start of the permit granting process and for the acceptance of the submitted application file, to make them fit for projects which, that due to their nature, or smaller scale, may require less authorisations and approvals for reaching the ready-to-build phase, and, therefore, might not require the benefit of the pre- application procedure. Such smaller scale projects may include gas and electricity smart grids and electrolysers.
Amendment 635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The requirements and time limits laid down in this Article shall be without prejudice to any more favourable treatment in the permit granting process provided for in national law.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Amendment 681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
7. In parallel, the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall submit to the Commission a document justifying the reasons behind the proposed updates and why those updates are considered of incremental nature. Where the Commission deems that those updates are not of incremental nature, it shall, by written request, ask the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas to submit to it the methodologies. In such casefollow the process describedset out in paragraphs 2 to 5 applies.
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
8. Within two weeks of the approval by the Agency or the Commission in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6, the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall publish their respective methodologies on their websites. They shall publish the corresponding input data and other relevant network, load flow and market data in a sufficiently accurate form in accordance with national law and relevant confidentiality agreements.
Amendment 692 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 9
Article 11 – paragraph 9
9. The methodologies shall be updated and improved regularly upon request from the Commission following the procedure described in paragraphs 1 to -6. The Agency, on its own initiative or upon a duly reasoned request by national regulatory authorities or stakeholders, and after formally consulting the organisations representing all relevant stakeholders and the Commission, may request such updates and improvements with due justification and timescales. The Agency shall publish the requests by national regulatory authorities or stakeholders and all relevant non-commercially sensitive documents leading to a request from the Agency for an update or improvement.
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 10
Article 11 – paragraph 10
10. Every three years, the Agency shall establish and make publicly available a set of indicators and corresponding reference values for the comparison of unit investment costs for comparable projects of the infrastructure categories included in points (1) and (3) of Annex II. Those reference values may be used by the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas for the cost-benefit analyses carried out for subsequent Union-wide ten-year network development plans. The first of such indicators shall be published by [1 November 2022]. Infrastructure owners, system operators and third-party promoters are obliged to provide the relevant data to the national regulatory authorities and to the Agency.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [31 July 2022], the Agency, after having conducted an extensive consultation process involving the Commission, the Member States, and at least the organisations representing all relevant stakeholders, including the ENTSO for Electricity, the ENTSO for Gas, Union DSO entity, and relevant hydrogen sector stakeholders, shall publish the framework guidelines for the joint scenarios to be developed by ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas. Those guidelines shall be regularly updated as found necessary.
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The guidelines shall include the energy efficiency first principle andspecify standards for a transparent, non-discriminatory and inclusive process of elaboration of scenarios taking into account good practices in the field of network development planning that would aim to ensure that the underlying ENTSO for Electricity and ENTSO for Gas scenarios are fully in line with energy efficiency first principle and compatible with the latest medium and long-term European Union decarbonisation targets and the latest available Commission scenarios. and that they reflect Member States’ climate and energy policies and strategies, as well as technical and economical needs of energy infrastructure development in the Union. The Agency may update those guidelines where necessary to take into account new developments while avoiding administrative burden for the stakeholders and ensuring the smooth and efficient development of the joint scenarios.
Amendment 747 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. TEvery two years the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall publish and submit the draft joint scenarios report to the Agency and the Commission for their opinions.
Amendment 750 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Within three months from the receipt of the draft joint scenarios report together with the input received in the consultation process and a report on how it was taken into account, the Agency shall submit its opinion on compliance of the scenarios with framework guidelines to the ENTSO for Electricity, and ENTSO for gas and the Commission.
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission, giving due consideration to the Agency opinion defined under paragraph 5, shall submit its opinWithin three months of receipt of the draft joint scenarios report the Commission shall submit its opinion on the compatibility of the scenarios with the latest medium and long-term European Union decarbonisation targets and the latest available Commission scenarions to the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas.
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7
Article 12 – paragraph 7
7. The ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall adapt their joint scenarios report, taking due account of the Agency’s opinion, in line withand the Commission’s opinions and submit the updated report to the Commission for its approval. The ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall provide duly justified reasons if they are not able to take the above opinions fully into account.
Amendment 765 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Within [X] months from the receipt of the updated report, the Commission shall take a decision on the approval of the joint scenarios report. In the event that the Commission does not approve the joint scenarios report, it shall provide a new reasoned opinion to the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas detailing the remaining incompatibility of the scenarios with the Framework Guidelines or with the Union’s medium and long term decarbonisation objectives. The ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall adapt their joint scenarios report to ensure their compliance with the Framework Guidelines and the Union’s targets and submit it to the Commission for its approval.
