58 Amendments of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2015/2322(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Paris Agreement of December 2015 made at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 15 December 2011 entitled 'Energy Roadmap 2050' (COM(2011)0885),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication entitled 'Delivering a New Deal for energy consumers' (COM(2015)0339),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 on unfair commercial practices,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2011/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2008 entitled 'Towards a European Charter on the Rights of Energy Consumers' 5a, __________________ 5a Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0306
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2013 on the Energy roadmap 2050, a future with energy5b , __________________ 5b Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0088
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
Citation 15 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the local and regional consequences of the development of smart grids 5c , __________________ 5c Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0065
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 d (new)
Citation 15 d (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 14 October 2015 'Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris'5d , __________________ 5d Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0359
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’'s planned transformation of the electricity market must contribute toserve the effective transition to an efficient renewables based energy systems and the achievement of a fully decarbonised and denuclearised economy by 2050; contribute to improve energy efficiency and the security of supply, while ultimately the achievement of the EU's climate and energy goals, also in consideration of the increased ambitions expressed in the recent COP21 Paris agreement, aiming to keep the rise in temperature below the 1.5°;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas an energy market transformation with renewables at its core, serving the decarbonisation objective, should also provide a EU-wide strategy carefully managing the divestment from conventional generation sources, both fossil and nuclear, from today to 2030; this strategy would thus hedge the risks of the impending carbon bubble, which could bring a rapid worldwide drop of the value of coal, oil and gas assets;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the integration of the energy markets and at the same time the integration of all market players, with special attention to prosumers, will enhance the achievement of the Treaty goals of secure, low-cost and sustainable energy and of population well-being and environmental protection;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the integration of the electricity markets must also respect the right of the Member States to determine the national energy mix and the overall structure of their energy supply when in line with the EU's climate and energy goals;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas national capacity markets make it harheavily hinder tohe integration of the electricity markets and run contrary to the objectives of the common energy policyEU's climate and energy objectives;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas increased cooperation at regional level is indispensable, but should not lead to comprehensive European regulatory control;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a variety of factors prevent a functioning internal market in electricity, among which fading EU-coordination of energy policies, continued situation of overcapacity, weak carbon price due mostly to ETS shortcomings, national duties, fixed prices, subsidies, feed-in priorities and lack of interconnectors prevent a functioning internal market in electricity and thus delay the full market integration of largely CO2-free energy sources;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas a medium-term increase inbalanced approach seeing "energy efficiency first" measures complemented, only when needed, with interconnection between the Member States to 15% could improve security of supply;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, according to the Treaties, Member States keep full sovereignty on their own energy mix, full responsibility for their own security of supply, and undiscussed right to determine the conditions for the use of their own energy resources; these sovereignty, responsibility and right should be exercised in the interest of the Union and of the humankind, and should never serve as an excuse for short-sightedness, clinging to an obsolete fossil-based energy model which, according to undisputed scientific evidence, risks to devastate the biosphere, or clinging to the so-called nuclear "solution" which, apart from the risks of proliferation and Fukushima- or Chernobyl-like catastrophes, is certainly saddling future generations with expensive and dangerous liabilities, to be managed during hundreds of centuries;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the transformation of the energy market and endorses the view that the transformed electricity market should enhance regional cooperation on securityall dimensions of energy supply and demand, and should focus on moreimproved markets and lessbetter regulation;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the existing regulatory framework of the European markets to be adjusted to allowredesigned in order to fit for a growing share of decentralised renewable energy sources (RES) with the vision of an energy sector fully decarbonised and denuclearised by 2050; requires the electricity market to prioritise: energy efficiency and savings, demand side responsiveness, energy storage capacity, support of increasing RES share, facilitated flow of electricity within cross- border areas through interconnections linking Member States, and larger balancing control areas; stresses that a new market design for electricity must promote sustainable and efficient electricity supply;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls the new electricity market design to embrace a holistic future-oriented approach by recognising the increasing importance of the so called prosumers in the decentralised production of electricity through renewables; in this context calls the Commission to guide a participative process to reach a practical common understanding of the definition of prosumers at the EU level; asks the Commission to include a new prosumers chapter under the revised RED to address the main barriers and boost investments in self-generation and self-consumption of renewables; recognises the positive contributions of prosumers to the energy transition towards a 100% renewable system and calls for the quantification of their actual contributions and future potential in the Member States' national 2030 energy and climate plans.
