Activities of Carolina PUNSET related to 2015/2322(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a new energy market design - EU strategy on heating and cooling (debate) ES
Amendments (30)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission’s planned transformation ofs with regard to the electricity market must lead to real market transformation and contribute to efficiency and security of supply;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas other positive experiences of common power markets as for example the Nordic electricity market between Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark or market coupling within the Central/Eastern Europe (4M, CZ-SK-HU- RO) should be taken into account;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas national duties, fixed prices, subsidies, feed-in priorities and lack of interconnectorsading EU- coordination of energy policies, lack of internalization of negative externalities into generation costs, and lack of interconnectors and demand-side response participation prevent a functioning internal market in electricity and thus delay the full market integration of largely CO2- free energy sources;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, subject to the findings of impact assessments, a medium-term increase in interconnection between the Member States to 15% or more could improve security of supply;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the transformation of the energy market and endorses the view that the transformed electricity market and thorough implementation of existing legislation should enhance regional cooperation on security of energy supply and should focus on more market and less regulation;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the best way towards integrated EU-wide electricity market is to strategically determine the necessary level of integration which should be achieved, restore confidence among the market players and especially ensure proper implementation of existing legislation;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a European internal market in electricity is possible on the basis of stronger price incentives; is aware, however, of the risks of unpredictable price surges and calls for meaningful pilot projects to be carried out before introducing prices that reflect the actual scarcity of suppli and that wholesale electricity prices reflecting scarcity would signal the need for investments in new capacity and incentivise the provision of flexibility services;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of a common analysis of system management at regional level and calls for the transmission system operators of neighbouring markets to devise a commonordinated methodology to that end;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the closer linkage of differing priorities in the national energy mix, such as wind energy with nuclear or with water reservoirwater reservoirs or other clean and flexible energy sources;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that network expansion in particular is indispensable with a view to completing the internal market in electricity with a growing share of renewables; regrets that there are still large gaps in the interconnections between Member States, leading to network bottlenecks and significantly impairing cross-border energy trading; calls for the electricity interconnection objectives to be differentiated by region and aligned with the ENTSO-E ten-year network plan; calls for ensuring that the retribution model of networks incentivizes cost efficiency and is progressively open to market contestability; calls for such objective to be applied to both transmission and distribution networks;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that rapid network expansion and the removal of network bottlenecks are also essential if uniform price zones are to be retained, and that the splitting of bidding zones c, often having negative implications on neighbouring countries which are not part of such zones, would be a sensible market economy approach to reflect actual electricity shortages in certain regions; takes the view that in closely integrated electricity networks the allocation of price zones should be decided together with all neighbours concerned in order to prevent both the inefficient use of networks and the reduction of cross-border capacities, which is incompatible with the internal market;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is sceptical of capacity mechanisms on the grounds of high cost for end consumer and the risk of market distortions, and stresses that national capacity markets are subject to the EU rules on competition and state aid;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised as a last resort, where a detailed adequacy analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advance and a bottleneckmade public and a bottleneck, given by specific geographical and network conditions, has been identified and which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve or covered by already existing sources;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists that national capacity markets should be open to cross-border participation, technology-neutral (open to generation, demand response and energy storage), open to new and existing plants, market- based and should only creatensure the capacity strictly necessary for security of supply;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the need to promote the deployment of energy storage systems and to create a level playing field on which energy storage can compete with other flexibility options, based on technology- neutral design of the energy market;
Amendment 365 #
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; calls for the need of a harmonised European methodology for system adequacy to assess the need of any such capacity mechanism;
Amendment 393 #
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 (both gas engines and turbines), urges politicians not to intervene in the market even in the event of large price surges and calls, in the medium term, for the complete abolition of regulated final consumer prices;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for the completion of the integration of internal market and balancing and reserve services, by fostering liquidity and cross-border trading in all market time frames; urges to speed up the ambitious goals of the Target Model regarding intraday and balancing markets, starting with the harmonisation of gate closure times and balancing energy products;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that fully integration of renewables into the electricity market is essential; calls for encouraging and maximising their participation in balancing services, shortening gate closure times, aligning trading intervals with the imbalance settlement period and allowing the submission of aggregated bids of generators situated in different Member States would contribute significantly to achieve this aim;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses that unlocking demand response is also crucial for ensuring the proper functioning of the new energy market, as inflexible demand nullify the intended effects of scarcity pricing; notes that, therefore, retail prices should be deregulated and linked to wholesale prices, and that allowing the entry of aggregators into the market and the participation of demand in balancing markets would optimise the potential of demand to provide enhanced flexibility;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Supports the EU’s goal of increasing the share of renewables to 30%; notes, however, that the permanent subsidising of renewables that any support of renewables should be justified regarding the existing market conditions and designed as to minimise its outdated andcosts and permanence in time while making sure that renewables too must react to market signals in this new energy system, since otherwise market signals for all electricity producers will be heightened disproportionately;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Member States must meet specific quantitative objectives for the share of renewables in final energy consumption, irrespective of the market situation, and therefore stresses the importance of promoting renewables in a way that focuses on competition and cost efficiency; therenotes that any support scheme fore regards the promotion of investmennewables must ensure market responsiveness and that as more compatible with the market than feed-in priorities and fixed pricarket-based allocation mechanism would help to limit the cost of funding to the required level, foster competition and ensure renewable integration is fully driven by market signals and complies with EU Guidelines;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for operators of renewable power plants to bNotes that the effective implementation of a new energy model fit for renewables and providing a level playing field for technologies is a pre- requisite to achieve the goal that all operators are held strictly responsible for balancing within their areas and stresses that, in the event of departure from the schedule announced by the operator, an appropriate compensatory energy price should be charged; notes that the new energy market model should graduate such responsibility according to the different level of penetration of renewable technologies in national markets;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for operators of renewable power plants to be held strictly responsible for balancing within their areas as that could create a level playing field and stresses that, in the event of departure from the schedule announced by the operator, an appropriate compensatory energy price should be charged;
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls, with the subsidiarity principle in mind, for coordinated action by Member States at regional level in connection with the further expansion of renewables, in order to boost the economic efficiency of the energy market; Unilateral decision of a Member State with a substantial impact on neighbouring states shouldn´t be taken without broader discussion at a regional or EU level;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that, for a medium-term transitional period, national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2-neutral, and the use of national energy reserves together with high-efficiency gas- fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that renewables shcould in most cases be fed in at distribution systems level, and therefore calls for distribution system operators to have a greater role overall and to be more closely involved in the European regulatory bodies;
Amendment 542 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for measures to facilitate necessary investments in distribution systems which are not yet prepared for taking in growing quantities of renewables generation or for digitalisation; in this connection, data collection and distribution must be accorded a greater role and data protection must be secured; calls for ensuring cost efficiency of these necessary investments in distribution systems;
Amendment 577 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Takes the view that the transfer of responsibility for system security to supranational bodies would involve considerable regulatory effort which is not reflected in any worthwhile efficiency gain for the transmission and distribution system operators, and that the necessary legal framework would require several years to put in place;
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for ACER to be equipped with enhanced competences and adequate resources; in particular it should be given a power of decision-making in the coordination of cross- border issues; rejects, however, comprehensive monitoring of the energy market by ACER, since this would require the creation of a massive new authorityits market monitoring tasks should be strengthened, notably as regards to curtailment practices, as well as its scrutiny over ENTSO-E activities like the network codes;