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Every two yearsWithin [X months] of the approval of the joint scenarios report, the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall publish and submit to the Commission and the Agency the infrastructure gaps reports developed within the framework of the Union-wide ten-year network development plans.
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
When assessing the infrastructure gaps the ENTSO for Electricity and the ENTSO for Gas shall implement the energy efficiency first principle and consider with priority all relevant non-infrastructure related solutionsbase their analysis on the scenarios established in accordance with Article 12, implement the energy efficiency first principle and consider all relevant alternatives for the optimisation of the existing transmission system that could contribute to addressing the identified gaps.
Amendment 800 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Within threewo months following receipt of the infrastructure gaps report together with the input received in the consultation process and a report on how it was taken into account, the Agency shall submit its opinion to the ENTSO for Electricity or ENTSO for Gas and the Commission.
Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission, consideringWithin one month of receipt of the Agency’s opinion referred to in paragraph 3 the Commission, considering this opinion, shall draft and submit its opinion to the ENTSO for Electricity or the ENTSO for Gas.
Amendment 811 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. By [31 July 2022], Member States, with the support of the Commission, within their specific priority offshore grid corridors, set out in point (2) of Annex I, taking into account the specificities and development in each region, shall jointly define and agree to cooperate on the amount ofset indicative, non-binding targets for offshore renewable generation to be deployed within each sea basin by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040, in view of their national energy and climate plans, the offshore renewable potential of each sea basin, environmental protection, climate adaptation and other uses of the sea, as well as the Union’s decarbonisation targets. That agreement shall be made in writing as regards each sea basin linked to the territory of the Union.
Amendment 815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. By [31 July 2023] the ENTSO for Electricity, with the involvement of the relevant TSOs, the national regulatory authorities and of the Commission and in line with the agreement referred to in paragraph 1, shall develop and publish integstratedgic offshore network development plans starting from the 2050 objectives, with intermediate steps for 2030 and 2040, for each sea-basin, in line with the priority offshore grid corridors referred to in Annex I, taking into account environmental protection and other uses of the sea. Those integstratedgic offshore network development plans shall provide a high-level outlook on offshore generation capacity potential and the resulting needs and constraints for interlinkages in an offshore grid and thereafter be updated every threefour years.
Amendment 820 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The integstratedgic offshore network development plans shall be compatible with the latestused as an input for the Union-wide ten-Year Network Development Plans in order to ensure coherent development of onshore and offshore grid planning providing for an adequate and reliable transmission grid for the transfer of electricity onshore as well as between coastal regions, inland regions and landlocked Member States and to provide for a stable supply of electricity to centres of consumption.
Amendment 826 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The ENTSO for Electricity shall submit the draft integrated network development offshore plans to the Commission for its opinionPrior to submitting the respective plans, the ENTSO for Electricity shall conduct an extensive consultation process involving all relevant electricity stakeholders, including EU DSO entities, and all offshore sector stakeholders and representatives of all the Member States that are part of the priority offshore grid corridors set out in Annex I.
Amendment 829 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. The ENTSO for Electricity shall adapt the integstratedgic offshore network development plans taking due account of the Commission opinion before the publication of the final reports and submit them to the relevant priority offshore grid corridors, set out in Annex I.
Amendment 833 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Article 14 – paragraph 6
6. For the purpose of ensuring the timely development of the offshore grids for renewable energy, shouldnetworks, the ENTSO for Electricity notshall develop, in time, the integstratedgic offshore network development plans, referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall, on the basis of expert advice, draw-up an integrated offshore network development plan per sea-basin for each priority offshore grid corridor set out in Annex I.
Amendment 838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall develop, by means of implementing acts, principles for a specific cost-benefit and cost-sharing methodology for the deployment of the integoffshore grids for renewable energy included in the stratedgic offshore network development plan referred to in Article 14(2) in accordance with the agreement referred to in Article 14(1) as part of the guidelines referred to in Article 16(10). Those principles shall be compatible with the provisions outlined in Article 16(1). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 21(2).
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Within 12 months from the publication of the principles referred to in paragraph 1, the ENTSO for Electricity, with the involvement of the relevant TSOs, the national regulatory authorities and the Commission, shall develop cost- benefit and cost-sharing methodology for the deployment of the offshore network development plan. The methodology should aim at making recommendations for allocation of costs by sea basin, and should not be a project by project assessment.
