Activities of Regina BASTOS related to 2012/2103(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Energy Roadmap 2050, a future with energy
Amendments (12)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the crucial importance of timely, correct and full implementation, by the Commission and the Member States, of existing legislation, including the regulatory work called for by the Third Internal Energy Market Package, in order to achieve an integrated and competitive European internal energy market by 2014; calls on the Commission to bring close scrutiny to bear on the transposition of that legislation, in keeping with the provisions laid down in the TFEU;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the need to support decentralised small-scale renewable energy producers, including regional and local authorities, so as to help them integrate into the grid, and considers that regional and local authorities should continue to enjoy simplified access to European Investment Bank (EIB) financing for sustainable energy;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points out that the current system of promoting renewables is economically inefficient owing to the many different programmes across the Member States; calls for a clear policy framework at Union level in order to strategically foster economically efficient investments in low- carbon energy at local, regional, national and Union level;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the transition to a low- carbon economy is an opportunity not only for sustainability but also for the security of supply and competitiveness in Europe, and that reducing greenhouse gas emissions can be a competitive advantage in the growing global market for energy- related goods and services; underlines that this ais an opportunity for European SMEs operating on the renewable energy market and that, as well as giving an excellent fillip to entrepreneurship and innovation, it could constitute a prime source of job creation;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasises the role of energy in stimulating growth and competitiveness in the EU; calls on the Commission to come up with a post-2020 strategy and present a 2030 policy framework for a European energy policy with a single Green House Gas reduction target compatible with EU 2050 decarbonisation aspirations backed by an Impact Assessment; encourages the Member States to step up their ongoing efforts to reach the current 2020 targets in the area of EU energy policy;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out that CO2 capture, transport and storage projects leave behind dangerous waste material that has to be stored; takes note of the World Energy Outlook 2011 which highlighted the potential and role for CCS in certain policy scenarios; recognises that there are substantial concerns among the public with regard to this technology; calls on the Commission to draw up a mid-term report evaluating the results obtained from the use of EU-subsidised experimental carbon capture and storage technologies for coal-fired power stations;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) needs to be promoted and that there has to be a firm European commitment to innovation and research, given that the development of innovative technologies will help to enhance safety and attract investment;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that all the scenarios being put forward by the Commission suggest that the cost of energy will rise, and therefore believes that Member States will have to implement social support policies to combat poverty, ensuring that all citizens and consumers can have access to energy; accordingly calls for the clarification necessary to determine what can be done through energy policy and what through social policy;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers energy education to be both the key to changing behaviour and a cornerstone of a new model for sustainable development; urges the Commission to allocate the necessary resources for energy education within the next multi-annual financial framework;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Maintains that the Commission, together with the Member States, regional and local authorities, and civil society representatives, should periodically carry out ‘energy education’ campaigns in the European, national, regional, and local media, interactive campaigns included, in order to make clear and comprehensible information accessible to all citizens, businesses, and industry associations; also recognises the need for information campaigns to be aimed at schools and universities so as to involve younger generations in the cultural shift;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Recognises that consumers need to be provided with websites and other means enabling them to obtain up-to-date information and compare prices and services and, on that basis, choose the energy provider most suitable for their purposes.