36 Amendments of Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA related to 2016/0379(COD)
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
The Agency may, in circumstances clearly defined by the Commission in guidelines adopted pursuant to Article 57 of [recast Electricity Regulation as proposed by COM(2016) 861/2] or Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 and on issues related to the purpose for which it has been established, be commissioned with additional tasks respecting the limits of transfer of executive powers to Union agenciethat do not require decision-making powers.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency, in close cooperation with the Commission, the Member States and the relevant national authorities including the national regulatory authorities and without prejudice to the competences of competition authorities, shall monitor the wholesale and retail markets in electricity and natural gas, in particular the retail prices of electricity and natural gas, compliance with the consumer rights laid down in [recast Electricity Directive as proposed by COM(2016) 864/2] and Directive 2009/73/EC, access to the networks including access of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, the stage reached with regard to interconnections, potential barriers to cross-border trade, state interventions preventing prices from reflecting actual scarcity, the performance of the Member States in the area of electricity security of supply based on the results of the European resource adequacy assessment as referred to in Article 19 of [recast Electricity Regulation], in particular taking into account the ex-post evaluation referred to in Article 16 of [Risk Preparedness Regulation as proposed by COM(2016) 862].
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. Decisions of the Administrative Board shall be adopted on the basis of a simpletwo-thirds majority of the members present, unless provided otherwise in this Regulation. Each member of the Administrative Board or alternate shall have one vote.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) all generation, storage and demand resources shall participate on equal footing in the market taking into account the technical features of installations;
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) market rules shall allow for entry and exit of electricity generation and electricity supply undertakings based on their assessment of the economic and financial viability of their operations without endangering the security of supply, effective competition and price formation;
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The Board of Regulators and sub- committees pursuant to Article 7 shall act by a simpletwo-thirds majority of the members present, with one vote for each member, except for the opinion pursuant to paragraph 5(b) which shall be taken on the basis of a two-thirds majority of its members present.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Real time control of renewable energy sources From 1 January 2020, all power plants using renewable energy sources with an installed electricity capacity of more than 5 MW shall be able to receive in real time from the relevant transmission system operator a maximum set point for their energy production and shall follow it in accordance with Article 40(1)j a (new) of [recast of Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864].
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. All market participants shall have asuccess to the balancing marketfully completed a qualification process in order to become a balancing service provider, be it individually or through aggregation. Balancing market rules and products shall respect the need to accommodate increasing shares of variable generation as well as increased demand responsiveness and the advent of new technologies.
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Marginal pricing shall be used for the settlement of balancing energyThe settlement of balancing energy shall be based on marginal pricing. Market participants shall be allowed to bid as close to real time as possible, and at least after theuntil the relevant intraday cross-zonal gate closure time determined in accordance with Article 59 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/122234 . _________________ 34 Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management (OJ L 197, 25.7.2015, p. 24).
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Article 5 – paragraph 10
10. Transmission system operators shall publish close to real-time information on the current balancing state of their control areas, the estimated imbalance price and the estimated balancing energy price.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) ensure operational security whilst allowing for maximumoptimal use of transmission capacity;
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Market operators shall be free to developpropose to the national competent authority products and trading opportunities that suit market participants' demand and needs and ensure that all market participants are able to access the market individually or through aggregation. They shall respect the need to accommodate increasing shares of variable generation as well as increased demand responsiveness and the advent of new technologies.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Market operators shall allow market participants to trade energy as close to real time as possible and at least up to the relevant intraday cross-zonal gate closure time determined in accordance with Article 59 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1222.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. By 1 January 2025, the imbalance settlement period shall be 15 minutes in all control areas for Member States that have reached a 10% level of interconnection.
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission system operators shallmay give priority to generating installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration from small generating installations or generating installations using emerging technologies to the following extent:ensuring a level playing field in the market, without prejudice to the requirements for the reliability and security of the system, in accordance with national legislation.
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. In order to ensure an optimal bidding zone definition in closely interconnected areas, a bidding zone review shall be carried out. That review shall include analysis of the configuration of bidding zones in a coordinated manner with the involvement of affected stakeholders from all affected Member States, following the process in accordance with Articles 32 to 34 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1222. The Agency shall approve and may request amendments to the methodology and assumptions that will be used in the bidding zone review process as well as the alternative bidding zone configurations considered.
Amendment 708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The maxoptimum capacity of the interconnections and/or the transmission networks affecting cross-border flows shall be made available to market participants, complying with safety standards of secure network operation. Counter-trading and redispatch, including cross-border redispatch, shall be used to maxoptimisze available capacities unless it is demonstrated that it is not beneficial to economic efficiency at Union levelthe Member States sharing the interconnection.