Amendment 842 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Within 12 months from the publication of the principlesmethodology referred to in paragraph 1(a), the ENTSO for Electricity, with the involvement of the relevant TSOs, the national regulatory authorities and of the Commission, shall present the results of the application of the cost-benefit and cost- sharing methodology to the priority offshore grid corridorsharing methodology for the offshore grids for renewable energy included in the priority offshore grid corridors. The results of the strategic integrated offshore network development plans and the application of the cost- benefit and cost-sharing methodology to the priority offshore grid corridors shall be used as non-binding guidance by the Commission and the Member States and as input to be considered in the TYNDP process.
Amendment 846 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Within six months from the presentation of the results as referred to in paragraph 2, the relevant Member States, shall update their written agreement referred to in Article 14(1) taking into account the results as referred to in paragraph 2 with the updated joint definition of the amount ofindicative non-binding goals for the offshore renewable generation to be deployed within each sea basin in 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040, and the relevant agreement to cooperate for the achievement of such amounts.
Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Within six months from the updated written agreements referred to in paragraph 3, for each sea basin,hen the ENTSO for Electricity shall updates the integstratedgic offshore network development plans by following the procedure set out in Article 14(2) to (5). The procedure descri that update shall bed in Article 14(6) shall applyline with the updated written agreement referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.
Amendment 855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Projects falling under the category set out in points (1) (ed) and (2) of Annex II may benefit from the provisions of this Article where at least one project promoter requests its application to the relevant national authorities.
Amendment 859 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The national regulatory authorities shall, upon receipt,project promoter shall transmit to the Agency, without delay, a copy of eachthe investment request, for information purposes.
Amendment 861 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Within six months of the date on which the last investment request is received by the relevant national regulatory authorities, those national regulatory authorities shall, after consulting the project promoters concerned, take joint coordinated decisions on the allocation of efficiently incurred investment costs to be borne by each system operator for the project, as well as their inclusion in tariffs. The national regulatory authorities shall include all thethe relevant efficiently incurred investment costs in tariffs in line with the allocation of investment costs to be borne by each system operator for the project. The national regulatory authorities shall thereafter assess, where appropriate, whether any affordability issues might arise due to the inclusion of the investment costs in tariffs.
Amendment 863 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
In that case or upon a joint request from at least one of the relevant national regulatory authorities, the decision on the investment request including cross-border cost allocation referred to in paragraph 3 as well as the necessity for the inclusion of the cost of the investments, in its totality, as allocated across borders in the tariffs shall be taken by the Agency within three months of the date of referral to the Agency.
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt delegatedimplementing acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
Amendment 887 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegatedimplementing acts referred to in Article 3 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of sevenfour years from [1 January 2022]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the seven-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 888 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. As soon as it adopts a delegatedn implementing act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. A delegatedn implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 3 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 894 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the progress achieved in the planning, development, construction and commissioning of offshore grids for renewable energy and energy infrastructure for offshore renewable electricity, as well as the enabled deployment of offshore renewable energy;
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 is repealed from [1 January 2022]. NSave where otherwise provided in this Regulation no rights shall arise under the present Regulation for projects listed in the Annexes to Regulation (EU) 347/2013. Decisions on cross-border cost allocations granted on the basis of Article 12 of Regulation 347/2013 and related to projects for which at least the construction phase has been initiated shall remain valid. This Regulation shall apply to those decisions.
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 2 – point 4 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 2 – point 4 – introductory part
(4) Northern Seas offshore grid (‘NSOG’): offshore electricity grid development or integrated offshore electricity grid development and the related interconnectors in the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the English Channel and neighbouring waters to transport electricity from renewable offshore energy sources to centres of consumption and storage and to increase cross-border electricity exchange.
Amendment 922 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 2 – point 5 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 2 – point 5 – introductory part
(5) Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan offshore grid (‘BEMIP offshore’): offshore electricity grid development or integrated offshore electricity grid development and the related interconnectors in the Baltic Sea and neighbouring waters to transport electricity from renewable offshore energy sources to centres of consumption and storage and to increase cross-border electricity exchange.
Amendment 926 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 2 – point 6 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 2 – point 6 – introductory part
(6) South and East offshore grid: offshore electricity grid development or integrated offshore electricity grid development and the related interconnectors in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and neighbouring waters to transport electricity from renewable offshore energy sources to centres of consumption and storage and to increase cross-border electricity exchange.
Amendment 931 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 2 – point 7 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 2 – point 7 – introductory part
(7) South Western Europe offshore grid: offshore electricity grid development or integrated offshore electricity grid development and the related interconnectors in the North Atlantic Ocean waters to transport electricity from renewable offshore energy sources to centres of consumption and storage and to increase cross-border electricity exchange.
