Scheduled a few weeks before the planned release of the European Commission’s Communication on Energy Union, a conference organised on 6 February in Riga under the auspices of the Latvian Presidency offered further insight into the Commission’s plans.
On 25th February the European Commission today published its Communication on an Energy Union, together with a Communication on ‘The Road to Paris’ and a Communication on the electricity interconnection target of 10%.
One of the first initiatives of new Commission President Juncker is the EU Investment Plan. Also called the Juncker Package, this plan is progressively taking shape. Funds have been moved from other budget lines, innovative financing methods explored, and a list of 2,000 projects drawn up...
On 20th January EU energy associations EURELECTRIC and Eurogas hosted an event in the European Parliament, urging MEPs to adopt a stronger and faster Market Stability Reserve (MSR) that would strengthen the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
From a procedural point of view, it will be interesting to see how the new structure of the Commission plays out in practice: how will the work be divided between Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President for Energy Union, and Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete?
On 7 January 2015, REMIT Implementing Acts entered into force, twenty days following their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. To prevent and deter market abuse and increase transparency in wholesale energy markets, the REMIT Implementing Acts will trigger unprecedented real market monitoring by the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).
In its recently published review of the EU energy policy the International Energy Agency encouraged the European Union to “strengthen the internal energy market to enhance both its energy security and the competitiveness of its industry.”
As the COP20 climate talks got underway in Lima in December, paving the way for next year’s COP21 talks in Paris, a panel debate organised by EU affairs media outlet European Voice...
On 26th November the European Commission published its Investment Plan for Europe, including a European Fund for Strategic Investment that it estimates will unlock public and private investment to the value of more than €300 billion.
The European Commission and key stakeholders outlined their views on the Energy Union in a conference on energy policy and competitiveness on 17 November...