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68 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2011/0172(COD)

Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) The Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 emphasized the need to increase energy efficiency in the Union to achieve the objective of saving 20% of the Union's primary energy consumption by 2020 compared to projections. This amounts to a reduction of the Union's primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020 or to an improvement of the Union's energy intensity to 104 tonnes of oil equivalent per million euro gross domestic product expressed in 2005 prices. This Directive represents, in combination with a number of existing legislative measures (such as the emissions trading scheme, the Renewable Energy Directive, the Ecodesign Directive, etc), an important instrument to achieve the objective.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) An assessment of the possibility of establishing a ‘white certificate’ scheme at Union level has shown that, in the current situation, such a system would create excessive administrative costs and that there is a risk that energy savings would be concentrated in a number of Member States and not introduced across the Union. The latter objective can better be achieved, at least at this stage, by means of national energy efficiency obligation schemes or other alternative measures that achieve the same amount of energy savings. The Commission should however define, by a delegated act, common criteria according to which energy efficiency measures could be measured and verified as well as the conditions under which a Member State could in future recognise the energy savings achieved in another Member State. It is appropriate for the level of ambition of such schemes to be established in a common framework at Union level while providing significant flexibility to Member States to take full account of the national organisation of market actors, the specific context of the energy sector and final customers' habits. The common framework should give energy utilities and other eligible actors the option of offering energy services to all final customers, not only to those to whom they sell energy. This increases competition in the energy market because energy utilities can differentiate their product by providing complementary energy services. The common framework should allow Member States to include requirements in their national scheme that pursue a social aim, notably in order to ensure that vulnerable customers have access to the benefits of higher energy efficiency. It should also allow Member States to exempt small companies from the energy efficiency obligation. The Commission Communication ‘Small Business Act’ sets out principles that should be taken into account by Member States that decide to abstain from applying this possibility.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) These audits should be carried out in an independentobjective and cost-effective manner. The requirement for independence allows the audits to be carried out by in-house experts, provided that these are qualified or accredited, that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited, and that the Member State has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality and to impose sanctions if needed.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plansanalyses of their potential to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period toMember States should aim at provideing investors with information concerning national development plans anover a sufficiently long period which would contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. NWhere the cost-benefit analysis is positive, new electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States should adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met. When adopting authorisation criteria Member States should ensure that the regional and local competences as regards spatial planning are fully respected.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) In the implementation of the 20% energy efficiency target, the Commission will have to monitor the impact of new measures on Directive 2003/87/EC establishing the EU's emissions trading directive (ETS) in order to maintain the incentives in the emissions trading system rewarding low carbon investments and preparing the ETS sectors for the innovations needed in the future.deleted
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union's target of 20% primary energy savings by 2020 including the early actions of Member States and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. ‘energy efficiency’ means the use of less energy inputs while maintaining an equivalent level of economic activity or service;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2 b. ‘energy saving’ means a reduction of energy consumption through the implementation of energy efficiency, behaviour change or decreased economic activity;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4 a. 'cost-optimal level’ means the energy performance level of products or services which leads to the lowest cost during the estimated economic lifecycle, where: (a) the lowest cost is determined taking into account energy-related investment costs, maintenance and operating costs, where applicable, and disposal costs, where applicable; and (b) the estimated economic lifecycle is determined by each Member State by product or service category. The cost-optimal level shall lie within the range of performance levels where the cost benefit analysis calculated over the estimated economic lifecycle is positive; For cost-optimal levels related to buildings and building refurbishment, Article 2(14) of Directive 2010/31/EU shall apply;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. ‘energy distributor’ means a natural or legal person, including a distribution system operator, responsible for transporting energy with a view to its delivery to final customers or to distribution stations that sell energy to final customers excluding energy transports from natural and legal persons for which manufacturing is the main business activity;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. ‘retail energy sales company’ means a natural or legal person who sells energy to final customers; excluding energy sales from natural and legal persons for which manufacturing is the main business activity;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
27a. ´early action savings´ are those savings resulting from energy efficiency improvement measures initiated in a previous year not earlier than 1995 and still generating savings in 2016 and beyond;
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set a national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC, early actions and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may deviate from the provisions laid down in Articles 4 and 6. They shall notify to the Commission alternative or complementary measures that they plan to adopt in accordance with Article 19 (2). Member States opting for alternative or complementary measures shall ensure that the amount of primary energy savings or the decrease in energy intensity achieved by these alternative or complementary measures is sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 20146, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 31 December 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June1 December 20143, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By 31 December 2013, the Commission shall establish, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, a common and cost-effective methodology for monitoring and verifying energy savings and the evolution of energy intensity, which will permit to quantify efforts of Member States on an equivalent basis by drawing on available statistical indicators.
