14 Amendments of Clare MOODY related to 2016/0382(COD)
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Member States should be encouraged to pursue all appropriate forms of cooperation in relation to the objectives set out in this Directive. Such cooperation can take place at all levels, bilaterally or multilaterally. Apart from the mechanisms with effect on target renewable energy share calculation and target compliance, which are exclusively provided for in this Directive, namely statistical transfers between Member States, joint projects and joint support schemes, cooperation should also take place within the framework of macro-regional partnership as established by Regulation [Governance] and can also take the form of, for example, exchanges of information and best practices, as provided for, in particular, in the e-platform established by Regulation [Governance], and other voluntary coordination between all types of support schemes. The European Commission's Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) strategy should support the objectives of this Directive and set out additional incentives for cross-border cooperation as well as regional cooperation between Member States in the area of renewable energy.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Guarantees of origin issued for the purpose of this Directive have the sole function of showing to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable sources. A guarantee of origin can be transferred, independently of the energy to which it relates, from one holder to another. However, with a view to ensuring that a unit of renewable energy is disclosed to a customer only once, double counting and double disclosure of guarantees of origin should be avoided. Energy from renewable sources in relation to which the accompanying guarantee of origin has been sold separately by the producer should not be disclosed or sold to the final customer as energy from renewable sources. National Regulatory Authorities should ensure that adequate information is provided to consumers to make them aware of the function of guarantees of origin.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) With the growing importance of self-consumption of renewable electricity, there is a need for a definition of renewable self-consumers and a regulatory framework which would empower self-consumers to generate, store, consume and sell electricity without facing disproportionate burdens. Collective self-consumption should be allowed ion certain ca voluntary baseis so that citizens living in apartments for example can benefit from consumer empowerment to the same extent as households in single family homes. The participation to collective self-consumption should be voluntary for tenants and owners at the individual household level for those households within the reach of the collective project, for example, those households within an apartment building.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 59 a (new)
Recital 59 a (new)
(59a) Household consumers and communities engaging in the trading of their flexibility, self-consumption or selling of their self-generated electricity, shall maintain their rights as consumers, including the rights to have a contract with a supplier of their choice and switching supplier.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Unionminimum targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030and for the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2030. The Union target is to be collectively achieved by Member States through binding national targets. It also lays down rules on financial support to electricity produced from renewable sources, self-consumption of renewable electricity, andnergy, renewable energy communities and their cross-border cooperation, renewable energy use in the heating and cooling and transport sectors, regional cooperation betweenamong Member States ands well as with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures and information and training. It establishes sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels.
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a 'renewable energy community means' a local energy community as defined by Article 2.7 of [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864] that meets the requirements set out in Article 22, paragraph 1, of this Directive.
Amendment 752 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall carry out an assessment of their potential of renewable energy sources and of the use of waste heat and cold for heating and cooling. That assessment should specifically consider the potential for small-scale households projects. It should also include an evaluation of the potential and barriers to engage with the energy transition of the vulnerable citizens affected by energy poverty. That assessment shall be included in the second comprehensive assessment required pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU for the first time by 31 December 2020 and in the updates of the comprehensive assessments thereafter.
Amendment 776 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The single administrative contact point, in collaboration with transmission and distribution system operators, shall publish an accessible manual of procedures for renewable project developers, including for small scale projects and, renewable self- consumers projects and renewable energy community projects.
Amendment 818 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. Member States, with the participation of local and regional authorities, shall develop suitable information, awareness-raising, guidance or training programmes in order to inform citizens of the benefits and practicalities of developing and using energy from renewable sources, including by self- consumption or in the framework of renewable energy communities, as well as of the benefits of cooperation mechanisms between Member States and different kinds of cross-border cooperation.
Amendment 983 #
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 a local energy community as defined in [Recast Directive 2009/72/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 864] that is an SME or a not-for-profit organisation, the shareholders or members of which cooperate in the generation, distribution, storage or supply of energy from renewable sources, fulfillingrenewable sources while this cooperation may take place across Member States' borders. To benefit from treatment as a renewable energy community, at least 51% of the seats in the board of directors or managing bodies of the entity are shall be reserved for local members, i.e. representatives of local public and local private socio-economic interests or citizens having a direct interest in the community activity and its impacts. In addition, they must fulfil at least four out of the following criteria:
Amendment 995 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) shareholders or members, of which there shall be multipal, are natural persons, local authorities, including municipalities, or SMEs operating in the fields or renewable energy;
Amendment 997 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the community's predominant aim, as determined in its founding statutes, is to provide local community environmental, social or economic benefits rather than generate profits for its members
Amendment 1015 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) participation is open to all potentially interested local shareholders, i.e. representatives of local public and local private socio-economic interests or citizens having a direct interest in the community activity and its impacts, that are eligible under criteria (a);
Amendment 1016 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to State aid rules, when designing and amending support schemes, Member States shall take into account the specificities of renewable energy communities. Member States shall design and amend support schemes in order to promote, but not to discriminate against renewable energy communities. Member States should encourage the cross-border cooperation of renewable energy communities.