24 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2016/0376(COD)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Moderation of energy demand is one of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy adopted on 25 February 2015. Improving energy efficiency will benefit the environment, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy security by reducing dependence on energy imports from outside the Union, cut energy costs for households and companies, benefit public health, help alleviate energy poverty and lead to increased jobs and economy-wide economic activity. This is in line with the Union commitments made in the framework of the Energy Union and global climate agenda established by the Paris Agreement of December 2015 by the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of October 2014 set a 27 % energy efficiency target for 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 'having in mind an Union level of 30 %'. In DecemberJune 20156, the European Parliament called upon the Commission to also assess the viability of apropose a binding 40 % energy efficiency target for the same timeframe. It is therefore appropriate to review and consequently amend the Directive to adapt it to the 2030 perspective.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Commission and the Member States will need to ensure that the reduction in energy consumption results from greater energy efficiency and not macro-economic parameters.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In view of the climate and energy framework for 2030 and the Union's long- term decarbonisation goals in line with the Paris Agreement, the energy savings obligation should be extended beyond 2020. Extending the commitment period beyond 2020 would create greater stability for investors and thus encourage long term investments and long term energy efficiency measures, such as the renovation of buildings and moving towards 'nearly zero energy buildings'.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Improvements to the energy efficiency of buildings should benefit in particular vulnerable consumers affected byt risk of energy poverty. Member States can already require obligated parties to include social aims in energy saving measures, in relation to energy poverty, and this possibility should now be extended to alternative measures, strengthened to require a significant share to be implemented as a priority, and transformed into an obligation while leaving full flexibility to Member States with regard to the size, scope and content of such measures. In line with Article 9 of the Treaty, the Union's energy efficiency policies should be inclusive and therefore also ensure accessibility of energy efficiency measures for energy poor consumers.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) The Union's building stock will need to become ‘nearly zero energy buildings’ by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Present building renovation rates are insufficient and those buildings occupied by low- income citizens at risk of energy poverty are the hardest to reach. Therefore, the measures laid down in Articles 7, 7a and 7b are of particular importance.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Taking advantage of new business models and technologies, Member States should endeavour to promote and facilitate the uptake of energy efficiency measures, including through innovative energy services for large and small customers.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Public-Private Partnerships and Energy Performance Contracting can substantially contribute to mitigate the impact on government deficit/surplus and debt over time in the context of energy efficiency related investment. All relevant administrative and accounting barriers, including those related to the accounting treatment of energy efficiency related investment in the context of Private- Public Partnerships and Energy Performance Contracting, should be carefully addressed by Member States in the context of long term strategies, as to encourage energy efficiency investments and the long term benefits that might accrue from them.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to be able to evaluate the effectiveness of Directive 2012/27/EU, a requirement for a general review of the Directive and a report to the European Parliament and the Council by 28 February 2024 should be introducedEnergy and climate law is complementary and should be mutually reinforcing. Thus, as part of the obligations under the Paris Agreement, within six months of the UNFCCC global stocktake in 2023 the Commission should undertake a general review of the Directive and a report to the European Parliament and the Council should be introduced assessing the general effectiveness of Directive 2012/27/EU and the need to adjust the Union's energy efficiency policy according to the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Such a review should be undertaken in subsequent global stocktakes thereafter.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20% headline targets and its 2030 340% binding headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates in line with the long- term Union decarbonisation goals and with the December 2015 Paris Agreement. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and binding national energy efficiency contributions for 2030.’;
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20 % headline targets and its 2030 30 40 % binding headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates, in line with the EU's long-term decarbonisation goals and the UNFCC Paris Agreement of December 2015. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 andfor 2020 and binding national energy efficiency targets for 2030.;
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20 % headline targets and its 2030 30 % binding headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers to energy efficiency investment, in the energy market and overcome accounting constrains and market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and 2030.;
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025 of 1.5%, and for the period 2025-2030 of 1.5%, of annual energy sales to final customers by volume, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019.
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) exclude from government balance sheet the investment for energy efficiency realised in the context of Public-Private Partnerships or Energy Performance Contracting.
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/UE
Article 7a – paragraph 1
Article 7a – paragraph 1
1. Where Member States decide to fulfil their obligations to achieve the amount of savings required under Article 7 (1) by way of an energy efficiency obligation scheme they shall ensure that obligated parties referred to in paragraph 2 operating in each Member State’s territory achieve, without prejudice to Article 7(2) within the timeframe for the obligation scheme they have adopted, the cumulative end-use energy savings requirement set out in Article 7(1).
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) shall include and make public requirements with a social aim in the saving obligations they impose, including by requiring a significant share of energy efficiency measures to be implemented as a priority in vulnerable households affected byt risk of energy poverty and in social housing;
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2012/27/UE
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2012/27/UE
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c b (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c b (new)
(cb) establish instruments that certify energy savings resulting from energy audits or equivalent energy management systems referred to in Article 8, in order to count these savings towards the amount of energy savings required under paragraph 1;
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2012/27/UE
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c c (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c c (new)
(cc) may permit obligated parties to count towards their obligation the end-use energy savings achieved in efficient heating & cooling infrastructure.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 2
Article 7b – paragraph 2
2. In designing alternative policy measures to achieve energy savings, Member States shall take into account the effect on households affected by energy poverty and ensure a significant share of such measures are implemented as a priority in vulnerable households at risk of energy poverty and in social housing, and make this information public.
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b a (new)
Article 7b a (new)
(4) The following Article 7ba is inserted: ‘Article 7ba Provision of energy efficiency services The Commission, in close cooperation with Member States, shall ensure that services on the energy efficiency market are provided in a transparent competitive context in order to enable the final consumer to enjoy the benefits, in terms of lower costs and better quality of service, associated with energy efficiency measures. To that end, Member States shall ensure that businesses, particularly SMEs, have non-discriminatory access to the market in energy efficiency services, thereby enabling them to participate on equal terms with vertically integrated operators and overcoming the positions of competitive advantage established for distributors or sellers of energy. Member States shall accordingly adopt every act necessary to ensure that integrated operators offer third parties the same conditions and means as they employ to provide energy efficiency services.’
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
(3a) In Article 8, paragraph 4 is amended as follows: ‘4. Member States shall ensure that enterprises that are not SMEs are subject to an energy audit carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner by qualified and/or accredited experts or implemented and supervised by independent authorities under national legislation by 5 December 2015 and at least every four years from the date of the previous energy audit. Temporary production sites and temporary construction sites shall be excluded from the energy audit.’
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c – point ii a (new)Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c – point ii a (new)Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The smart metering system shall provide final consumers with access to their energy consumption data and time series on the market settlement periods.