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Major eu energy law and policy developments in 2013
1. Major EU Energy Law & Policy Developments in 2013
Raluca Dirjan
2. RES & Energy Efficiency
Moving forward on Climate and Energy 2030
RES Progress Report
Energy Efficiency Directive
Internal Energy Market
REMIT
Making the internal energy market work
Unbundling guidelines for financial investors
Oil & Gas
Shale Gas
Offshore oil and gas platforms standards
3. Moving forward on Climate and Energy 2030
Green Paper and Public Consultation
no further targets proposed
invitation to stakeholders to express their views on the
way forward
lack of competitiveness of the EU economies – burden
of high energy prices
new measures for reaching the 2020 targets in the
context of scaling back of the support schemes
limit the use of the support schemes only to those
technologies and if that is still need it
avoid overcompensation
proposal for the 2030 framework on the table by
the end of 2013
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/green_paper_2030_en.htm
4. RES Progress Report
reform of the support schemes - cost-effective and
market-orientated manner
national reforms - negative impact on the investment
climate
more convergence and ‘Europeanisation’ of RES support
schemes is needed
regional and possibly sectoral joint support schemes
between Member States based on the co-
operation mechanisms
COM to provide Guidelines by the end of the
year
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/green_paper_2030_en.htm
5. Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27)
indicative national energy efficiency targets for 2020
energy utilities as of 1 January 2014: cumulative end-use energy
savings target, which target is set at 1,5 % of the annual energy sales
to final customers
consumers: required to manage their energy consumption more
efficiently as a result of better information provided on their meters and
bills
high quality energy audits will be made available to all final
customers
the industry: must carry out cost-benefit analyses to assess the
potential of using efficient heating and cooling systems, in particular
those using high-efficiency cogeneration
central governments: can only acquire energy-efficient buildings,
services and products
as from 1 January 2014, they must renovate 3% of their buildings on
a yearly basis in order to drastically reduce their energy consumption
implementation deadline 5 June 2014
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/eed/eed_en.htm
6. REMIT
Wholesale energy markets provide key price signals which affect the
choices of producers and consumers, and investment decision in
production facilities and transport infrastructure
energy trading will be screened at EU level to uncover abuses
defining market abuse as market manipulation, attempted
market manipulation and insider trading, in wholesale energy
markets
explicit prohibition of market manipulation, attempted market
manipulation and insider trading in wholesale energy markets
new framework for the monitoring of wholesale energy
markets to detect and deter market manipulation and insider
trading
enforcement of the above prohibitions and the sanctioning of
breaches of market abuse rules at national level
http://www.acer.europa.eu/remit/Pages/default.aspx
7. Making the internal energy market work
Report and Work Plan
COM: pursue the enforcement procedures
Competition authorities: keeping the playing field
ACER: continue with the regional initiatives
MSs: develop infrastructure
Consumers: end to regulated tariffs + assistance to vulnerable consumers
Minimise market intervention so that the liberalised markets can work
based on economic principles
ENTSO-E and G: finalise the Codes so that the ETM and GTM can be fully
implemented
integrate RES capacities
Security of supply: reward capacity availability
More energy infrastructure for the cross border integration
Smart grids and meters to ensure demand side management
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/gas_electricity/internal_market_en.htm
8. Unbundling Guidelines for financial investors
aim: to avoid conflict of interest for entities holding participations in
transmission, generation and supply units
not legally binding but v useful for considering the acceptable forms of financial
investments
2 steps test: 1. control or exercise rights and if yes, then 2. if in the circumstances
of the individual case, it can be clearly demonstrated that there is no incentive for
a shareholder in a TSO to influence the TSO’s decision-making in order to favor his
generation, production and/or supply interest to the detriment of other network
users
geographic location (National Grid UK)
crossing over gas – electricity assets less likely to generate conflict (Red
Electrica de Espana and Enagas)
Size and market share of the conflicting activities (50 Hertz and Dalkia Polska)
Generators rewarded with FiT less likely to create conflict if transmission assets
are also owned
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/gas_electricity/interpretative_notes/doc/implementation_
notes/swd_2013_0177_en.pdf
10. Shale Gas
Hydrocarbon Licensing Directive 1994 (HLD 1994) – no barriers to cover
shale gas as well
prior to 2011 no one spoke about shale gas in Europe
European Council meeting February 2011 and the European Parliament’s
November 2012 call for the introduction of an EU-wide risk management
framework for unconventional fossil fuels exploration and extraction
Commission has released several studies on shale gas
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/energy/uff_studies_en.htm
on-line public consultation came to an end in March 2013 and the results
are now available as a prep for an impact assessment on the
‘Environmental, Climate and Energy Assessment Framework to Enable Safe
and Secure Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction’
public opinion leaning towards a NO
majority view: regulatory framework needs to be developed to cover all
risks
11. Directive on Offshore oil and gas platforms
standards
in force as of 18 July 2013
addressing Deepwater Horizon (Gulf of Mexico) and Alpha Piper
(UKCS) accidents
aim: consistent minimum standard of regulation across EU
mostly based on the UKCS standards
not applicable to landlocked MSs
financial liability for environmental damages moved from the
operator to the licence holder
NRAs to assess the financial capability of the licence holders to
withstand adequate provisions for potential liabilities
operators to submit a major hazard report prior to
commencement of the offshore operations
oil spill response effectiveness
independent authorities for safety and environment oversight,
separated from the licensing authority (ie: NRAs)
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/oil/offshore/standards_en.htm