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to be more pro-actively involved in the design of a European internal market in electricity, to enhance the coordination between national transition strategies and to avoid undermining the objectives of Articles 114 and 194 TFEU by means of permanent capacity markets;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that it makes sense to step up cooperation between regions under the leadership of ACER, though without the Member States abandoning responsibility for security of supply;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a European internal market in electricity is possible on the basis of stronger price incentives, richer information, progressive dilution of dominant positions, and higher participation; the prices should reflect the scarcity and the surplus of supply, but also the comprehensive cost of electricity production, which includes environmental and social impacts; is aware, however, of the risks of unpredictable price surges and calls for meaningful pilot projects to be carried out before introducing prices that reflect the actual scarcity of supplies; underlines that wholesale electricity prices reflecting regional scarcity would signal the need for public and private investments in new capacity;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that economic externalities of power generation must be thoroughly and properly accounted for, using common methods, to be reflected where possible in prices in order to allow the energy market to take into consideration the overall environmental and social impact of power generation, and to behave responsibly towards present and future society; calls on the Commission and ACER to coordinate the development of such accounting methods;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for appropriate transitional periods for all the proposals under discussion; , with reinforced monitoring plus enhanced discussion of the actual results at the appropriate fora; reminds that special supervision on the exploitation of dominant market positions and market concentration should be foreseen, as well as positive measures designed to encourage the birth and development of efficient, distributed local actors, such as energy cooperatives; underlines that any significant changes to the market must be previously assessed regarding their positive or neutral impact on vulnerable households, and evaluated ex-post in order to confirm such initial assessments, or to implement promptly corrective measures, when needed;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of a common analysis of system management at regional level and calls for the transmission system operators of neighbouring markets to devise a common methodology to that endACER to provide guidance for the continuous improvement of existing common methodologies, integrating perspectives from TSOs and DSOs operating on a regional scale;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the prioritisation of energy efficiency, energy savings, demand side responsiveness, energy storage capacities and network expansion in particular isare indispensable with a view to completing the internal market in electricity with a growing share of renewablesrenewables at its core; regrets that there are still large gaps in the interconnections between Member States, leading to network bottlenecks and significantly impairing cross-border energy trading; calls for the electricity interconnection objectives to be differentiated by region and aligned with the ENTSO-E ten-year network plan, supported by scientific evidence and by detailed forecasts of supply and demand;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that rapid network expansiona targeted and ambitious network upgrade and the removal of network bottlenecks are also essential if uniform price zones are to be retained, and that the splitting of bidding zones could be a sensible market economy approach to reflect actual electricity shortages in certain regions; takes the view that in closely integrated electricity networks the allocation of price zones should be decided together with all neighbours concerned in order to prevent both the inefficient use of networks and the reduction of cross-border capacities, which is incompatible with the internal market;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is sceptical of capacity mechanisms on the grounds of high cost and the risk of market distortionssince they often subsidise polluting, near-obsolescent and uneconomic power-plants, creating a perverse lock-in effect, and stresses that national capacity markets are subject to the EU rules on competition and state aid;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised wherea scientifically supported and harmonised methodology for assessing at regional level the adequacy of the electricity integrated system; such methodology should take into account, through combinations of different scenarios, the actual and the expected contribution of energy efficiency measures, storage capacity and demand response as well as the interconnections (internal and cross-border) and the level of renewable electricity generation; underlines that prior to any authorisation, national capacity mechanisms must be assessed at European and regional level; insists that any capacity mechanism authorisation must impose exacting flexibility, quick availability and efficiency standards, as well as emission performance standards, maximum running hours, and minimum permanent staffing standards; such a detailed analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level hasmust been carried out in advance and a bottleneck has been identified, identifying any bottlenecks which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists that national capacity markets should be open tobased on a cross-border participation and should only create the capacity strictly necessary for security of supply only after all other flexibility options, including storage systems, have been exploited to their fullest; reminds that use of fossil fuels in capacity power plants should be guided by careful studies which give marked preference to the most efficient, less contaminating, more secure fuels sources and technologies;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the further development of the energy-only market, based on the consistent application