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Tariffs shall grant appropriate incentives to transmission and distribution system operators, over both the short and long term, to increase efficiencies, including energy efficiency, foster market integration and security of supply, and support investments and the related research activiticover investment costs of transmission and distribution networks as well as their operation and maintenance carried out by an efficient and well-managed company. These costs will include incentives to increase efficiencies, including energy efficiency, and quality and reduce losses.
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7. DTransmission and distribution tariffs shall reflect the investment cost ofand use of the transmission and distribution network by system users including active customers, and may be differentiated based on system users’ consumption or generation profiles. Where Member States have implemented the deployment of smart metering systems, regulatorycompetent authorities may introduce time differentiated network tariffs, reflecting the use of the network, in a transparent and foreseeable way for the consumer.
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8
Article 16 – paragraph 8
8. Regulatory authoritiMember States shall provide incentives to distribution system operators to procure services for the operation and development of their networks and integrate innovative solutions in the distribution systems. For that purpose regulatory authoritiMember States shall recognise as eligible and include all relevant costs in distribution tariffs and introduce performance targets in order to incentivise distribution system operators to raise efficiencies, including energy efficiency, in their networks.
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point g
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point g
(g) groups of network users subject to tariffs according to characteristics and forms of consumption, including tariff exemptions.
Amendment 896 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. According to national legislation, the transmission system operators may have the right to request relevant data not containing commercial sensitive information form generators, distribution system operators and other market participants.
Amendment 919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the value of lost load, taking into account the level of interconnection of each Member State;
Amendment 928 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The proposals under paragraphs 2 and 5 and the results of the European resource adequacy assessment under paragraph 3 shall be subject to prior consultation and approval by the Agency under the procedure set out in Article 22.
Amendment 963 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Mechanisms other than strategic reserves shall be open to direct cross-border participation of capacity providers located in another Member State provided there is a network according to the level of interconnection between that Member State and the bidding zone applying the mechanism.
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. Capacity providers shall not be able to participate in more than one mechanism for the same delivery period. They shall be subject to non-availability payments in case of non-availability, and subject to two or more non-availability payments where there is concurrent scarcity in two or more bidding zones where the capacity provider is contracted.
Amendment 999 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Article 21 – paragraph 6
6. Regional operational centres established pursuant to Article 32 shall annuallyWhere capacity systems are applied, transport system operators shall calculate the maximum entry capacity available for the participation of foreign capacity taking into account the expected availability of interconnection and the likely concurrence of system stress between the system where the mechanism is applied and the system in which the foreign capacity is located. A calculation is required for each bidding zone border.
Amendment 1067 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Generation capacity for which a final investment decision has been made after [OP: entry into force] shall only be eligible to participate in a capacity mechanism if its emissions are below 550 gr CO2/kWh. Generation capacity emitting 550 gr CO2/kWh or more shall not be committed in capacity mechanisms 5 years after the entry into force of this RegulationMember States applying capacity mechanisms may limit cross-border participation of generation capacity emitting 550 gr CO2/kWh or more.
Amendment 1101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States may apply capacity mechanisms if a sufficient level of interconnection has not been reached and if they are justified by the results of the national adequacy assessment.
Amendment 1172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [OP: six months after entry into force of this Regulation] the ENTSO for Electricity shall submit to the Agency a proposaltransmission system operators shall submit a proposal to the relevant Member States defining system operation regions covered by regional opercoordinational centres, taking into account existing regional security coordinators, on the basis of the following criteria:
Amendment 1179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. Within threesix months of receipt, the Agency shall either approve the proposal defining the system operation regions or propose amendments. In the latter case, the Agency shall consult the ENTSO for Electricity before adopting the amendmentsrelevant Member States shall come to a unanimous decision. Other Member States may submit comments. The decision shall be reasoned, in accordance with relevant Union law. The relevant Member States shall notify the Commission and the Agency their decision. The adopted proposal shall be published on the Agency's website.
Amendment 1358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. All power plants using renewable energy sources with an installed electricity capacity of more than 1 MW shall provide the transmission system operators with real time information at least of their net production so as to allow transmission system operators to comply with their obligations under Article 40 of [recast of Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864].
Amendment 1424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) neutral data management, cyber security and data protection in cooperation with relevant authorities and entities;
Amendment 1472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) rules regarding harmonised transmission and distribution tariff structures and connection charges including locational signals and inter- transmission system operator compensation rules;