Taxation as an alternative measure

Taxation measures were used in the several Member States in the period from 2014 to 2020 and will be used in the upcoming period from 2021 to 2030 since the Member States indicated in their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) the use of the …

Which Member States use alternative measures?

Member States are compelled to define policy measures to meet the energy savings obligation set in article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED): these snapshots present an overview of the policy mix used by different European countries, reporting to Article 7 for the obligation …

Lifetime of savings

After deciding what amount of energy savings is to be attributed to each individual action, the next step is to establish over what period this action will continue to deliver energy savings. The concept of the ‘lifetime’ of an individual energy-saving action refers to the …

How to best use Article 7 to tackle energy poverty?

Recommendations  The European Commission should revise Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) to require the Member States to assess the distributional equity of their policies. A minimum ringfence of energy savings delivered through energy efficiency obligation schemes (EEOS), and/or specifically designed alternative policy …

State Aid and Article 7 EED

This review on offers an overview of how State aid policies are defined on the EU level regarding the energy efficiency measures implementation. The emphasis is on the implementation of EEOS and alternative measures under Article 7 EED and the State Aid regulation. Cases from …