Activity Report 2012 - Eurelectric

EnERGy
EFFICIEnCy
In June 2011 the European Commission proposed a
new Directive on energy efficiency to make up the gap
between current policies and the 20% by 2020 savings
target. this Directive was adopted in June 2012 and will
be implemented during 2013.
EURELECTRIC’s energy efficiency working group engaged
closely in the negotiations around the proposed Directive,
where the Commission, European Parliament, and gov ernments
each had very different ideas about what would be
a good outcome. numerous meetings also took place with
other stakeholders and experts to examine the viability
and probable impacts of the different options. These
meetings included a valuable dialogue with the International
Energy Agency, and in mid-January EURELECTRIC
joined the IEA in a European workshop on the role of
energy companies in providing energy efficiency services.
EURELECTRIC supported the overall outcome of the
negotiations, which showed significant improvement in
allowing electricity companies more flexibility to respond
to customer needs. nonetheless, EURELECTRIC sees a
need for more work on energy efficiency, and especially
on the assessments of different heating and cooling
technologies, where the current coefficient is unfavourable
to electricity. During 2013-14 EURELECTRIC
will therefore build on existing dialogue with the IEA,
focusing on the coefficient.
Energy Wisdom Programme
On 8 May, EURELECTRIC officially launched its 6 th
Energy Wisdom Programme (EWP) report in the
European Parliament. Around 70 delegates from
Parliament, Commission and industry attended.
The EWP allows electricity companies to present
their innovative projects aimed at reducing carbon
emissions and improving energy efficiency. The
6 th report outlines the results of the 2010-2011
reporting cycle. Sixteen electricity companies
reported around 150 projects, ranging from power
generation through transmission & distribution to
end-use energy efficiency. The reported projects
contributed to the avoidance of some 99 Mt of CO 2
eq. and primary fuel savings of about 24 Mtoe.
More informa tion on parti ci pating companies and
in dividual projects can be found at www.eurelectric.
org/ewp.
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