7 Amendments of Ian DUNCAN related to 2015/2322(INI)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas national capacity markets make it harder to integrate elhave become an essential part of ensuring secturicity markets and run contrary to the objectives of the common energy policyof supply and encouraging investment in new generation and infrastructure projects;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas a medium-term increase in interconnection between the Member States to 15% cwould improve security of supply but quantitative targets should be based on the actual needs of individual Member States and regions;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is sceptical ofUnderlines that capacity mechanisms on the grounds of high cost and the risk of market distortions, andwill ensure security of electricity supply by providing a payment for reliable sources of capacity, alongside electricity revenues, which will ensure that both energy is delivered when needed and provide a strong investment signal to generators; stresses that national capacity markets are subject to the EU rules on competition and state aid;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised where a detailed analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advjudged on objective legal criteria, which will take into account a rancge and a bottleneck has been identified which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserof factors such as the need to ensure security of supply while also considering other options available at regional level;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists that national capacity markets should be open to cross-border participation and should only create the capacity strictly necessary for security of tresses that they should be structured to ensure that they generate the required capacity for security of supply, avoiding unnecessary oversupply;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists that, before a capacity market is authorised, it must be shown that all efforts have been made to reinforce the internal market and dismantle obstacles to flexibility, based on a clear and objective legal framework and in compliance with state aid rules;
Amendment 390 #
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; highlights however that this lack of certainty can also act as a disincentive to investment, and therefore calls for policy market even in the event of large price srs to ensure a stable and well regulated legal framework to encourages and calls, in the medium term, for the complete abolition of investment in renewable and other forms of low carbon energy, with the clear goal of abolishing regulated final consumer prices;