8 Amendments of Carlos ZORRINHO related to 2015/2108(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a fully integrated EU electricity market would facilitate the electricity trading and balancing services, and would increase security and lower the volatility of electricity prices to the benefit of citizens and the competitiveness of Europe’s industry and business in a global economy, as it is estimated that EUR 12-40 billion could be saved annually by 2030 by European consumers;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the lack of a transparent decision-making process leading to the establishment of the projects of common interest (PCI) list; regrets further the predominant role of ENTSO-E, transmission system operators (TSOs) and project promoters in the development of a harmonised cost-benefit analysis methodology, in preparing the ten-year network development plans and the network codes, and in evaluating the costs and benefits of each project; recalls the need to provide complete assessments including social and environmental impacts; calls on the Commission, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and national regulators to play a more proactive role in order to develop a more neutral, transparent and democratic consultative process, including the effective participation of the European Parliament and giving voting status toproviding for civil society representatives to be consulted; calls on the Commission to assess the situations in which the use of best available technology (BAT) could be established as a precondition for granting EU funds to projects;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. StressWelcomes the importance of more interconnection between Spain and France to support the renewables in the region, whilst minimising problems and delays by using the BAT in order to preserve the environment and still increase interconnectivity; notes the Madrid Declaration, signed on 4 March 2015,"Madrid Declaration", signed on 4 March 2015 and the agreement on the "Common strategy paper for the development of the interconnection of the Iberian Peninsula with the internal electricity market and beyond between the TSOs of France, Spain and Portugal as an important step towards increasing the region's interconnectivity;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Acknowledges that the current interconnection capacity between the Iberian Peninsula and mainland Europe (2800MW) is too low to enable Spain and Portugal to fully participate in the internal electricity market as pointed out in ACER´s Opinion on the draft ENTSO- E Ten Year Network Development Plan 1 a ; __________________ 1aOpinion of the Agency for the cooperation of Energy Regulators nº01/2015, of 29 January 2015 on the ENTSO-E Draft Ten-Year Network Development Plan 2014, p.32.
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Underlines the need to overcome the current situation of energy island experienced by the Iberian Peninsula in order to support an ambitious level of deployment of renewables in the region; recognises that mainland Europe would benefit from the electricity based on RES at competitive prices available in the Iberian market;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Recognises that the projects currently included both in the ENTSO-E TYNDP 2014 and in the European Commission´s 2015 PCI list are not enough to reach the European interconnection target between the Iberian Peninsula and mainland Europe; urges the TEN-E Regional Group and the Commission to include the projects agreed upon under the Madrid Declaration in the upcoming PCI 2015 list in order to significantly increase the capacity between Spain and France;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Stresses that in order to develop the infrastructures needed to reach the 10% interconnection target between the Iberian Peninsula and mainland Europe, these infrastructures should be prioritised and benefit from the full support available at the European level, notably through the Connecting Europe Facility, the Structural Funds and the European Fund for Strategic Investment;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission to carry out a study of the benefits of the interconnection of the Iberian Peninsula with France, the United Kingdom, Italy and countries of the South Bank of the Mediterranean;