36 Amendments of Kaja KALLAS related to 2016/0382(COD)
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The ambition set in the Paris Agreement and the technological development, including cost reduction for investments in renewable energy should be taken in to account.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) It is important to provide information on how the supported electricity is allocated to final customers. In order to improve the quality of that information to consumers, Member States should ensure that guarantees of origin are issued for all units of renewable energy produced. In addition, with a view to avoiding double compensation, renewable energy producers already receiving financial support should not receive guarantees of origin. However, those gGuarantees of origin should be used for disclosure so that final consumers can receive clear, reliable and adequate evidence on the renewable origin of the relevant units of energy. Moreover, for electricity that received support,Where a producer receives both financial support and guarantees of origin, and where the latter carries significant economic value, Member States shall ensure that double compensation is avoided. Where a producer does not claim the guarantees of origin issued for the electricity they produced, those guarantees should be auctioned to the market and the revenues should be used to reduce public subsidies for renewable energy.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 65 a (new)
Recital 65 a (new)
(65a) In order to be able to better and more accurately account for the share of renewable energy in road and rail transport a suitable methodology should be developed and different technical solutions should be explored for this purpose.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
(aa) ‘renewable self-consumer’ means an active customer as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its premises, including a multi-apartment block, a commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity. The consumption of the renewable electricity shall be via a direct link to the generator or via closed distribution system;
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall support the high ambition of Member States through an enabling framework comprising the enhanced use of Union funds, in particular financial instruments, especially in view of reducing the cost of capital for renewable energy projects. The Commission shall work especially together with the European Investment Bank to establish a good structure for reducing the cost of capital, as part of this work the Commission should if needed submit legislative proposals.
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union targets set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply support schemes. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be design, including the financing of the scheme, shall be competitive and market-based, so as to avoid unnecessarythe distortions of electricity markets and ensure that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraint. Member States may consider specific characteristics of different renewable energy technologies in the design of support schemes.
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may have time- limited support schemes constituting an exemption in relation to paragraph 3 for small scale installations and for cases where insufficient competition is documented. Support according to paragraph 2 may be limited to installations above the limits set in Article 11 of the Electricity Market Regulation.
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall assess the effectiveness of their support for electricity from renewable sources at least every four years. Decisions on the continuation or prolongatThe assessment shall also take in to account the effect on investment and the effect possible changes to the support schemes might have on investments. Long-term planning governing the decisions of the support and design of new support shall be based on the results of the assessments.
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall every three years report to the European Parliament and the Council on the functioning of the rules concerning support schemes with specific emphasise on market access of small actors, the level of incentive for investment and supporting long-term high realisation-rate. The first of these reports shall be submitted 2021 fully reflecting the post-2020 State-aid guidelines.
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, through implementation of article 9-13 pursue regional cooperation, e.g. in the form of opening support for electricity generated from renewable sources to generators located in other Member States under the conditions laid down in this Article. Member States may limit their support to installations in Member States to which there is a direct connection via interconnectors.
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that investors have sufficient predictability of the planned support for energy from renewable sources. To this aim, Member States shall define and publish a long-term schedule in relation to expected allocation for support, covering as much detail as possible at least the following threefour years and including for each scheme the indicative timing, the capacity, the budget expected to be allocatedmain parameters, as well as a consultation of stakeholders on the design of the support.
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall introduce in their building regulations and codes appropriate measures in order to increase the share of all kinds of energy from renewable sources in the building sector. For this purpose more specific rules are in place in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 745 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Amendment 750 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall remove administrative barriers to corporate long- term power purchase agreements to finance renewables and facilitate their uptake. The assessment made according to paragraph 8 shall specifically assess needed changes in order to facilitate the usage of corporate long-term purchase agreements. For public buildings Member States shall also promote renewable energy procurement commitments.
Amendment 768 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The single administrative contact point shall guide the applicant through the application process in a transparent manner, provide the applicant with all necessary information, coordinate and involve, where appropriate, other authorities, and delfacilitate the process in order for the applicant to receiver a legally binding decision at the end of the process. . Applicants should be able to submit all relevant documents in digital form.
Amendment 774 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State, in collaboration with the single administrative contact point, in collaboration with transmission and distribution system operators, shall publish a manualset up a single online information platform with all the relevant information ofn procedures for renewable project developers, including for small scale projects and renewable self- consumers projects. If the Member State decides to have more than one single administrative contact point the information platform shall guide the applicant to the contact point relevant for the applicant’s application.
Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The permit granting process referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed a period of three years, except for the cases set out in Article 16(5) and Article 17. Member States shall endeavour to reduce the time for the granting process below the limit set in this paragraph especially for small scale installations.
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that no guarantees of origin are issued to a producer that receivesing financial support from a support scheme for the same production of energy from renewable sources. Member States shall issue such guarantees of origin and transfer them, shall have the support adjusted taking in to account the value of the issued guarantees of origin in order to avoid double compensation. Where support is provided through systems which, in virtue of their structure, already take into account the value of the guarantees of origin when establishing the level of support, or where the value of the guarantees of origin is insignificant, issuing guarantees to a producer that receives financial support shall be considered not to be a source of over compensation. Member States may transfer any guarantees of origin not claimed by the producers to the market by auctioning them. The revenues raised as a result of the auctioning shall be used to offset the costs of renewables support.
Amendment 907 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Subject to their assessment included in the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Annex I of Regulation [Governance], on the necessity to build new infrastructure for district heating and cooling produced from renewable energy sources in order to achieve the Union target referred to in Article 3(1) of this Directive, Member States shall, where relevant, take steps with a view to developing a district heating infrastructure to accommodate the development of heating and cooling production from large biomass, solar and geothermal facilities and waste heat and cold.
Amendment 941 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) are not considered as energy suppliers according to Union or national legislation in relation to the renewable electricity they feed into the grid not exceeding 10 MWh for households and 500 MWh for legal persons on an annual basis, however the rules on supervision and technical requirements regarding connection to the grid/networks would still apply; and
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) receive a remuneration for the self- generated renewable electricity they feed into the grid which reflects the market value of the electricity fed in, they should be able to sell it to at least market value, this could also be done via power purchase agreements.
Amendment 957 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States may, in a non- discriminatory fashion, promote consumption of self-generated electricity by making this consumption completely or partly not subject to taxes, charges or fees, while ensuring the fair distribution of grid maintenance costs.
Amendment 972 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The renewable self-consumer's installation may be managed by a third party for installation, operation, including metering, and maintenance provided that the economic risk connected to the operation of the installation remains with the renewable self consumer.
Amendment 987 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Directive, a renewable energy community shall be an SME or a locally based SME or a locally based not- for-profit organisation, the shareholders or members of which cooperate in the generation, distribution, storage or supply of energy from renewable sources, representing largely local interests and fulfilling at least four out of the following criteria:
Amendment 1105 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that district heating and cooling suppliers provide information to end-consutheir end- customers on their energy performance and the share of renewable energy in their systems. Such information shall be in accordance with standards used under Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 1123 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to ensure non- discriminatory access to district heating or cooling systems for heat or cold produced from renewable energy sources and for waste heat or cold. This, based on non-discriminatory criteria set by a competent authority in the Member State. This access, based on non- discriminatory accesscriteria, shall enable direct supply of heating or cooling from such sources to customers connected to the district heating or cooling system by suppliers other than the operator of the district heating or cooling system.
Amendment 1136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. An operator of a district heating or cooling system may refuse access to suppliers where the system lacks the necessary capacity due to other supplies of waste heat or cold, of heat or cold from renewable energy sources or of heat or cold produced by high-efficiency cogeneration. Member States shall ensure that where such a refusal takes place the operator of the district heating or cooling system provides relevant information to the competent authority according to paragraph 9 on measures that would be necessary to reinforce the system including economic consequences of the measures.
Amendment 1149 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 9
Article 24 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall designate one or more independent authorities to ensure that the rights of consumers and the rules for operating district heating and cooling systems in accordance with this Article are clearly defined and enforced. Based on the work done by the designated authorities the Commission shall do a report every four years summarizing the implementation of the provision in this article and specifically the setting of non- discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 1186 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
(a) for the calculation of the denominator, that is the energy content of road and rail transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market, petrol, diesel, natural gas, biofuels, biogas, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, waste-based fossil fuels and electricity, shall be taken into account;
Amendment 1245 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2025, in the context of the biennial assessment of progress made pursuant to Regulation [Governance], the Commission shall assess whether the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 effectively stimulates innovation and promotes greenhouse gas savings in the transport sector, and whether the applicable greenhouse gas savings requirements for biofuels and biogas are appropriate. The assessment shall also analyse if the provisions in this article affectively avoids double accounting of renewable energy. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a proposal to modify the obligation laid down in paragraph 1.