22 Amendments of Linda McAVAN related to 2011/0172(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) An assessment of the possibility of establishing a ‘white certificate’ scheme at Union level has shown that, in the current situation, such a system would create excessive administrative costs and that there is a risk that energy savings would be concentrated in a number of Member States and not introduced across the Union. The latter objective can better be achieved, at least at this stage, by means of national energy efficiency obligation schemes or other alternative measures that achieve the same amount of energy savings. The Commission should however define, by a delegated act, the conditions under which a Member State could in future recognise the energy savings achieved in another Member State. It is appropriate for the level of ambition of such schemes to be established in a common framework at Union level while providing significant flexibility to Member States to take full account of the national organisation of market actors, the specific context of the energy sector and final customers' habits. The common framework should give energy utilities the option of offering energy services to all final customers, not only to those to whom they sell energy. This increases competition in the energy market because energy utilities can differentiate their product by providing complementary energy services. The common framework should allow Member States to include requirements in their national scheme that pursue a social aim, notably in order to ensure that vulnerable customers have access to the benefits of higher energy efficiency. It should also allow Member States to exempt small companies from the energy efficiency obligation. The Commission Communication ‘Small Business Act’28 sets out principles that should be taken into account by Member States that decide to abstain from applying this possibility.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union's target of 2025% primary energy savings by 2020 and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set aadopt a binding national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting tThese targets, they shall take into account the Union's target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union levelogether enable the EU to reduce its primary energy consumption by 25% by 2020.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a - Building stock 1. Member States shall draft national strategies to reduce the energy consumption of the national existing building stock. 2. The national strategies shall include legislative, financial, and training measures to achieve a reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 80% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2050, mainly through deep renovations.. 3. The national strtegies shall also include the following intermediate objectives: (a) A reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 30% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2030. (b) A reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 60% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2040. 4. Member States may adopt differentiated approaches for commercial, residential and public buildings and may start by tackling the worst performing buildings first.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned or occupied by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2 owned or occupied by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the savings claimed by obligated parties are calculated in accordance with Annex V(2). They shall put in place controlindependent measurement, control and verification systems under which at least a statistically significant proportionand representative sample of the energy efficiency improvement measures put in place by the obligated parties is independently verified.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Within the energy efficiency obligation scheme, Member States mayshall:
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) include requirements with a social aim in the saving obligations they impose, including by requiring measures to be implemented in households affected by energy poverty or in social housing;. These measures must be decided in consultation with the public authorities.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
a a(new) Within the energy efficiency obligation scheme, Member States may:
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
c a (new) any costs passed through to their customers, while preserving the integrity and confidentiality of private or commercially sensitive information in compliance with applicable European Union legislation
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Using all the information in Article 6.6, national regulatory authorities shall publish annual reports on whether energy efficiency obligation schemes are meeting their objectives at the lowest possible cost to consumers. The national regulatory authorities shall also regularly commission independent reviews on the impacts that the scheme has on energy bills and fuel poverty as well as the energy savings from the scheme to ensure maximum cost-effectiveness. Member States shall be required to take these impacts into account through scheme adjustments.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 at the latest, the alternative measures that they plan to adoptshare of their obligation they plan to fulfil by allowing obligated parties to contribute to the financing facility, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstrating how they would achieve the requirproposed amount of savings using the contributed share of the funds. The Commission may refuse such measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approachprogrammes and measures shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measures..
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
When Member States put in place the roll- out of smart meters, these should be subject to a full cost-benefit analysis of the consumer interest, as foreseen by Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC concerning electricity and gas markets, they. When establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants, Member States shall ensure that the objectives of energy efficiency and final customer benefits are fully taken into account when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall require national regulatory authorities to test the accessibility and usability for consumers of energy bills on an annual basis. The findings shall be made publically available.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. No later than 6 months after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt a decision to reduce the number of allowances pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC by 1.4bn allowances so as to maintain the incentives for investment in energy efficiency measures and low carbon technologies and the level of ambition envisaged in Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22a - Amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC In Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC the following paragraph shall be added after the second paragraph : ‘From 2014 onwards the linear reduction factor shall be 2.25%.’
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Calculation method for the national energy efficiency targets When setting their national energy efficiency targets, member states shall take into account the methodology laid out below. The baseline for the 2020 primary energy consumption projection is the Primes 2007 model. Methodology: Primes 2007 Baseline Projection 2020 in Mtoe - 25% savings The following correction factors may apply: The reduction targets in absolute terms as compared to their 2007 level of primary energy consumption: - shall not be more than 8% for the group of the nine EU countries with the lowest real household income per capita (L9), - shall not be more that 12% for the group of the 15 countries that are eligible under the Cohesion Fund (C15), - shall not be more than 25% for any country - shall not be less than 8% for any country not eligible under the Cohesion Fund (EU- 27 minus C15) - shall be at least 5% for any country eligible under the Cohesion Fund (C15) - shall not be an absolute increase of energy consumption of more than 5%.
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 6 – part 1 – point 1.2 a (new)
Annex 6 – part 1 – point 1.2 a (new)
1.2 a. Reporting requirements The retail energy sales companies and the energy service providers responsible for the national roll-outs of smart meters shall provide the following collated information to national regulatory authorities on an annual basis: (a) The total cost of the roll-out in the year completed and the average cost per household (b) The projected cost of the roll-out for the following year at a programme and household level (c) A breakdown of the category of customers they have installed meters for (e.g. pre-payment) (d) What geographical areas they have installed meters in; (e) Whether the installation was carried out as part of a specific trial, initiative or local project; (f) Whether the customer was gas, electricity or dual fuel; (g) The percentage of in-house display take-up; (h) What if any interest there was in energy efficiency advice; (i) Whether there was any sales activity at the point of installation or as a follow-up. (j) Customer feedback- ideally independently assessed.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 6 – part 2 – point 2.2-paragraph 1a (new)
Annex 6 – part 2 – point 2.2-paragraph 1a (new)
1 a. Member States shall also ensure that a summary box containing the following information is included on the front of each gas and electricity bill: (a) The exact tariff name; (b) The amount of energy used; (c) The rate of gas and/or electricity per kWh and how this is broken down on a daily basis; (d) How the cost has been calculated; (e) Any discounts the customer is benefiting from and when the discounts end; (f) Any fees the customer will have to pay if he/she changes supplier.