43 Amendments of Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES related to 2011/0172(COD)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) The Commission and the Member States should seek to establish research schemes to come up with technology for use in historic buildings, covering all aspects connected with the use of renewable energy, the installation of smart meters and other technologies that would need to be installed in such buildings. The Commission and the Member States should also undertake to disseminate the findings of research that has already been carried out.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33 b (new)
Recital 33 b (new)
(33b) Given the special characteristics of historic buildings, research would need to be carried out into the different energy consumption profile involved, taking into account the insulation qualities of traditional architecture, the way in which it is adapted to its environment and the good practices employed in the past with regard to the use and function of such buildings.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Buildings of special architectural, historical or cultural merit shall be exempted from the minimum requirements set by this Directive due to their particular technical and aesthetic characteristics. Therefore Member States should be free to decide on a case by case basis, in consultation with representative experts of cultural heritage in each country, when a specific building of such a nature would require this exemption.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) “The Commission’s Communication on “Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond – A Blueprint for an integrated European energy network” underlines the need to adapt EU power capacity to the multitude of applications and technologies relying on electricity as an energy source as well as to maintain the system's security. Demand side resources, applications and technologies have the potential to lead to massive carbon reductions and address the integration of renewable energy into energy networks. Member States shall therefore encourage participation of demand side resources, applications and technologies, such as demand response, into energy markets.”
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. The Member States shall ensure that, where historic buildings are concerned, public funding provided for window renewal schemes may also be used for roof insulation.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The problems encountered in implementing consumption audits need to be borne in mind, as the municipalities signatory to the Covenant of Mayors are coming up against significant barriers in accessing energy use data disaggregated according to the categories proposed by the European Commission in the Covenant of Mayors.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) These audits should be carried out in an independently and in a cost-effective manner. Theis requirement for independence allows the audits to be carried out by in-house experts or energy services providers, provided that these are qualified or accredited, that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited, and that the Member State has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality and to impose sanctions if needed.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plans to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling which assesses the socio-economic costs. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period to provide investors with information concerning national development plans and contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. New electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States should adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Energy performance contracting (EPC) comprises a wide variety of mechanisms which open up opportunities to deploy more energy-efficient technologies and solutions. It is necessary to continue developing the market for energy services to ensure the availability of both the demand for and the supply of energy services in an open and transparent manner. Transparency, for example by means of lists of energy services providers, can contribute to this. Model contracts and guidelines, in particular for energy performance contracting, can also help stimulate demand. As in other forms of third-party financing arrangements, in an energy performance contract the beneficiary of the energy service avoids investment costs by using part of the financial value of energy savings to repay the investment fully or partially, carried out by a third party. The market of energy performance contracting shall not be discriminatory to any energy services providers.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Buildings of special architectural, historical or cultural merit may be exempted from the minimum requirements set by the Directive, due to its particular technical and aesthetic characteristics. Therefore Member States should establish a specific system, in consultation with representatives experts of cultural heritage in each country, when a specific building of such a nature would require this exemption.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. 'energy service' means the physical benefit, utility or good derived from a combination of energy with energy management system and/or energy efficient technology or with action, which may include the operations, maintenance and control necessary to deliver the service, which is delivered on the basis of a contract and in normal circumstances has proven to result in verifiable and measurable or estimable energy efficiency improvement or primary energy savings;
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
11 a. ‘demand response’ programs make possible for energy consumers to temporarily reduce their demand for electricity in response to supply conditions. Demand response allows collaboration between energy provider and energy user to incentivate reduction of energy demand at times of peak load, or in response to curtailment requests increasing efficiency of the energy value chain;
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total heated and/or cooled floor area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculated on the total heated and/or cooled floor area of buildings with a total usefulheated and/or cooled floor area over 250 m2 owned by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where a public body already has an energy efficiency strategy in place for its buildings based on another parameter, such as savings per heated and/or cooled square meter, and where this strategy is expected to yield energy savings equivalent or higher than the savings expected from meeting the renovation target, Member States shall allow the public body to continue following its existing strategy.
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow their public bodies to count towards their annual renovation rate the excess of renovated building floor area in a given year as if it has instead been renovated in any of the twofour previous or following years.
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States shall encourage pPublic bodies toshall:
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
a) adopt an energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy saving objectives and specific actions, with a view to continuously improving the body's energy efficiency;
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) current information on final customers' consumption in both the public and private sector, including, where applicable, load profiles, customer segmentation in line with the categories specified in the Commission's cooperation programmes with local authorities and geographical location of customers, while preserving the integrity and confidentiality of private or commercially sensitive information in compliance with applicable European Union legislation.
