31 Amendments of Piernicola PEDICINI related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s communication and underlines the importance of striking the right balance between its different goals: energy security and affordability, an ambitious climate policy and the transition towards a more sustainable and low decarbonised economy, while guaranteeing the EU’s competitiveness; stresses that the future vision of the Energy Union has at its core citizens, taking ownership of the energy transition, benefiting from new technologies to reduce their bills, participating actively in the market, and where vulnerable consumers are protected;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas defining the energy mix of Member States is an exclusive national competence, and therefore energy mixes remain highlywhile it is up to the EU to define strategic energy targets to promote energy efficiency and energy saving and the dieversifiedlopment of renewable forms of energy;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to achieve a comprehensive and ambitious agreement at the UNFCCC COP 21 meeting in Paris that contains sound guarantees for limiting the temperature increase to 2°C Celsius at a maximum; emphasises that the EU’s global leadership in the development of efficiency technologies is a priority for a resilient Energy Union;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Parliament has twice called for binding climate and energy targets for 2030 of reductions of at least 40 % for CO2 emissions, at least 30 % for renewables and 40 % for energy efficiency, to be implemented by means of individual national targets; whereas binding national and EU targets for energy efficiency and renewables create growth and jobs and would help secure the EU's technological leadership in those fields;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the key role of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a cost-effective tool to achieve the EU’s 2030 emission reduction target;Considers that, in addition to the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), a structural post 2020 reform of the ETS should be implemented, to take into account the 2030 CO2 reduction target, and including as long as no comparable efforts are undertaken in other major economies tangible and more harmonised measures on carbon leakage to safeguard EU industry, by ensuring that there will be no additional direct and indirect ETS costs at the level of best performers and by taking into account changing production levels; affirms that the Emission Trading System (ETS) has failed to achieve the emission reduction target and to create technological innovations; Call on the Commission to quickly develop a plan for an alternative system to improve efficiency in the European energy market;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas measures for developing the Energy Union and achieving the 2030 climate targets must take full account of the impacts on climate, environment, public health and not only on energy prices, costs and the competitiveness of the EU economy, in order to get the necessary support from citizens and industry; in this context all necessary impact assessments must take in full account also the present and future hidden and sunk costs deriving from a business as usual energy policy;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it is of utmost importance that the Energy Union has citizens at its core, providing them with ownership of the energy transition in order for them to benefit from new technologies to reduce their bills, and allow for active citizen participation in the market whilst also protecting vulnerable consumers;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it is fundamental that the EU and Member States acknowledge the importance of including consumer-based initiatives such as cooperatives, community renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and stresses the need to lift economic, regulatory and administrative barriers to allow citizens to actively participate in the energy system;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for new EU initiatives in the non- ETS sectors, in particular in the transport and buildings sector to assist Member States in achieving their reduction targets; supports the introduction of an ambitious EU-level energy efficiency target for 2030 of at least 340%, that should be focused in particular on non-ETS sectors; for CO2 emissions, at least 30% for renewables and 40% for energy efficiency, to be implemented by means of individual national target; stresses that binding national and EU targets for energy efficiency and renewables create growth and jobs and would help secure the EU’s technological leadership in those field.
