38 Amendments of Kathleen VAN BREMPT related to 2016/0379(COD)
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Core market principles should set out that electricity prices are to be determined through demand and supply. TWhile respecting principles of solidarity and fair distribution of costs, those prices should signal when electricity is needed, providing market-based incentives for investments into flexibility sources such as flexible generation, interconnection, demand response or storage.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Regional operational centres should primarily act in the interest of system and market operation of the region over the interests of any single entity. Hence, regional operational centres should be entrusted with decision-making powers to act and to direct actions to be taken by transmission system operators of the system operation region for certain functions and with an enhanced advisory role for the remaining functions. If one or more transmission system operators disagree with a binding decision that a regional operational centre is willing to take, they should have the right to ask the Commission to suspend or change the decision. The Commission can do so, after gaining advice from the Agency.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point u
(u) 'capacity mechanism' means an administrative measure to ensure the achievement of the desirednecessary level of security of supply by remunerating resources for their availability, including renewable energy, storage facilities and demand side management services, for their availability during certain periods or time windows to generate electricity or reduce demand, not including measures relating to ancillary services;
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) prices shall be formed based onin general reflect demand and supply;
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) actions which prevent price formation on the basis of demand and supply or constitute a disincentive to the development of more flexible generation, low carbon generation, or more flexible demand shall be avoided, unless they aim to establish solidarity and fair distribution of costs;
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) customers shall be enabled to benefit from market opportunities and increased competition on retail markets; the offering of bundles that combines the sale of a commodity with the sale of energy services may not form a barrier to switch from supplier;
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) market rules shall aim to deliver appropriate investment incentives for generation, storage, energy efficiency and demand response to meet market needs and thus ensure security of supply;
Amendment 286 #
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 in a way that accounts for the benefits and costs each provide to the environment and the system, their sustainability, and their contributions to the decarbonisation objectives set in the 2015 Paris Agreement and in Directive (Renewable Energy Directive);
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. All market participants, including those offering electricity production from variable renewable energy sources, storage and demand side management services, shall have access to the balancing market, 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 504 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When dispatching electricity generating installations, transmission and distribution system operators shall 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:
Amendment 556 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Prior to the removal of priority dispatch for generating installations using renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3, Member States shall ensure that dispatching rules are fully transparent and market-based and that the removal would not undermine Member States’ contribution to Union climate and energy targets;
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) self-generated electricity from generating installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration which is not fed into the transmission or distribution network shall not be curtailed unless no other solution would resolve network security issues or if this would result in disproportionately high costs;
Amendment 753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7. Distribution tariffs shall reflect the cost of use of the distribution network by system users including active customers, and may be differentiated based on system users’ consumption or generation profiles and grid connection capacities. Where Member States have implemented the deployment of smart metering systems, regulatory authorities may introduce time differentiated network tariffs, reflecting the use of the network, in a transparent and foreseeable way for the consumer. Where possible, the tariffs shall be set in a manner that incentivises investment in demand side response and flexibility systems. Member states shall ensure that tariffs are not discriminatory and are not forms of illegitimate state aid to specific groups of users via exemptions from (part of) the tariffs.
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8
Article 16 – paragraph 8
8. Regulatory authorities shall provide incentives to distribution system operators to procure services for the operation and development of their networks and integratefor innovative solutions in the distribution systemsnetwork. For that purpose, regulatory authorities shawill recognise as eligible andll the reasonable costs of the distribution system operators for innovative solutions. These include, all relevant costs in distribution tariffs and introducmong others, research and development, pilot project implementation and the launch of new technologies, as well as service contracts that network operators award for the operformance targets in order to incentivise distribution system operatoration and development of their networks. These costs are taken into account by the distribution network operators in the distribution tariffs. The regulatory systems give the distribution network operators incentives to raise efficiencies, including energy efficiency, in their networks.
Amendment 782 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point e
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point e
(e) the relationship between transmission and distribution tariffs, including principles relating to non- discrimination, as agreed with the EU DSO entity;
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point g
Article 16 – paragraph 9 – point g
(g) groups of network users subject to tariffs, including tariff exemptionsand the way the different tariffs applied on them reflect a fair distribution of costs and avoid unjustifiable state aid.
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) integrating offshore electricity grid development and connecting offshore production to the onshore transmission grid.;
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) developing of pumped hydro storage.