Amendment 915 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, where technically feasible and cost-effective for the investor, including consideration of maintenance, management and replacement costs, final customers for electricity, natural gas, district or other central heating or cooling and district- or other central-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 975 #
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 shall be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment buildings, individual heat consumption metermetering devices shall 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), shall be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiator.
Amendment 1017 #
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 shall be provided to final customers free of charge.
Amendment 1024 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission and the Member States shall seek to establish research schemes to come up with technology for use in historic and cultural buildings, covering all aspects connected with the use of renewable energy, the installation of smart meters and other energy saving or generation technologies that would need to be installed in such buildings. The Commission and the Member States shall also undertake to disseminate the findings of research that has already been carried out.
Amendment 1028 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Given the special characteristics of historic and cultural buildings, research would need to be carried out into the different energy consumption profile involved, taking into account the insulation qualities of historical architecture, the way in which it is adapted to its environment and the good practices employed in the past with regard to the use and function of such buildings.
Amendment 1045 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 JanuaryDecember 20145, Member States shall establishcarry out and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plcomprehensive assessment of cogeneration demand for developing the potential for the application of high- efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling, containing the information set out in Annex VII. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling plans are taken into accountIf they have already carried out an equivalent assessment, they shall notify it to the Commission. The assessment should consider different types of cogeneration on the basis of the specificities of different national demand and consumption patterns. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure that efficient use of energy resources and the development of resource efficient heating and cooling systems are considered in local and regional development plansning, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VIIin local and regional energy strategies and planning.
Amendment 1076 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the purpose of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall carry out a cost-benefit analysis covering their territory, including based on climate conditions, economic feasibility or technical suitability, in order to identify and facilitate implementation of the most cost-efficient solutions to meet heating and cooling requirements.
Amendment 1083 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to develop efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure to accommodate the development of high- efficiency cogeneration and the use of heating and cooling from waste heat and renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3, 6 and 7those cogeneration infrastructures identified by their comprehensive assessment as being cost- efficient. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possible opt for high-efficiency cogeneration rather than heat-only generation.
Amendment 1122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are provided with equipment allowing for the recovery of waste heat by means of a high-efficiency cogeneration unit;
Amendment 1310 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 9
Article 10 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission shall establish by 1 January 2013 by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18 a methodology for the cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraphs 1(a), 4 (c), 7 (b) and 8(b).
Amendment 1320 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 11 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Member States shall ensure public funding for schemes for the renewal of windows and other elements required for insulation.
Amendment 1333 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that national energy regulatory authorities pay due regard to energy efficiency in their decisions on the operation of the gas and electricity infrastructure. They shall in particular ensure that network tariffs and regulations provide incentives for grid operators to offer system services to network users permitting them to implement energy efficiency improvement measures in the context of the continuing deployment of smart grids.
Amendment 1340 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall ensure that national energy regulatory authorities encourage demand side resources, such as demand response, to participate alongside supply in local or regional wholesale markets.
Amendment 1345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) identifying concrete measures and investments for the introduction of cost- effective energy efficiency improvements or measures aiming to facilitate the integration of renewable energy production in the network infrastructure, with a detailed timetable for their introduction.
Amendment 1349 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
b a) assessing the opportunity of setting up a forward capacity market, for the electricity market. This assessment should include a cost/benefit analysis of aligning such each Member State’s market to target a European market.
Amendment 1359 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure the removal of those incentives in transmission and distribution tariffs that unnecessarily increase the volume of distributed or transmitted energy and refocus these incentives towards consumer participation to system efficiency, including demand response depending on national circumstances. In this respect, in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/72/EC and Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC, Member States may impose public service obligations relating to energy efficiency on undertakings operating in the electricity and gas sectors.
Amendment 1395 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that high-efficiency cogeneration operators and demand response aggregators can offer balancing services and other operational services at the level of transmission system operators or distribution system operators where this is consistent with the mode of operation of the high-efficiency cogeneration installation. Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall ensure that such services are part of a services bidding process which is transparent and open to scrutiny.
Amendment 1452 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) legal and, regulatory, fiscal provisions, and administrative practices, regarding public purchasing and annual budgeting and accounting, with a view to ensuring that individual public bodies are not deterred from making efficiency-improving investments.
Amendment 1477 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Member States, regions and municipalities should propose and support energy supply formulas at district or city level, so that the sums invested benefit the majority of residents and that the benefits of public investment are shared.
Amendment 1711 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) With district or other centralised heating and cooling, billing shall be provided on a monthly basis during the heating/cooling season.
Amendment 1786 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – section 2 – introductory part
Annex XI – section 2 – introductory part
2. Network regulation and tariffs shall allowencourage network operators to offerpromote system services and system tariffs for demand response measures, demand management and distributed generation on organiszed electricity markets, in particularsubject to a cost-effectiveness impact per types of targeted customers (residential, commercial and industrial). Systems services include: