More than 50 companies and business organisations unite in a strong call for an ambitious and comprehensive Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) to secure and stimulate investments in Europe.
06 November 2017, Brussels: The Clean Energy Package for All Europeans is a unique opportunity for the EU to show leadership and consistency in view of the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The most cost-effective way to meet our global commitments, achieve the objectives of the Energy Union and make Europe more competitive is to implement the “Energy Efficiency First” principle.
In this sense and ahead of the forthcoming ITRE Committee vote on the EED, a multi sectoral group of more than 50 companies wrote a letter to Prof. Gierek MEP and urged him to:
- Support the binding nature of the EU target to strengthen investor confidence;
- Increase the level of ambition of the target to a cost-effective 40% by 2030, expressed both in primary and final energy terms to ensure a holistic approach to energy efficiency investments and services and provide a legal basis to the promotion of both end-use and generation and distribution efficiency;
- extend the 1.5% national energy savings obligation based on annual energy sales to final customers beyond 2020, eliminate loopholes and design energy efficiency obligation schemes and/or alternative policy measures that are in line with the “Energy Efficiency First” principle.Download PDF