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise the smart cities networkgrid in order to stimulate and exchange best practices and to fully exploit the potential of local and regional energy efficiency and greenhouse gas mitigating projects and measures; underlines the need for the EU and the Member States to acknowledge the importance of including consumer-based initiatives such as cooperatives, community renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and stresses the need to lift economic, regulatory and administrative barriers to allow citizens to actively participate in the energy system;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underscores the need for more harmonised support schemes for renewables and more intra-EU trade in renewable electricity, as indicated in the ‘European Commission guidance for the design of the renewables support schemes’;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the global price of oil has fallen significantly, providing the EU with an opportunity to take major steps in transforming our energy landscape, by investing in renewable energy production, grasping the energy efficiency potential of buildings and industry, and developing smart infrastructure; whereas money spent on importing fossil fuels contributes little to investment, jobs or growth in the Union and redirecting this money to internal investments would stimulate growth and create high-quality, high- skilled local jobs;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States - in order to trigger the much needed investments in the energy sector - to develop long term energy strategies and if possible among all stakeholders a ‘national energy pact’ in the light of the ‘Energy Roadmap 2050’ and the long-term target of 80-95% reduction of greenhouse gases by 2050, to enforce the implementation of energy environmental and climate legislation;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas US energy intensive industries are already suffering the effects of the shale gas bubble, putting at risk millions of jobs, and whereas therefore the EU cannot rely on US gas reserves or follow their energy strategy, given the significant differences in terms of quantity, quality, ownership rights configuration, population density, water systems, environment and consumption needs;
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that Member States pool resources, in particular ETS revenues, to support low-carbon innovationenvironmental sustainability and industrial breakthroughs which is paramount for the EU to meet its climate goals.
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas, notwithstanding its global dominance in investment in renewable energy, the World Energy Outlook 2014 predicts global energy demand to grow by 37 % and global coal demand by 15 % by 2040; whereas these trends de facto jeopardise the possibility to maintain the global temperature increase below the 2°C threshold;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to actively pursue the diversification of supply (energy sources, suppliers and routes); to this end, calls on the Commission to promote the construmoderation of energy demand and the diversification of supply in order to reach the objectionve of the relevant energy infrastructure priority corridors, as specified in Annex I to the trans- European energy networks (TEN-E) regulation and Part IIan EU economy essentially fuelled by renewable energy by 2050; to this end, calls ofn the Annex I to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) regulation, such as the Southern Gas CorridorMember States to swiftly, timely and correctly implement EU energy, environment and climate legislation;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that all EU infrastructure projects aimed at diversifying energy sources, suppliers and routesupply must be in fully in line with EU compliance with the EU climate, energy and state aid legislation and, the EU energy security priorities and the objectives of the EU energy roadmap to 2050;
Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes at the same time that market- based mechanisms must be complemented by tangible and ambitious solidarity mechanisms, such as more efficient EU crisis management, better use of LNG and gas storage and virtual capacity reserve mechanisms to be enshrined in EU legislation, including the Strong binding 2030 and beyond targets leading to decarbonisation of EU economy by 2050 and enforcement of EU legislation, including the energy efficiency and renewable energy sources directives; reminds the importance of the promptest revision of the regulation on security of Ggas Ssupply Regulation, which, to this end, must be reviewed as soon as possible; and the directive on energy efficiency;
Amendment 714 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the need to create a legislative framework that empowers consumers - households and businesses - and makes them active participants in the market asrecognising their role as prosumers, investors and stakeholders; notes that consumeritizens' involvement can be strengthened through, inter alia, energy cooperatives and, self-consumption, micro-generation and enhancedfull transparency of prices and consumer choices; points out that such initiatives could contribute to reducing energy prices and helpimproving local communities' resilience, creating local jobs and prosperity and reducing energy prices, therefore helping to address serious social problems, such as fuelenergy poverty and unprotected consumers;
Amendment 724 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Notes that a more decentralised and flexible energy system, with power and heat sources being placed closer to the point of consumption, can facilitate small- scale energy generation and therefore empowers consumers to be more involved in the energy market and control their own energy use, diminishes transmission and distribution losses, improves the resilience of energy infrastructure, and simultaneously provides local business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to facilitate further development and expansion of local and regional renewable energy sources and of local and regional distribution networks and district heating networks through policies that tackle existing barriers and help bring about market transformation; calls on the Commission to propose guidelines on energy self-consumption in order to promote its use and protect the rights of consumers;
Amendment 763 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Stresses that a binding energy efficiency target would be the cost- efficient way to reduce Europe's energy dependency while at the same time protecting industry and households from rising energy bills; recalls that Parliament adopted, in its resolutions of 5 February 2014[1] and 26 November 2014[2], three binding targets including an energy efficiency target of 40 %, a renewables target of at least 30 % and a GHG target of at least 40 %; deplores in this context the lack of ambition on energy efficiency shown by the European Council at its October 2014 summit, in setting a non- binding target of just 27 % with no individual targets for Member States; [1] Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0094. [2] Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0063.
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Recalls that the moderation of energy demand, in particular for heating, through energy savings and energy efficiency is crucial for a number of reasons, impacting positively on the EU's energy security, competitiveness, economic growth and sustainability, as well as on energy affordability, combating energy poverty and creating sustainable jobs; highlights in this regard that according to the International Energy Agency, energy- efficiency investments represent the best return on investment of any energy resource; calls on the Commission and the Member States to treat energy efficiency as an energy source in its own right representing the value of energy saved; underlines that energy efficiency and demand-side response must compete on equal terms with generation capacity, taking due account of urgent and exceptional energy security problems and whenever technically feasible; therefore encourages Member States to give energy efficiency primary consideration in their policies;
Amendment 790 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses that it is necessary to increase both the depth and the rate of building renovation and the use of sustainable energy sources in heating and cooling, through the right incentives in order to reduce energy demand; recommends the continuation of increasing energy efficiency standards for buildings taking account of and encouraging technical innovation, notably the use of building information modelling and of lifecycle impact simulations of building products in public procurements; further recommends continued support for the construction of near zero-energy buildings as an additional crucial step in securing energy independence and a sustainable and secure energy system;
Amendment 931 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses that only decarbonisation which is not pursued through a technology-neutral approach could result in a drastic inbased on an increasing share of renewable energies in EU average energy mix can lead in the long-run to decrease ing energy costs in someall Member States, which would lead to energy poverty, de and to protect EU economy from the extreme to fight energy poverty and to favour a re-industrialisation of the European economy and a subsequent rise in unemployment; stresses that it therefore needs to be a sovereign decision of each Member State on how to decarbonise its economy;
Amendment 966 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Recognises that indigenous energy sources such as nuclear, clean coal technologies and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) woulddo not have a clear definition and in any case not all of them can make a fundamental contribution to EU energy security and decarbonisation, with shale gas facilitatingmaking more difficult the transition to a low- emission economy; believes, in this respect, that the Energy Union must reflect the need for the EU to use all low and lower emission sources at Member States' disposal;
Amendment 968 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Urges the Member States not to authorise any hydraulic fracturing operations in the EU, considering that, for a number of reasons, it is not a promising technology;
Amendment 982 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Underlines that nuclear energy should not be supported in any form by the EU financial mechanisms or by the EU financial institutions, neither directly nor indirectly through research or infrastructure funds;
Amendment 1009 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the development of the Energy Union takes due consideration of requirements foris in full compliance with EU legislation and standards on environmental protection, biodiversity, climate and the competitiveness of European industry based on technology innovation and leadership;
Amendment 1036 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
28d. Emphasises that energy must be made affordable to all citizens of the EU; considers that avoiding unnecessary consumption by undertaking efficiency improvements, stronger interconnections, higher market integration and sustainable energy investment, particularly in buildings, would enable many households to access, on equal conditions, a single, sustainable, competitive and secure energy market and escape energy poverty, which in 2012 affected one in four EU citizens; invites the Commission to present a communication on energy poverty in Europe, accompanied by an action plan to fight it and containing a definition and indicators;
Amendment 1048 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Stresses the need for increased coordination of transport, heating and cooling and power decarbonisation strategies; calls on the Commission to come forward with holistic plans for the decrease of CO2 emissions from the transport and the heating and cooling sectors considering, inter alia, that, when abundantly available, clean and cheap power produced from variable renewable energy sources could be used to charge electric vehicles and to run heating and cooling appliances;