8 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2016/0380(COD)
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Energy services are fundamental to safeguard the well-being of the Union citizens. Adequate warmth, cooling, lighting and the energy to power appliances are essential services to guarantee a decentgood standard of living and citizens' health. Furthermore, access to these energy services empowers European citizens to fulfil their potential and it enhances social inclusion. Energy poor households are unable to afford these energy services due to a combination of low income, high energy expenditure and poor energy efficiency of their homes. Member States should collect the right information to monitor the number of households in energy poverty. Accurate measurement should assist Member States to identify those households affected byt risk of energy poverty in order to provide targeted support. The Commission should actively and as a priority support the implementation of the provisions on energy poverty by facilitating the sharing of good practices between Member States.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40a) The Commission should take action to raise awareness of market opportunities for energy poor customers and the Member States should provide sufficient resources for local information for consumers at risk of energy poverty.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Member States which are affected by energy poverty and which have not yet done so should therefore develop national action plans or other appropriate frameworks to tackle this problem, aiming at decreasing the number of people suffering such situationvulnerable consumers at risk of energy poverty. Low income, high energy expenditure, and poor energy efficiency of homes are relevant factors in designing indicators for the measurement of energy poverty. In any event, Member States should ensure the necessary energy supply for vulnerable and energy poor customers. In doing so, an integrated approach, such as in the framework of energy and social policy, could be used and measures could include social policies or energy efficiency improvements for housing. At the very leasts a minimum, this Directive should allowsupport national policies in favour of vulnerable and energy poor customers.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Energy regulators should also be granted the power to contribute to ensuring high standards of universal and public service in compliance with market opening, to the protection of vulnerable customersonsumers at risk of energy poverty, and to the full effectiveness of consumer protection measures. Those provisions should be without prejudice to both the Commission’s powers concerning the application of competition rules including the examination of mergers with a Union dimension, and the rules on the internal market such as the free movement of capital. The independent body to which a party affected by the decision of a national regulator has a right to appeal could be a court or other tribunal empowered to conduct a judicial review.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure the protection of energy poor or vulnerable customers at risk of energy poverty in a targeted manner by other means than public interventions in the price-setting for the supply of electricity.
Amendment 224 #
1. . Member States shall take appropriate measures to protect customers and shall, in particular, ensure that there are adequate safeguards to protect vulnerable customersonsumers at risk of energy poverty. In this context, each Member State shall define the concept of vulnerable customers which may refer to energy poverty and, intand refer to, inter alia, the energy poor or vulnerable consumers alia, tot risk of energy poverty and the prohibition of disconnection of electricity to such customers in critical times. Member States shall ensure that rights and obligations linked to vulnerable customers are applied. In particular, they shall take measures to protect customers in remote areas. They shall ensure high levels of consumer protection, particularly with respect to transparency regarding contractual terms and conditions, general information and dispute settlement mechanisms.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Member States shall define a set of criteria for the purposes of measuring energy poverty and adopt a broad and common definition of energy poverty within the context of a new Commission Communication and action plan on energy poverty. Member States shall continuously monitor the number of households in energy poverty and the number of consumers at risk of energy poverty. The Member States shall report on the evolution of energy poverty and measures taken to prevent it to the Commission every two years as part of their Integrated National Energy and Climate Progress Reports in accordance with Article 21 of [Governance Regulation as proposed by COM(2016)759].