30 Amendments of Claude TURMES related to 2012/2005(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation 714/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard Regulation 715/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Energy Roadmap 2050 underlines that full integration of the European energy networks and the opening up of markets are critical for maintaining the balance between energy security, competitiveness, the aim of a low- emission economy and consumer satisfactionsustainability and consumer satisfaction in order to realise the shift towards a nearly 100% renewables based, highly efficient economy;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a European Energy CommunitEU energy policy must be based on a strong common energy market, the coordination of energy purchasing outside of the EU and common European funding of new low- emission energy technologiespolicy for sustainable energy technologies, notably on innovation and research;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. Whereas reduced prices on energy markets are often not passed on to the consumer, leading in the case of electricity for example to additional yearly costs for households of EUR 395 million in Germany alone;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. Whereas the European Commission Energy 2020 Strategy estimates the necessary investment needs in the energy sector to EUR 1 trillion by 2020, of which EUR 540 billion are for power generation and EUR 210 billion are for electricity and gas networks of European importance;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Communication and the accompanying Action Plan, which summarise the progress achieved so far and the challenges ahead for the completion of the internal energy market by 2014; Calls on the Commission to align the currently proposed schedule for the adoption of network codes foreseen under the Third package to this deadline, in order to make sure that all of them are decided on before the end of 2014;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the trend of rising energy prices is likely to continue given its link to fuel prices, the impact ofincreasingly volatile fossil fuel prices, EU import dependency and the remediation costs for pollution from and other externalities of fossil energy generation through climate policy, and thes well as investments needed to maintain and modernise energy systems on a long-term sustainable and cost-effective basis;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Advocates decoupling prices for conventional natural gas and oil (oil price indexation) and increased efforts on energy efficiency and savings, as well as a large-scale use of renewable energy sources, which both are contributing, among other economic and environmental benefits, to a reduced import dependency and increase EU energy security; furthermore underlines the need to ensure gas market liquidity, a full implementation of the network codes as well as realising the necessary infrastructures, including reverse flows and interconnectors;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the European added value of better coordinating the Member States' energy policies, in a spirit of solidarity, and of creating efficient and secure trans- border energy systems, thereby creating synergies through improved management of the supply and demand of energy, facilitated through smart technologies at distribution system level;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that even though energy prices have globally gone down on wholesale energy markets, consumers continue to pay high prices; Calls on Commission, Member States and their Regulators to ensure that consumers can adequately and directly benefit from wholesale market price developments;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that smart technologies must not be restricted tounderstood as automatic meter- reading only but must be completed with dynamic, online grid management , incorporating such services as grid support services by network operators, voluntary demand-side response and local or home broker, energy efficiency services, micro-generation and storage solutions; Stipulates that an increased participation of consumers will be facilitated by aggregators or other enablers, such as decentralised storage and smart appliances; these will help consumers to better understand and manage their energy consumption and therefore can become more flexible and responsive (both from a demand and from a supply perspective), provided that schemes are designed in a fair and transparent way for consumers and the latter trust and engage with those new services, actors and technologies;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses concern about developments in which telecommunication companies are incited to manage distribution grid data, as this poses serious questions with regard to data protection, as well as bares the risk that operators would have to buy technical data necessary for them to fulfil their very functions as DSOs;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that vulnerable consumers must be protected and that, to that end, effective mechanisms must be put in place, while distortions of the energy market are avoidedconsumers in vulnerable situations require special, effective protection, and thus calls on Member States to find out the best way to protect and assist them;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the importance of ensuring a competitive, easily managed and transparent energy market that offer real choice and competing prices to consumers as well as provides all EU energy consumers with securafe, sustainable, affordable and reliable energy;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the potential of citizens' participation in projects and cooperatives for the generation and efficient use of sustainable energy;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges Member States to phase out all direct and