2011/11/16
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that eiMember States shall determine ther all energy distributors or all retail energmount of energy to be saved. When setting these targets they shales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport.l: a) take into account their national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3, b) set multi-annual targets to leave sufficient flexibility and predictability to the obliged parties and c) take into consideration the potential contribution and early actions This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall express the amount of the achieved energy savings potential required from each obligated party in terms of either final or primary energy consumption. The method chosen for expressing the required amount of energy savings shall also be used for calculating the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors in Annex IV shall apply.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Measures that target short-term savings, as defined in Annex V(1), shall not account for more than 10% of the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party and shall only be eligible to count towards the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 if combined with measures to which longer- term savings potential are attributed. Member States shall define measures targeting short-term savings and may use Annex V(1) as guideline.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 751 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) allow obligated parties to count savings obtained in a given year as if they had instead been obtained in any of the two previous or two following yearstowards the final target in 2020.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Member States shall publish the achieved energy savings achievedpotential by each obligated party and data on the annual trend of energy savingefficiency improvements under the scheme. For the purposes of publishing and verifying the energy savings achievedachieved energy efficiency measures including their energy savings potential, Member States shall require obligated parties to submit to them at least the followingthe relevant data:.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) the energy savings achievdeleted;
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) aggregated statistical information on their final customers (identifying significant changes to previously submitted information); andeleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) current information on final customers' consumption, including, where applicable, load profiles, customer segmentation and geographical location of customers, while preserving the integrity and confidentiality of private or commercially sensitive information in compliance with applicable European Union legislation.deleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Member States mayshall exempt small energy distributors and small retail energy sales companies, namely those that distribute or sell less than the equivalent of 75220 GWh of energy per year, employ fewer than 10 persons or have an annual turnover or annual balance sheet total that does not exceed EUR 2 000 000, from the application of this Article. Energy produced for self use or have less than 15.000 customers. If the threshold of sold energy or the number of customers is exceeded over a time period of two years, then the concerned business shall be treated as an obligated party in the following third year. Energy produced for self use shall not count towards these thresholds. Energy produced for self use as well as sales and deliveries within industrial grids and the end use of recovered energy products shall not count towards these thresholds.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
As an alternative to paragraph 1, Member States may opt to take other measures to achieve energy savings among final customers. The annual amount of energy savings achieved through this approach shall be equivalent to the amount of energy savings required in paragraph 1account towards the final target in 2020.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 798 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 at the latest in the context of the national energy efficiency plan referred to in Article 19(2) of this directive, the alternative or complementary measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstrating how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission maenergy refuse suchficiency measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approach shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measureswith the required verified energy savings potential.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 824 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States may make use of Voluntary Agreements among customers, energy companies, local institutions, in order to stimulate cooperation on energy efficiency programs and to boost the energy services market as a result of a common voluntary engagement of all the actors.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 838 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of energy audits which are affordable, cost-effective and carried out in an independentobjective manner by qualified or accredited experts.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 863 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises not included in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 are subject to an energy audit carried out in an independentobjective and cost-effective manner by qualified or accredited experts, who could also be an in-house expert, at the latest by 30 June 2014 and every threfive years from the date of the previous energy audit. No market participant should be excluded from offering energy services. Member States shall ensure that data from energy audits are treated confidentially.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 880 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall secure that companies are supported with incentives to be able to finance recommendations from the energy audit.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 887 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Energy audits carried out in an independentobjective manner resulting from energy management systems or implemented under voluntary agreements concluded between organisations of stakeholders and an appointed body and supervised by the Member State concerned or by the Commission, shall be considered as fulfilling the requirements of paragraph 2. No market participant should be excluded from offering energy services.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – title
Metering and informative billing Metering and billing information
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
When Member States shallput in place the roll- out of smart meters based on a positive cost-benefit analysis as foreseen by Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC concerning electricity and gas markets, they shall ensure that the objectives of energy efficiency and final customer benefits as well as privacy issues and data security are fully taken into account when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants. Member States may ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure, and allow to make availablereadings to be taken of, their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of useenergy consumption, in accordance with Annex VI.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 946 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In the case of electricity and on request of the final customer, meter operators shall ensure that the meter can account for electricity produced on the final customer's premises and exported to the grid. Member States shallmay ensure that if final customers request it, metering data on their real-time production or consumption is made available, according to the period of reading out, based on clear data protection legislation, general market rules, legal framework and legislation on calibration set by Member State to a third party acting on behalf of the final customer.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 962 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
