Activities of Giles CHICHESTER related to 2007/0198(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Common rules for the internal market in electricity - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Access to the network: cross-border exchanges in electricity - Internal market in natural gas - Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks - Fuel efficiency: labelling of tyres - The energy performance of buildings (debate)
Common rules for the internal market in electricity - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Access to the network: cross-border exchanges in electricity - Internal market in natural gas - Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks - Fuel efficiency: labelling of tyres - The energy performance of buildings (debate)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 1
Article 1
"This Regulation also aims at facilitating the emergence of a well functioning and transparent cross-border retail market and a well functioning and transparent wholesale market. It provides mechanisms to harmonise these rules."
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2b – paragraph 1
Article 2b – paragraph 1
1. By […] at the latest the transmission system operators for electricity shall submit to the Commission and to the Agency the draft of statutes, a list of future members and draft rules of procedure, including the rules of procedure on the consultation of other stakeholders, of the European Network for Transmission System Operators for Electricity to be established.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 1
Article 2c – paragraph 1
1. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall adopt: (a) technical and marketgree and submit to the Agency for approval following the procedure provided for in Article 2e in conjunction with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No … establishing the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators: (a) draft technical codes in the areas mentioned in paragraph 3; (b) common network operation tools and research plans; (c) a 10-year investment plan, including a generation adequacy outlook, every two years; (d) an annual work programme based on the priorities set by the Agency; (e) an annual report; (f) annual summer and winter generation adequacy outlooks.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 3
Article 2c – paragraph 3
3. The detailed technical and market codes shall cover the following areas, according to the priorities defined in the annual work programme: (a) security and reliability rules; (b) grid connection and access rules; (c) data exchange and settlement rules; (d) interoperability rules; (e) operational procedures in an emergencyincluding interoperability and procedures in emergency situations; (b) grid connection and access rules; (fc) capacity allocation and congestion management rules; (g) rules for trading; (hd) transparency rules; (ie) balancing and settlement rules including reserve power rules; (jf) rules regarding harmonised transportation tariff structures including locational signals and rules regarding inter- TSO compensation rules; (kg) energy efficiency regarding electricity networks.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 4
Article 2c – paragraph 4
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 5
Article 2c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every two years following its approval by the Agency. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a generation adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Counciltaking into account regional and European aspects of network planning. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 5
Article 2c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every two years. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a generation adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities, and shall include the investments in interconnection and in other infrastructure necessary for effective trading and competition and for the security of supply. Transmission System Operators shall make reasonable efforts to fulfil the published investment plan.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 d – paragraph 2
Article 2 d – paragraph 2
2. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall submit the draft technical and market codes, the draft 10- year investment plan and the draft annual work programme, including the information regarding the consultation process, to the Agency. The Agency may provide an opinion to the European Networks of Transmission System Operators for Electricity within 3 months. The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission where it considers that the draft annual work programme or the draft 10-year investment plan do not ensure non- discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market for approval to the Agency. The Agency shall approve the documents referred to in Article 2c(1) as prepared by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Agency shall monitor the implementation of the technical codes, the 10-year investment plan and the annual work programme and include the results of its monitoring activities in its annual report. In case of non-compliance by the transmission system operators with the technical codes, the 10-year investment plan and the annual work programme of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity the Agency shall provide information to the Commission.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 e – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall, within a reasonable period of time, prepare draft codes in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) and a draft 10-year investment plan, including a generation adequacy outlook included in Article 2c(5) based on the Strategic Guidelines adopted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 1. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall submit to the Agency for approval the draft technical codes and the draft 10-year investment plan.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 2 e – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Agency shall approve the draft technical codes and the draft 10-year investment plan, pursuant to Article X and Article Y of Regulation … establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators. Before approving the codes and the draft 10-year investment plan, the Agency shall ensure that the detailed technical codes and the draft 10-year investment plan are in line with the Strategic Guidelines and that they ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 2
Article 2 e – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission where it considers that: (a) a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) does not ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market; (b) the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity fails to agree within a reasonable period of time on a technical or market code in the areas listed in Article 2c(3); (cb) the transmission system operators fail to implement a technical or market code adopted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity in the areas listed in Article 2c(3)code in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) approved by the Agency in accordance with paragraph 1b.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 3
Article 2 e – paragraph 3
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 4
Article 2 e – paragraph 4
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 e – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission may adopt upon recommendation of the Agency guidelines on the market codes. Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(2).
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 2 e – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Paragraph 4a shall be without prejudice to the Commission's right to adopt and amend guidelines as laid down in Article 8.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 f
Article 2 f
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 h – paragraph 2
Article 2 h – paragraph 2
2. Transmission system operators shall promote operational arrangements in order to ensure optimum management of the network, and promote the development of energy exchanges, thecoordinated allocation of cross- border capacity through implicit auctions and the integration of balancing and reserve power mechanisms.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
If the revenue cannot be used for the purposes (a) or (b) of the first subparagraph, the revenue shall be placed on a separate account until such time as it can be spent on those purposes. In case of an independent system opermay, with the approval of the Agency, be taken into account by regulatory any remaining income afteruthorities when applyroving (a) and (b), will be held by the Independent System Operator on a separate account until such time as it can be spent on the objectives set out in (a) and (b) abovethe methodology for calculating network tariffs, and/or in assessing whether tariffs should be modified.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 7 a
Article 7 a
In order to facilitate the emergence of well functioning and transparent cross border retail markets on a regional and Community scale, Member States shall ensure that the roles and responsibilities of transmission system operators, distribution system operators, supply undertakings and customers and if necessary other market participants are defined with respect to contractual arrangements, commitment to customers, data exchange and settlement rules, data ownership and metering responsibility. These rules shall be made public, be designed with the aim of harmonising access to customers across borders and be subject to review by the regulatory authorities.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1