Activities of Richard SEEBER related to 2011/0172(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Energy efficiency (debate)
Amendments (48)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It would be preferable for the 20% energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific national and European measures promoting energy efficiency in different fields. If that approach does not succeed, it would however be necessary to reinforce the policy framework by adding a system of binding targetmeasures, on the basis of binding national targets, promoting energy efficiency in different fields. In a first stage, therefore, Member States should be required to set binding national energy efficiency targets, schemes and programmes. It should be for them to decide whether these targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. In a second stage, these targets and the individual efforts of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission, alongside data on the progress made, to assess the likelihood of achieving the overall Union target and the extent to which the individual efforts are sufficient to meet the common goal based on a clear effort- sharing agreement. The Commission should therefore closely monitor and, if necessary, amend the implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and within the Europe 2020 process. If this assessment shows that the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should propose mandatory national targets for 2020, taking into account the individual starting points of Member States, their economic performance and early action taken.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Directive 2006/32/EC requires Member States to adopt and aim to achieve an overall national indicative energy savings target of 9 % by 2016, to be reached by deploying energy services and other energy efficiency improvement measures. That Directive states that the second Energy Efficiency Plan adopted by the Member States shall be followed, as appropriate and where necessary, by Commission proposals for additional measures, including extending the period of application of targets. If a report concludes that insufficient progress has been made towards achieving the indicative national targets laid down by that Directive, these proposals are to address the level and nature of the targets. The impact assessment accompanying thise Directive finds that the Member States are on track to achieve the 9 % target, which is substantially less ambitious than the subsequently adopted 20 % energy saving target for 2020, and that therefore there is no need to address the level of the targetsindividual national targets as quickly as possible.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 June 2013 at the latest, Member States shall set aagree to national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level ofs, based on a Commission proposal, taking into account the methodology as laid down in Annex Ia so as to ensure the achievement of the Union's target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020. WThen setting these national energy efficiency targets, they shall take into account the Union's target of 20 % energy savings,be expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020 and shall take into account 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 and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Member States shall ensure that policies and measures are implemented to achieve the national energy efficiency targets set in accordance with Paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
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, which will permit to quantify efforts of Member States on an equivalent basis by drawing on available statistical indicators.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensurcourage that public bodies purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, as referred to in Annex III.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallould 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 available their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
When Member States put in place the roll- out of smart meters foreseen by Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC concerning electricity and gas markets, they shallould ensure that the objectives of energy efficiency and final customer benefits are fully taken into account when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In the case of electricity and on request of the final customer, meter operators shallould ensure that the meter can account for electricity produced on the final customer’s premises and exported to the grid. Member States shallould ensure that if final customers request it, metering data on their real-time production or consumption is made available to a third party acting on behalf of the final customer.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
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 shallould be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment buildings, individual heat consumption meters shallould also be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling for each apartment. Where the use of individual heat consumption meters is not technically feasible, individual heat cost allocators, in accordance with the specifications in Annex VI(1.2), shallould be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiator.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Member States shallould introduce rules on cost allocation of heat consumption in multi-apartment buildings supplied with centralised heat or cooling. Such rules shallould include guidelines on correction factors to reflect building characteristics such as heat transfers between apartments.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the obligations resulting from Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC with regard to billing, Member States shallould ensure, not later than 1 January 2015, that billing 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 shallould be made available with the bill to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VI(2.2).
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shallould ensure that final customers are offered a choice of either electronic or hard copy billing and the possibility of easy access to complementary information allowing detailed self-checks on historical consumption as laid down in Annex VI(1.1).
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shallould require that if requested by final customers, information on their energy billing and historical consumption is made available to an energy service provider designated by the final customer.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Information from metering and billing of individual consumption of energy as well as the other information mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and Annex VI shallould be provided to final customers free of charge.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. With a view to achieving a high level of technical competence, objectivity and reliability, Member States shallould ensure that, by 1 January 2014, certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes are available for providers of energy services, energy audits and energy efficiency improvement measures, including for installers of building elements as defined in Article 2(9) of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallould make publicly available the certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes referred to in paragraph 1 and shallould cooperate among themselves and with the Commission on comparisons between and recognition of the schemes.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shallould promote the energy services market and access for small and medium-sized enterprises to this market by:
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The evaluation of barriers and measures referred to in paragraph 1 shallould be notified to the Commission in the first supplementary report referred to in Article 19(2).
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
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 two years the national reports shall be accompanied by supplementary information in accordance with Annex XIV(2).
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April 2014, 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 and may be refused if the measures laid down in the plan are not sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
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 Statesor suggest modifications to the instruments applied by Member States. If the assessment shows that a Member State is not on track to achieve the national energy efficiency target, the Member State shall, on request of the Commission, revise its national energy efficiency plan referred to in paragraph 2 of this article.
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex Ia Calculation methodology for national energy efficiency targets When proposing national energy efficiency targets, the Commission shall use the baseline for the 2020 primary energy consumption projection within the Primes 2007 model. The following methodology shall apply: Primes 2007 Baseline Projection 2020 in Mtoe - 20% savings The reduction targets for 2020 in absolute terms as compared to their 2007 level of primary energy consumption shall include correction factors for the following categories: - a maximum reduction threshold for the group of the nine EU countries with the lowest real household per capita income (L9[1]), - a maximum reduction threshold for the group of the 15 countries that are eligible under the Cohesion Fund (C15), - a maximum reduction threshold for any country, - a minimum reduction threshold for any country not eligible under the Cohesion Fund (EU-27 minus C15[2]), - a minimum reduction threshold for any country eligible under the Cohesion Fund (C15), - a maximum threshold for an absolute increase in energy consumption. _________________ [1] L9 countries include Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, see Eurostat, Statistics in Focus, 16/2011. [2] C15 countries: L9 countries and Slovenia, Portugal, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, and Spain.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Annex III
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 5 – part 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex 5 – part 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Obligated parties may use one or more of the following methods for calculating energy savings for the purposes of Article 6(2):
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7
Annex 7
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8
Annex 8
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 9
Annex 9
deleted
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 10
Annex 10
deleted
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 11 – point 1
Annex 11 – point 1
1. Network tariffs shallould accurately reflect electricity and cost savings in networks achieved from demand side and demand response measures and distributed generation, including savings from lowering the cost of delivery or of network investment and a more optimal operation of the network.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 11 – point 2 – introductory part
Annex 11 – point 2 – introductory part
2. Network regulation and tariffs shallould allow network operators to offer system services and system tariffs for demand response measures, demand management and distributed generation on organised electricity markets, in particular:
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 11 – point 3 – introductory part
Annex 11 – point 3 – introductory part
3. Network tariffs shallould be available that support dynamic pricing for demand response measures by final customers, including:
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Transmission and distribution system operators shallould:
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 13 – heading 1
Annex 13 – heading 1
Minimum items tohat should be included in energy performance contracts with the public sector
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 14 – part 2 – title
Annex 14 – part 2 – title
General framework for supplementary reportsinformation
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 14 –part 2- paragraph 1
Annex 14 –part 2- paragraph 1
The reportssupplementary information referred to in Article 19(21) shall provide a framework for the development of national energy efficiency strategies. [This amendment applies throughout Annex XIV(2). Adopting it would necessitate corresponding changes throughout Annex XIV(2)]
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 14 – part 2-point 3
Annex 14 – part 2-point 3