of existing legislation, the comprehensive expansion of transmission infrastructuretargeted upgrade of transmission and distribution infrastructure, according to demonstrated needs, and greater regional cooperation;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists that, before a capacity market is authorised, following a request soundly supported by scientific evidence, it must be also shown that all efforts have been made to reinforce the internal market and, including specific analyses for fully exploiting the possibilities for energy efficiency, energy savings, demand response and storage and to dismantle obstacles to demand-side flexibility;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that price volatility has a signal and guidance function in the electricity market and can be an important factor in the efficiency of the electricity marketmarket design must aim to achieve a degree of price volatility which can provide the necessary signal and guidance function in the electricity market, contributing to the efficiency of the electricity market, and providing fundamental triggers to activate demand response; underlines, at the same time, that excessive volatility must be prevented as a major dysfunction of the market, which can be especially damaging for the weakest players and particularly counterproductive for the strategic aims sought by the Union;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that time-varying electricity rates are key for enabling demand side flexibility, which in turn will facilitate the cost-efficient integration of renewable sources in the grid; therefore calls on the Commission to issue guidelines for modernising the design of electricity tariffs, which should combine a streamlined, carefully justified fixed component, designed to cover mainly infrastructure-related and investment costs, together with a time-variable component, reflecting actual energy costs and providing the customers an essential scarcity signal for adapting their behaviours, reducing consumption and saving money; underlines that such a redesigned tariff will also attract investors, insofar it allows them to assess in detail risks and returns;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission to provide methodological guidance for Member States on how to reduce existing overcapacity of fossil and nuclear power plants, thus improving market conditions for shifting investments towards state-of- the-art renewable energy capacity, in particular in plants providing dispatchable generation capacity; asks the Member States to assess the potential of such a shift and to include it in their national 2030 energy and climate plans;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Notes that the specific needs of large industrial consumers should be taken into account in the comprehensive design of the market; calls on the Commission to devote specific analyses to this issue, supporting particularly the industrial initiatives towards energy efficiency and use of renewables, and assessing the possibility to ensure them direct access to wholesale electricity markets;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the expectation of future price surges can create incentives for producers and investors to invest in production capacity, particularly in high- efficiency modern gas-fired power stations, urges politicians not to intervene in the market even in the event of large price s, urges to intervene in the market in the event of large price surges guided by the exploitation of dominant position on the market; calls for the complete abolition of regulated final consumer prices only if an adequate alternative measure to actively involve vulnerable citizens in energy transition have been implemented; Stresses that all citizens, households and communities must have access to the savings possibilities opened by renewable energy, energy efficiency and demand side flexibility and calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States ensure such access to vulnerable and low-income households, in order to reverse the trend of growing energy poverty, and ultimately to eradicate it; calls on the Commission to complement the action of the market forces with reliable, publicly-guaranteed schemes which encourages and calls, in the medium term, for th non-vulnerable households to donate a share of the savings obtained either through efficiency measures, through demand response, through improved, more complete abolition of regulated final consumer prices; itive offers, through dynamic pricing, or through any other consumer-oriented improvement of the energy market, in order to alleviate energy poverty in their local environment or in any other Union area of their choice;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the need of regulating intra-day markets within the new market design, along with the measures necessary for granting access of all players to the balancing mechanism; reminds that a redesigned market will involve a careful redefinition of the products and services offered, in order to guarantee legal certainty to all players;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Supports the EU’s goal of increasing the share of renewables to 30%; notes, however, that the permanent subsidising of renewables is outdated and that renewables too must react to market signals in this new energy system, since otherwise market signals for all electricity produsubstantial subsidies delivered to fossil generation and the chronic undervaluation of their economic impact on environment and health, are outdated, ineffective and counterproductive; reminds that any support schemes for other energy sources, including renewables, which do not follow strategic considerations or which tend to become permanent, are equally outdated, ineffective and counterproductive; notes that an overall energy strategy , together with a healthy mechanism of prices formation, unhindered by artificial constraints, facilitated by a smooth flow of information, and un-distorted by any kind of dominant positions or technological lock-ins, should help to drive investment decisions; recognises that renewables too must react to the combination of market signals and strategy inputs in this new energy system, although renewables generators might still need revenue stabilisation mechanisms, complementing the market signals, in order to guide their