Design of Energy Efficiency Obligation scheme (EEO)
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Proposed alternative measures
The decision made by Sweden about uniquely using alternative measures is based in a consolidated set of measures that are achieving the deemed energy savings required by the article 7 of the EED.
Types of measures: the set of measures designed by the Swedish government aim at covering all the sectors of the economy at the same time, having the public sector multiple specific measures focused on it.
Obligated parties: final consumers, all activities leading to the emission of CO2, municipalities, the Swedish Energy Agency, Swedish authorities and enterprise operators.
Target setting: Since the basis for Swedish Energy efficiency policy is the impact on price signaling through the application of general economic instruments, the overall impact of the instruments used in Sweden will be calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in the directive for calculating impact of energy and carbon dioxide taxes.
Sweden intends to achieve a total energy saving of 106 TWh by 2020.
Calculation method savings: although Sweden has developed an intertwined package of measures, only energy savings achieved through Energy and carbon dioxide taxes will be considered towards the achievement of the energy saving target.
Additionality: this is determined in accordance with the notification from Sweden to the European Commission in December 2013.
Monitoring & Verification: in most of the cases obligated parties (companies, municipalities, and county administrative boards) must report to the Swedish Energy Agency.
Control and compliance: In general there are no penalties foreseen in case obligated parties don’t observe the measures. Apart from the energy and carbon dioxide taxes most of the alternative measures are voluntary.
There are only ordinary measures in case of tax avoidance. And given the energy and CO2 taxes scheme is two decades old, it counts with a well-developed implementation experience.
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Country-Context profile
While Sweden is very successful in deploying renewable energy, other sectors such as transport, energy efficiency in industry and buildings, and agriculture remain a challenge.
Industrial energy efficiency is remarkably lower in Sweden than the EU average and the main policy instruments in place (energy and CO2 taxes and additional alternative measures)were discontinued in 2012. However, the reduction of energy consumption of industry would reduce GHG emissions and would also help to increase competitiveness of Swedish companies in the long term.
Regarding energy efficiency in households, it is also low in comparison to other EU Member States. Residential buildings currently account for 21% of Sweden’s overall energy consumption.
