A new era of EU energy policy? Delivering on the Energy Union by National Plans. CEPS Commentary, 6 June 2017

Anger, Niels and Zannier, Leonardo (2017) A new era of EU energy policy? Delivering on the Energy Union by National Plans. CEPS Commentary, 6 June 2017. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

Prior to the adoption of the EU’s 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate and its subsequent endorsement by the European Council in 2014,[1] the delivery of European objectives for 2020, the needed predictability for investors and transparency for citizens were ensured through national targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as through sectoral planning and reporting obligations on member states. Not only was this energy and climate policy regime adapted in 2014 essentially by setting energy policy targets at the EU level, but it was complemented by a holistic energy policy strategy in 2015. The latter comprises the Energy Union and its five policy dimensions, which include – besides the 2030 Framework targets – energy security, the internal energy market and research, innovation and competitiveness.[2]

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