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
If the revenues cannot be efficiently used for the purposes set out in points (a), (b), (ba) or (bc) of the first subparagraph, they shall be placed on a separate internal account line for future use on these purposes. Notwithstanding the second subparagraph, in Member States where the Union's interconnection target of 15 % is met and not any congestion on the interconnectors takes place or is predicted, the residual revenues may be used as income to be taken into account by the national regulatory authorities of the Member State concerned when approving the methodology for calculating network tariffs and/or fixing network tariffs.
Amendment 846 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall monitor, report and publish resource adequacy within their territory based on the European resource adequacy assessment pursuant to Article 19.
Amendment 856 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Where the European resource adequacy assessment identifies a resource adequacy concern Member States shall identify any regulatory distortions and market failures that caused or contributed to the emergence of the concern.
Amendment 870 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall publish a timeline for adopting measures to eliminate any identified regulatory distortions and actions to address market failures. When addressing resource adequacy concerns Member States shall in particular consider removing regulatory distortions, enabling scarcity pricing, developing interconnection, energy storage, demand side measures and energy efficiency.
Amendment 903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) is based on appropriate scenarios of projected demand and supply including an economic assessment of the likelihood of retirement, new-build of generation assets and measures to reach energy efficiency and interconnection targets and appropriate sensitivities on wholesale prices and carbon price developments;
Amendment 927 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The proposals under paragraphs 2 and 5, the scenarios and assumptions on which they are based, 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 1036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Capacity mechanisms shall not create unnecessary market distortions and not limit cross-border trade. The amount of capacity committed in the mechanism shall not go beyond what is necessary to address the concern. , further distortions that would increase the costs of the decarbonisation, hinder the objectives set in the Renewable Energy Directive, not limit cross-border trade and shall be non-discriminatory and open to all generation technologies, interconnection capacities, demand-side response resources, storage and energy efficiency. The amount of capacity committed in the mechanism shall not go beyond what is necessary to address the concern. Capacity mechanisms shall be designed in the least intrusive way possible, the costs shall be fairly distributed and shall not create unnecessary burden especially to consumers in fuel poverty. Generation capacity providers shall be selected on the basis of transparent criteria, including flexibility criteria and least costs to society.
Amendment 1065 #
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 for installations with a nominal capacity smaller than 200 MW and below 450 gr CO2/kWh for installations with larger capacity. 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 Regulation. The calculation of the CO2/kWh in the first subparagraph shall be based on the net efficiency at nominal capacity under ISO conditions.
Amendment 1262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Regional operational centres, together with the Commission and the Agency, shall develop a procedure for the adoption of decisions and recommendations.
Amendment 1286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – title
Article 39 – title
Amendment 1288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. Regional operational centres shall develop a procedure for the revision of decisions and recommendations, together with the Commission and the Agency, shall develop a procedure for appeal against binding decisions and for the revision of decisions and recommendations. In the case of an appeal, it is the Commission that will take a final decision. The Commission shall do so after consultation of the involved transmission system operator(s) and the regional operational center and after taken advice from the Agency. The Commission can decide to maintain, suspend, withdraw or alter the contested decision.
Amendment 1292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. These procedures shall be triggered at the request of one or more of the transmission system operators of the system operation region. Following theIn the case of a revision of thea decision or recommendation, regional operational centres shall confirm or modify the measure.
Amendment 1370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: twelve months after entry into force], the distribution system operators, with the administrative support of the Agency, shall submit to the Commission and to the Agency the draft the outline of a governance structure that guarantees a fair and balanced representation of interests between members and Member States. This shall include the draft statutes, a list of registered members, the draft rules of procedure, including the rules of procedures on the consultation with ENTSO for Electricity and other stakeholders and the financing rules, of the EU DSO entity to be established.
Amendment 1405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The main tasks of the EU DSO entity shall be the followingparticipation in the elaboration of network codes pursuant to Articles 55 and 56. Other tasks may include the exchange of views and best practices on:
Amendment 1416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) development of innovative financing techniques, including pre- financing combined with on-bill repayment via the meter, for investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency measures;
Amendment 1417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) fulfilment of the tasks as obligated party in the [Energy Efficiency Directive];
Amendment 1418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(c c) introduction of energy efficiency improvements in the distribution network;
Amendment 1428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 1433 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c