In case of heating and cooling, where a building is supplied from a district heating network, a heat meter shallmay be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment buildings, individual heat consumption meters shallmay also be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling for each apartment on basis of a positive cost- benefit-analysis. Where the use of individual heat consumption meters is not technically and economically feasible, individual heat cost allocators, in accordance with the specifications in Annex VI(1.2), shallmay be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiator.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 987 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Based on a positive cost-benefit analysis and clear data protection legislation and the internationally set standards the roll out of smart meters may be done.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 989 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the obligations resulting from Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC (cost-benefit analysis foreseen in Annex 1 point 2 of the Directives and the standardisation process led by the European Commission CEN TC294 for gas and CLC TC205 for electricity) with regard to billinginformation, Member States shall ensure, not later than 1 January 2015, that billingmay require that as far as it is technically possible, financially reasonable and proportionate in relation to the potential energy savings consumer information is accurate and based on actual consumption, for all the sectors covered by the present Directive, including energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies, in accordance with the minimum frequency set out in Annex VI(2.1). Appropriate information shall be made available with the billby consumer information to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VI(2.2).
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1030 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable in case of non- compliance with the national provisions adopted pursuant to Articles 6 to 8 and shall take the necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall communicate those provisions to the Commission by [12 months after entry into force of this Directive] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.deleted
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1036 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall lay down rules on incentives and financing to give companies and residentials incentives to carry out energy efficiency investments.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1067 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 JanuaryDecember 20145, Member States shall establish and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan for developing the potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling, containing the information set out in Annex VII. Administrative burden should be minimized. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling plans are taken into account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VII.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1082 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to develop efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure to accommodate the development of high- efficiency cogeneration and the use of heating and cooling from waste heat and renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraphs 1, (3, 6) and 7. To enforce necessary investments in infrastructure, easy access to relevant funds as well as tax exemptions shall be taken into consideration. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possible opt for high-efficiency cogeneration rather than heat-only generation.
2011/11/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall, where appropriate and cost-effective, ensure that all new thermal combustion electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1117 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) arstudies are to be made on technical and economic feasibility of waste heat use. If local waste heat consumption is guaranteed and if it can be provided economically, the plant shall be provided with equipment allowing for the recovery of waste heat by means of a high-efficiencyt cogeneration unit; and.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) are sited in a location where waste heat can be used by heat demand points.deleted
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1202 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that national regulations on urban and rural spatial planning are adapted to the authorisation criteria referred to in paragraph 3 and artake in line withto account the national heating and cooling planalyses referred to in paragraph 1.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1221 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall, where appropriate and cost-effective, ensure that, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, conversion to allow its operation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heat can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1257 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt authorisation or equivalent permitting criteria to ensure that industrial installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW generating waste heat that are built or substantially refurbished after [the entry into force of this Directive] capture and make use of their waste heat, when such a project is assessed as economically, commercially and technically feasible.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1274 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks. They may require these installations to beashall ensure that the concerned installations and involved actors adequately cover the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consumers.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1302 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission shall establish by 1 January 2013 by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18 a methodology for the cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraphs 4 (c), 7 (b) and 8(b). The methodology shall be prepared in consultation with the concerned actors. Any cost-benefit analysis shall take into account – the microeconomic viability, – overall energy and resource efficiency effects of locally existing energy networks, – the characteristics of local energy demand profile and – the operating life and typical investment cycles of affected installations.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1322 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Energy transformation Member States shall draw up an inventory of data in accordance with Annex X for all installations undertaking the combustion of fuels with total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more and installations undertaking the refining of mineral oil and gas within their territory. This shall be updated every three years. The annual installation-specific data contained in these inventories shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Member States shall include a non-confidential summary containing aggregated information of the inventories in the reports referred to in Article 19(2).deleted
