17 Amendments of Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO related to 2016/0030(COD)
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Gas highly contributes to climate change due to the significant amount of methane leaked all along its lifecycle. Therefore, it does not represent a low- carbon energy sources.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) Access to affordable energy is a basic social right and energy poverty must be tackled.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)
Recital 1 d (new)
(1d) As the gas accounts for almost 50% of the EU´s primary energy consumption for heating and cooling, of which 80% is used in buildings, Member States should primarily focus on energy efficiency measures, particularly in the buildings, in order to reduce gas demand and thus EU dependence on foreign suppliers.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Energy efficiency measures has a fundamental role to play towards a secure energy system. Reduced gas consumption should be a priority to insure Europe's energy sovereignty and secure gas supply.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) An internal gas market that operates smoothlysupervised by national regulatory authorities is the best guarantee of security of energy supply across the Union and to reduce the exposure of individual Member States to the harmful effects of supply disruptions. Where a Member State's security of supply is threatened, there is a risk that measures developed unilaterally by that Member State may jeopardise the proper functioning of the internal gas market and damage the gas supply to customers in oTo allow ther Members States. To allow the internal gas market to function even in the face of to cope with a shortage of supply, provision must be made for solidarity and coordination in the response to supply crises, as regards both preventive action and the reaction to actual disruptions of supply.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The infrastructure standard should oblige Member States to maintain a minimum level of infrastructure such as to ensure a degree of redundancy in the system in the event of a disruption of the single largest infrastructure. As an analysis by reference to the N-1 indicator constitutes a purely capacity-based- approach, the results of N-1 should be complemented with a detailed analysis that also captures gas flowslimit redundancy and also take in consideration gas consumption's trends (The European gas demand has declined by 14% since 2000 and by 23% since 2010) and impacts of energy efficiency policies (the European Union gas imports fall by 2.6% for every 1% improvement in energy efficiency according to COM(2014)520) in order to limit the risk of stranded assets and a new carbon lock- in.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The preventive action plans and emergency plans should be updated regularly and published. They should be subject to peer review. The peer review process allows for early identification of inconsistencies and measures that could endanger other Member States' security of supply, thereby ensuring that plans from different regions are consistent with one another. It also enables Member States to share best practice. The plans should be coherent with the EU energy and climate targets on greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and renewable energy. The plans should be regularly updated in order to ensure their coherence with those objectives.
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) "Energy security" means a way to make the EU less reliant on external energy supplies, specially reducing the internal demand through energy efficiency measures and increasing internal production via the development of renewable energy.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The competent authority shall identify the natural gas and electricity undertakings referred to in the first subparagraph and specify them in the preventive action plan. Any new measures envisaged to ensure the supply standard shall comply with the procedure established in Article 8(4).
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) including electricity systems which can be also used as a complementarity solution to transport electricity powered by gas;
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of the Member States of each region as listed in Annex I, after consulting the natural gas and electricity undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, including electricity producers, the national environmental agency, and the national regulatory authorities, where they are not the competent authorities, shall establish jointly:
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a sustainable preventive action plan containing the measures, including energy efficiency measures, to be adopted to remove or mitigate the risks identified in the region, including risks of purely national dimension, in accordance with the risk assessment undertaken pursuant to Article 6 and in accordance with Article 8; and
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an emergency plan containing the measures, including demand-side management measures, through coordination with the electricity authorities, to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption in the region, including events of purely national dimension, in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 566 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) is not in line with the EU climate and energy targets.
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point d
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a