indirect subsidies to fossil energy, which prevent a level playing field among technologies, and to fully internalise external costs;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the internal energy market is not completed yet and that national energy markets falls short of satisfying the needs and expectations of consumers, as they continue to face high prices, a limited choice of suppliers, an overall low quality of services, weak consumer protection and difficulties in switching supplier; stresses, therefore, the need to build a more user- friendly market where consumers can play an active role and become prosumers in the market;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines the need of creating integrated intraday and balancing markets as these market forms are crucial for the efficient integration of large amounts of variable renewable energy sources and for cost-efficient system operation in general and where achievements have been far less encouraging so far than in day-ahead market integration;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Acknowledges that energy markets are still largely imbalanced between the powers of individual consumers and energy companies; stresses the need for additional tools that empower consumers to collectively bargain and get better deals;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that modernising the existing infrastructure, and building new- if necessary - building new, sustainable, intelligent and flexible generation, transmission, distribution and storage infrastructure, is essential for a well-integrated and well- connected energy market, where supply at affordable prices is secured, where the large-scale potential for cogeneration and efficiency, and for exploiting renewable and unconventional energy sources,, renewable energy sources, efficiency gains, demand side management and sustainable storage is fully exploited, and where no Member State remains isolated from the European gas and electricity networks;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the Commission's emphasis that Europe's future energy systems will be characterised by flexibility; notes that, in all timeframes, well-functioning cross-border wholesale markets are easily accessible sources of flexibility; calls on further efforts to be put on the future uptake of energy storage technologies and demand-side responsiveness, all of which are additional sources of flexibility;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that energy efficiency is one of the most sustainable and cost-effective ways of reducing energy bills, enhancing security of supply, reducing fossil fuel import needs and avoiding carbon emissions; recognises that any measure which promotes energy efficiency must be appropriate to the needs of consumers, cost-effective and supported by the right incentives;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Underlines that according to IEA findings bolder action on energy efficiency can reduce EU gas imports by one-third in 2035 corresponding to 100bcm of gas; points in this respect to the fact that even most optimistic IEA estimates on shale gas production in the EU amount to only 77 bcm of shale gas by 2035; recommends therefore to concentrate efforts on stepping up energy efficiency measures, as these will the best option from an economic and security of supply perspective;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that investment in necessary infrastructure needs to be encouraged through stable and innovation-friendly regulatory frameworks, which remunerate past and future investments appropriately and allocate costs to beneficiaries, recognising that it cannot be achieved unless market-driven; recognises, however, that, in certain cases, key infrastructure may not be commercially viable, thus requiring public funding;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that the lack of transparency and the existence of anticompetitive practices in wholesale energy markets undermine consumer trust; believes there is an urgent need to understand cost formation in wholesale markets as well as the impact on consumers' bills; calls therefore on the Commission to come up with concrete proposals by the end of 2014 on how to overcome these imperfections, for example through direct price links between spot market and retail level prices;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to step up efforts for increased gas market competitiveness, for example by means of a closer integration of national gas markets through coupling, increased short term gas and gas products trading, cross- border integration of national markets into trading areas e.g. through common rules, cross-border access to storage and other relevant infrastructure, reduced fix costs in network tariffs to facilitate provision of flexibility and by rigorously applying EU competition law to long-term contracts for gas supply;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that a stable regulatory framework – for producers, regulators, network operators, energy suppliers, demand-related service providers and, most importantly, end consumers and prosumers – is essential for a well-functioning internal market and for attracting long-term investment in infrastructure development; underlines that development of network codes and rules should lead to harmonisation of procedures and interoperability, which can only be done, if they are constantly adapted to new market developments;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises the importance of integrated intraday and balancing markets and highlights that, as the current achievements in day-ahead market integration have been encouraging, further steps need to be taken to enable the wider national uptake and European integration of intraday and balancing markets as these market forms are crucial for the efficient integration of large amounts of variable renewable energy sources and for cost-efficient system operation in general;