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1337 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that network regulation, and network tariffs set or approved by energy regulatory authorities for electricity, fulfil the criteria in Annex XI, taking into account guidelines and codes developed pursuant to Regulation 714/2009 and Regulation 715/2009.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall, by 30 June 2013, adopt plans: a) assessing the energy efficiency potentials of their gas, electricity and district heating and cooling infrastructure, notably regarding transmission, distribution, load management and interoperability, and connection to energy generating installations; b) identifying concrete measures and investments for the introduction of cost- effective energy efficiency improvements in the network infrastructure, with a detailed timetable for their introduction.deleted
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1386 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Member States may particularly facilitate the connection to the grid system of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration from small scale and micro cogeneration units. For micro cogeneration units which are installed by individual citizens, the relevant authorities shall consider the possibility of replacing authorisations by simple notifications to the competent bodies. Member States that provide for priority access for produced from high-efficiency cogeneration as well as for electricity produced from renewable energy sources shall introduce national rules to ensure the stability of the power system.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1396 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay take the appropriate steps to ensure that high-efficiency cogeneration operators can offer balancing services and other operational services at the level of transmission system operators or distribution system operators where this is consistent with the mode of operation and economical and technical feasible of the high-efficiency cogeneration installation. Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall ensure that such services are part of a services bidding process which is transparent and open to scrutiny.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1418 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Information and training 1. Member States shall ensure that information on available energy efficiency mechanisms and financial and legal frameworks is transparent and widely and actively disseminated to all relevant market actors, including consumers, builders, architects, engineers, environmental auditors and installers of building elements as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU. They shall ensure that banks and other financial institutions are informed of the possibilities of participating, including through the creation of public/private partnerships, in the financing of energy efficiency improvement measures. 2. Member States shall establish appropriate conditions and incentives for market operators to provide adequate and targeted information and advice to energy consumers on energy efficiency. 3. Member States, with the participation of stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, shall develop suitable information, awareness-raising and training programmes to inform citizens of the benefits and practicalities of taking energy efficiency improvement measures. 4. The Commission shall ensure that information on best energy-saving practices in Member States is exchanged and widely disseminated.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 16 a (new) Funds and funding mechanisms 1. Without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Member States may establish a fund or funds to subsidise the delivery of energy efficiency improvement programmes and measures and to promote the development of a market for energy efficiency improvement measures. Such measures may include the promotion of energy auditing and financial instruments for energy savings. The fund may, among other sources, include the revenues generated by the auctions under the emission trading scheme. 2. When funds subsidise the delivery of energy efficiency improvement measures, access to funds shall be made conditional upon the actual achievement of energy savings or energy efficiency improvements. Such achievement shall be proved by appropriate means, such as energy performance certificates for buildings or energy labels for products.
2011/11/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1496 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 April each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1). Every three years the national reports shall be accompanied by supplementary information in accordance with Annex XIV(2).
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1501 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April1 October 20143, and every three years thereafter,the Member States shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes andprovide the Commission with national energy efficiency plans which describe how the Member States intend to achieve the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). These plans shall include measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achieving t. The national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1)plans shall be assessed by the Commission. The Commission may refuse a plan or suggest amendments to it the measures laid down in the plan are not sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1509 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, not later than 1 January 2014, provide a template as guidance for the supplementary reports. This template shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 20(2). The supplementary reports shall in any case include the information specified in Annex XIV. While setting their national energy efficiency plans, the Member States shall take into account cost-effective energy efficiency measures and the risk of carbon leakage.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1517 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall evaluate the annual reports and supplementary reportsinformation and assess the extent to which Member States have made progress towards the achievement of the national energy efficiency targets required by Article 3(1) and towards the implementation of this Directive. The Commission shall send its assessment to the European Parliament and the Council. Based on its assessment of the reports the Commission may issue recommendations to Member States.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1561 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part III
When implementing and applying the general principles for the calculation of electricity from cogeneration, Member States shall use the detailed Guidelines established by Decision 2008/952/EC38the manual for determination of combined heat and power (CEN/CENELEC-CWA 45547) or Guidelines for Implementation of the CHP Directive 2004/8/EC - March 2007.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1566 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point f – subparagraph 3 – point 4 a (new)
4a. The reference values for the separate electricity production and heat production shall reflect the average load of the cogeneration plant during the reference period.
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1655 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part
The private data exported through the interface shall offer the final customer a possibility to consult his/her historic consumption levels (in local currency and in kWh, kJ or m3)over a range of time periods:
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1659 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) in the last seven days, day by day;deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1666 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 5
The historic periods shall match the billing periods for consistency with household bills.deleted
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1676 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
2.1 .Frequency of billing basedinformation on actual consumption
2011/11/22
Committee: ITRE