investments; insists on the need of removing accerss will be heightened disproportionately; fees and regulatory obstacles to power markets for decentralised generators and prosumers;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Member States must meet specific quantitative objectives for the share of renewables in final energy consumption, irrespective of the market situation, and therefore stresses the importance of strategically promoting renewables in a way that focuses on proper competition and cost efficiency; therefore regards the promotion of investmentmong carbon-free and nuclear-free power generators, and on cost efficiency, by guaranteeing as more compatible with the market than feed-in priorities and fixed pricesarket- based investment environment and a modern, stable and efficient regulatory framework;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists that, with the increasing technical maturity and widespread use of renewable energy sources, subsidy rulrules governing support schemes must be geared to market conditions in order to keep costs for energy consumers within reasonable bounds;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Warns against mixing energy supply objectives with climate policy objectives; calls for the ETS to be consistently reinforced and the market to be redesigned with a view to greater flexibility, so that in future CO2 and fuel prices can give more support to the expansion of renewablCalls for the ETS to be consistently restructured so that in future CO2 and fuel prices can give more support to the expansion of renewables; welcomes the Commission aim of increasing the electricity market flexibility in order to boost the RES expansions both as big generations and as decentralised small- scale ones;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Reminds that the market design needs to be adapted so as to enhance the balancing contribution of flexible decarbonised and denuclearised producers, integrated over broader geographic areas than current national boundaries;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Is convinced that, alongside renewables, all energy sources which serve the objective of gradualfast decarbonisation will continue toand denuclearisation will have a role to play in electricity generation;
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on all European Institutions and Member States to recognise the essential role that renewable energy is called to play as one of the main dimensions of the real wealth of a country, providing a long-term independent anchoring for its overall economic activity; in this sense, proposes to develop international agreements that allow the use of the equivalent worth of the renewable generation capacity of a State, valued using average 10-year price trends, as a fully valid guarantee for its sovereign debt;
Amendment 505 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that much greater consideration must be given to distribution system operators’ local and, regional responsibility for the energy union; rejects, however, the unbundling of distribution systems beyond the scope of existing legislation, since the current rules have proved their usefulness and the consumer has a free choice of suppliers, as the roles and tasks of DSOs are expected to significantly evolve and expand with the new organisation of the market;
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that renewables should in most cases be fed in at distribution systems level, and therefore calls for distribution system operators to have a greater role overall and to be more closely involved in the European regulatory bodies; underlines that special provisions must be designed on the one hand for prosumers, whose feed-in takes place through a capillary network with high density, and on the other hands for high capacity renewables installations, which must be able to feed in the transmission systems upstream, taking advantage of the high performance offered by high-voltage direct current connection;
Amendment 545 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for measures to facilitate strategic public initiatives guiding the necessary investments, in distribution systems, which are not yet prepared for taking in growing quantities of renewables or, for digitalisation or for dynamic interaction with the coming configuration of the retail market; in this connection, data collection, handling and distribution must be accorded a greater role and data protection must be secured; , the corresponding data exchange standards must be developed, with an emphasis on cost efficiency, reliability and security; and data protection must be guaranteed in all circumstances;
Amendment 561 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Regards distribution system operators as neutral market pioneers receiving data from various sources, which they can thenmust make available in a non-discriminatory manner to authorised third parties with, on the consentdition of the consumer consenting to such use of data;
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the work of ACER and calls for the agency to be provided with sufficient financial and human resources to carry out its current tasks and duties, and to be able to plan strategically its activity within a reliable mid-term horizon;
Amendment 575 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Takes the view that the transfer of responsibility for system security to supranational bodies would involve considerable regulatory effort which is not reflected in any worthwhile efficiency gain for the transmission system operators, and that the necessary legal framework would require several years to put in placeCalls for ACER to coordinate an effort for increased regional cooperation regarding system security among transmission system operators;
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for ACER to be given a power of decision-makingreinforced central role in the coordination of cross-border and interregional issues; rejects, however, comprehensive monitoring of the energy market by ACER, since this would requiregarding the new energy market; invites thus to meet the need for monitoring the proper functioning of the internal energy market through homogeneous and transparent reporting left to the creoperation of a massive new authorityal responsibility of Member States, under the coordination of ACER;