Activities of Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS related to 2007/0198(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Common rules for the internal market in electricity - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Access to the network: cross-border exchanges in electricity - Internal market in natural gas - Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks - Fuel efficiency: labelling of tyres - The energy performance of buildings (debate)
Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity (A6-0228/2008, Alejo Vidal-Quadras) (vote)
Reports (2)
REPORT Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 PDF (358 KB) DOC (341 KB)
REPORT Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity PDF (431 KB) DOC (609 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2a
Article 2a
All transmission system operators shall cooperate at Community level through establishing the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity in order to ensure the optimal management and sound technical evolution of the European electricity transmission network and to promote the completion of the internal market for electricity.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2c – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) measures to assure real-time coordination of grid operation in normal and emergency conditions;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 4
Article 2c – paragraph 4
4. The Agency shall monitor the implementation of the codes by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall monitor the implementation of the technical and market codes and include the results of its monitoring activities in the annual report referred to in paragraph 1(e).
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 5
Article 2c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan every two years. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a generation adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross border capacities, and shall include the investments in interconnection and in other infrastructure necessary for effective trading and competition and for the security of supply. Transmission System Operators shall make reasonable efforts to fulfil the published investment plan.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission where it considers that the draft annual work programme or the draft 10-year investment plan do not ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the marketin particular as regards supply undertakings within the national markets, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall modify the 10-year investment plan if requested by the Commission.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e a (new)
Article 2 e a (new)
Article 2ea Development of guidelines 1. The Commission shall, after consultation with the Agency, establish an annual priority list identifying issues of prime importance for the development of the internal market in electricity. 2. Having regard to the priority list, the Commission shall mandate the Agency to develop within no more than six months draft guidelines setting basic, clear and objective principles for the harmonisation of rules, as set out under Article 2c . 3. In the drafting of these guidelines, the Agency shall consult extensively in an open and transparent manner and shall keep ENTSO and other stakeholders informed. 4. The Agency shall finalize the draft guidelines on the basis of the consultation. It shall make public all observations received, unless confidential, and explain how they have been taken into consideration in the final draft of the guidelines or justify their rejection. 5. The Commission shall submit the draft guidelines to the Committee referred to in Article 13(1) for their final adoption in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2). 6. The Commission, at its own initiative or upon request of the Agency, may initiate the same procedure for the up-dating of guidelines.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 e b (new)
Article 2 e b (new)
Article 2eb Development of codes 1. On adoption of the guidelines in accordance with Article 2ea, the Commission shall mandate ENTSO to develop within six months draft codes, fully complying with the principles established in the guidelines. 2. In the drafting of these codes ENTSO shall take into consideration technical expertise from market participants and shall keep them informed. 3. ENTSO shall submit the draft codes to the Agency. 4. The Agency shall consult on the draft codes extensively in an open and transparent manner. 5. On the basis of the consultation, the Agency shall finalize and adopt the draft codes. It shall make public all observations received, unless confidential, and explain how they have been taken into consideration in the final draft codes or justify their rejection. 6. On the Agency own initiative or at the request of the ENTSO, a revision of the existing codes may be undertaken following the same procedure.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 h – paragraph 2
Article 2 h – paragraph 2
2. Transmission system operators shall promote operational arrangements in order to ensure optimum management of the network, and promote the development of energy exchanges, and, where economically efficient, promote the allocation of cross- border capacity through implicit auctions and the integration of balancing and reserve power mechanismcompatibility of cross border balancing arrangements.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Generation companies which own or operate generation assets, of which one has an installed capacity of at least 250 MWe, shall keep at the disposal of the national regulatory authority, the national competition authority and the Commission, for five years all hourly data per plant that is necessary to verify all operational dispatching decisions and the bidding behaviour at power exchanges, interconnection auctions, reserve markets and OTC marketsfor all plants, which have an installed capacity of at least 250 MWe. The per plant and per hour information to be stored includes, but is not limited to, data on available generation capacity and committed reserves, including allocation of these committed reserves on a per plant level, at the time the bidding is carried out and when production takes place.".
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The derogations foreseen in Article 7(1) shall automatically apply to derogations granted pursuant Article 7 of Regulation 1228/2003 at the date of entry into force of the present Regulation."
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 7 -a (new)
Article 7 -a (new)
(6a) The following Article 7-a is inserted: "Article 7-a Removal of administrative barriers to increase capacity Member States shall review their procedures with the aim to identify and remove administrative barriers to increasing the amount of interconnector capacity. Member States shall identify the grid segments to be reinforced to increase the overall level of interconnection capacity in line with the objective of a broad market integration."
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point h