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Motion for a resolution
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4. Stresses that the deployment of smart grids requires a stable, long-term policy framework; calls on the Commission to propose ~~ambitious, binding target~~strategies for 2030 for energy efficiency and renewable energies as well as for greenhouse gas emissions, in order to give future certainty to investors and interconnected industries and to facilitate a smart energy system;

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
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6. Stresses th~~at citizens must be involved in all phases of energy and grid planning, implementation and transformation, with public participation at each stage,~~e need for public involvement at every stage of energy and grid planning and the active involvement of distribution service operators (DSOs) and providers of smart grid technologies; encourages citizens to become ‘prosumers’, with individuals and communities producing their own renewable energy and able to sell the surplus back to the grid, making use of net metering and thus taking advantage of the economic opportunities and acting as strong local partners engaged in sustainable energy production and energy saving within an overall regional energy concept;

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
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10. Emphasises that the ICT sector has a crucial role in a smart energy system grid, as in real-time digital communication between all elements of the smart grid, from production to transmission to the end-user, ICT allows the bi-directional flow of information in a grid; calls, therefore, on the regions to include the development of different commercially attractive, interoperable ICT technologies for the creation of a smart energy system in order to maximize energy savings in regional planning involving smart grids;deleted

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
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13. Notes that in 2009 the Commission calculated that around 2.8 million jobs would be created through the achievement of its 2020 renewable energy targets, in addition to generating a total added value of around 1.1 % of GDP by 2030; points out that the European Renewable Energy Council estimates that if 45 % of energy were to come from renewable sources in 2030, 4.4 million jobs would be created and if Europe’s energy system were 100 % renewable by 2050, the sector would employ 6.1 million people;deleted

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
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14. Calls on all regions to ~~invest in skills and training for these new jobs, taking~~take into account that a significant number of new local jobs can also be created in the ICT services, the transport sector and sectors that supply smart equipment and services, for instance for new installations;

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
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19. Underlines that smart energy systems will be operated with large amounts of personal data and many profiles and will bear a high risk of data security breaches; notes concerns specifically in relation to the consumer benefits of smart meters and calls for greater evaluation of this area and further research into data protection and data privacy of smart meters; ~~stresses, therefore, that personal data has to be protected, without exceptions, so that it remains protected and secure;~~

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
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20. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the Data Protection Regulation is strengthened and swiftly adopted; calls on the Commission to develop strong guidelines for data collection, data minimisation, data transmission and data security within a smart energy system; underlines that personal data must only be processed for the specific purpose of providing energy supply and only to the extent that is strictly necessary and that personal data must not be used for discriminatory pricing;deleted

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
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22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus on research, development and investment in sophisticated anonymisation tools, taking into account the importance of anonymising personal data in order to increase public acceptance of smart energy systems;deleted

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

Markus PIEPER

Motion for a resolution
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25. Advocates that support for smart grids at distribution level must not be included within state aid; stresses that the deployment of smart grids and renewable energies should not be negatively affected by the newly-proposed reform of state aid on energy; calls on the Commission, in this context, to refrain from introducing a technology-neutral bidding system, as small-scale decentralised projects will mostly be excluded, which will hamper innovation and region-specific approaches;deleted

2013/11/28
Committee: REGI

9 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2013/2128(INI)

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