Amendment 936 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 3 – title
Annex I – Part 3 – title
3 PRIORITY CORRIDORS FOR HYDROGEN
Amendment 938 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 3 – point 8 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 3 – point 8 – introductory part
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 3 – point 8 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Part 3 – point 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 3 – point 9 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 3 – point 9 – introductory part
(9) Hydrogen interconnections in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe (‘HI East’): hydrogen infrastructure and the repurposing of existing natural gas infrastructure with a view to enabling the emergence of an integrated hydrogen backbone connecting the countries of the region and addressing their specific infrastructure needs for hydrogen supporting the emergence of an EU-wide network for hydrogen transport.
Amendment 955 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 3 – point 9 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Part 3 – point 9 – paragraph 1
Amendment 960 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 3 – point 10 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 3 – point 10 – introductory part
(10) Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan in hydrogen (‘BEMIP Hydrogen’): hydrogen infrastructure and the repurposing of existing natural gas infrastructure with a view to enabling the emergence of an integrated hydrogen backbone connecting the countries of the region and addressing their specific infrastructure needs for hydrogen supporting the emergence of an EU-wide network for hydrogen transport.
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 3 – point 10 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Part 3 – point 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part 4 – point 13 – introductory part
Annex I – Part 4 – point 13 – introductory part
(13) Smart gas grids: Adoption of smart gas grid technologies across the Union to efficiently integrate a plurality of renewable and low-carbon gas sources into the gas network, support the uptake of innovativein particular through their blends with methane, support the uptake of innovative digital, technological, mechanical or engineering solutions for network management and facilitating smart energy sector integration and demand response.
Amendment 984 #
13(a) Natural gas infrastructure: Completion of gas infrastructure projects included in the fourth or fifth Union list established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 for the purpose of enhancing market integration, security of supply, and competition and which contribute to sustainability. Member States concerned: all.
Amendment 989 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
a(a) any equipment or installation falling under the category referred to in point (a) enabling the transmission of offshore renewable electricity from the offshore generation sites (‘energy infrastructure for offshore renewable electricity’);
Amendment 1002 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) any of the following equipment or installation aiming at enabling and facilitating the integration of renewable and low-carbon gases (including biomethane or hydrogen), synthetic methane or hydrogen) and their blends with methane into the network: digital systems and components integrating ICT, control systems and sensor technologies to enable the interactive and intelligent integration, monitoring, metering, quality control and management of gas production, transmission, distribution, storage and consumption within a gas network. Furthermore, such projects may also include connections from renewable and low-carbon gas production facilities into transmission or distribution grids, equipment to enable reverse flows from the distribution to the transmission level and related necessary upgrades to the existing network, such as upgrades of various gas infrastructure parts to retrofit the network to be compatible to transport blends of methane and hydrogen.
Amendment 1042 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 1060 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
a(a) concerning natural gas: transmission pipelines for the transport of natural gas, underground storage facilities or reception, storage and regasification or decompression facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) or any equipment or installation essential for the system to operate safely, securely and efficiently or to enable bi-directional capacity, including compression stations, which were part of natural gas projects that were included in the fourth or fifth Union list established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 347/2013.
Amendment 1115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point f
Annex IV – point 1 – point f
Amendment 1124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point g a (new)
Annex IV – point 1 – point g a (new)
g(a) for offshore renewable electricity transmission, the project is designed to transfer electricity from offshore generation sites with capacity of at least [500] MW and allows for electricity transmission to the onshore grid of a specific Member State, increasing the volume of renewable electricity available on the internal market.
Amendment 1148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 5 – point a
Annex IV – point 5 – point a
(a) Sustainability measured as the contribution of a project to: greenhouse gas emission reductions in different end-use applications, such as industry or transport; flexibility and seasonal storage options for renewable electricity generation; or the integration of renewable hydrogen.
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6 – point a
Annex IV – point 6 – point a
(a) level of sustainability measured by assessing the share of renewable andor low- carbon gases integrated into the gas network, the related greenhouse gas emission savings towards total system decarbonisation, air pollution mitigation and the adequate detection of leakage.
Amendment 1165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6 – point b
Annex IV – point 6 – point b
(b) quality and security of supply measured by assessing the ratio of reliably available gas supply and system-wide peak demand, the share of imports replaced by localdomestic renewable andor low-carbon gases, the stability of system operation, including through assessment of avoided curtailment of renewable electricity generation, and the duration and frequency of interruptions per customer.
Amendment 1171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6 – point c
Annex IV – point 6 – point c
(c) facilitation of smart energy sector integration measured by assessing the cost savingsand greenhouse gas emission reduction savings and efficient use of energy enabled in connected energy sectors and systems, such as the heat and power system, transport and industry.
Amendment 1174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 7
Annex IV – point 7