11 Amendments of Jan HUITEMA related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s communication and underlines the importance of striking the right balance between its different goals: energy security and affordability, an ambitious climate policy and the transition towards a more sustainable and low carbon economy, while guaranteeing the EU’s competitiveness by dismantling monopoly networks that remain active in many Member States and limit the choice of consumers;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the key role of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a cost-effective, market based tool to achieve the EU’s 2030 emission reduction target; in addition to the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), a structural post 2020 reform of the ETS should be implemented, to take into account the 2030 CO2 reduction target, and including as long as no comparable efforts are undertaken in other major economies tangible and more harmonised measures on carbon leakage to safeguard EU industry, and competitiveness, by ensuring that there will be no additional direct and indirect ETS costs at the level of best performers and, by taking into account changing production levels and reliable benchmarks;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States - in order to trigger the much needed investments in the energy sector - to develop long term energy strategies and if possible among all stakeholders a ‘national energy pact’ in the light of the ‘Energy Roadmap 2050’ and the long-term target of 80-95% reduction of greenhouse gases by 2050, emphasises the role of innovative low-emissions technologies and solutions such as CCS, cogeneration and smartgrids;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas the EU energy retail market does not function properly at present; whereas in many member states monopoly networks remain active and many consumers have too little choice between energy suppliers;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to actively pursue themore sustainable and competitive energy prices for European citizens and businesses and diversification of supply (energy sources, suppliers and routes); to this end, calls on the Commission to promote the construction of the relevant energy infrastructure priority corridors, as specified in Annex I to the trans-European energy networks (TEN-E) regulation and Part II of the Annex I to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) regulation, such as the Southern Gas Corridor;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in the context of the future Energy Union, security of energy supply isand European competitiveness are the most pressing issues and that Member States must coordinate and cooperate in this respect with their neighbours when developing their energy policies; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to examine how the current architecture of national preventive and emergency response measures could be streamlined at both regional and EU level;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 556 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Keeping in mind that an important goal of the EU internal energy market is achieving sustainable energy prices for citizens and competitive energy prices for enterprises; stresses, for that reason, that a better functioning of the EU energy retail market should be effectuated by ending existing energy monopolies and by providing for free choice between energy suppliers for consumers;
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Reiterates the importance of ownership unbundling as put forward by the Third Energy Package; calls on the Commission to assess to which degree national regulatory authorities (NRAs) enforce the conditions described in the opinions given by the Commission on the certification of transmission system operators (TSOs);
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take investment in smaller scale gas and electricity interconnectors linking neighbouring regions equally serious as larger PCIs; calls on the Commission and Member States to work closely together with regional authorities when developing these interconnectors;
Amendment 1097 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Believes that greater effort in developing innovative low-emission technologies and solutions, such as CCS, micro-CHP and smart grids, can bring significant long-term benefits in terms of reduced generation costs and reduced energy demand;