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#EfficiencyFirst
2016 is the implementation year for the Energy Union, and the European Commission has promised to deliver high ambition on energy efficiency.
• How will the EU put energy efficiency first in its climate and energy plans?
Transparent and impartial evidence of the cost and benefits of the wide range of 2030 energy efficiency targets, as proposed by the different EU institutions, is essential to inform legislators. In that context, the Coalition for Energy Savings calls on the Commission to include a cost-benefit analysis with a societal perspective in the Impact Assessment to provide an objective and overarching view of the different options.
22 January 2016 - The European Commission is surveying stakeholders and citizens on the review of the Energy Efficiency Directive relying on an internet-based consultation. The review is responding to EU’s energy and climate 2030 framework and to the Directive’s review provisions, in particular to assess public procurement provisions (Article 6) and to extend the Directive’s cornerstone measure, the energy savings obligations (Article 7). In addition the Commission has decided to consult on metering and billing requirements, the national fund and reporting.
Climate Alliance joins Coalition for Energy Savings
9 December 2015 – As local authorities meet in Paris to discuss energy efficiency solutions, Climate Alliance joins the Coalition for Energy Savings and calls for ambitious energy efficiency legislation in the European Union.
Brussels, 16 November 2015 – A new briefing from the Coalition for Energy Savings takes stock of the state of energy savings in the EU and of its potential to reap the multiple benefits of an energy-efficient European Union.
Brussels, 21 October 2015 – BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, and the sustainable transport group, Transport & Environment (T&E), have joined the Coalition for Energy Savings in its call for ambitious and credible energy efficiency legislation.
This broadening of the Coalition’s membership comes at a time when Member States and the European Commission are discussing a new governance system for the Energy Union – with some Member States pushing hard to weaken requirements to save energy.
Brussels, 30 September 2015 – The Coalition for Energy Savings submitted its responses to two public consultations related to the EU Energy Union. The stakeholder group encourages the Commission to enable the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle when rolling out its electricity market design and LNG and storage strategies, and provides ways forward.
Brussels, 23 September 2015 – New analysis from the Coalition for Energy Savings of implementation of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive shows that the European Union is still only beginning to remove regulatory and non-regulatory barriers to deploying energy efficiency measures that could save vast amounts of energy.
24 July 2015 - The Coalition for Energy Savings is organising a photo competition in partnership with the European Commission’s DG Energy.
Brussels, 22 July 2015 – A new law passed by the French Parliament setting a national energy savings goal for 2030 sends a strong signal to the European Commission that it can propose an ambitious EU energy efficiency target for 2030.
