Eurogas Reaction: Citizens Energy Package
Full Eurogas response here.
Eurogas welcomes the publication of the Citizen Energy Package. The initiative represents an important step toward empowering consumers to actively participate in the energy transition, addressing energy poverty, and ensuring affordable energy for all. Eurogas stands ready to engage with the Commission in the development of upcoming guidance and implementing measures to ensure that future frameworks remain pragmatic, market-based and technology-neutral, and leave no-one behind.
We greet the Commission’s intention to further back Member States in strengthening their national energy and climate plans and developing Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) aligned renovation plans. These set the ground stones for the decarbonisation of the European building stock. We equally value the recognition of energy poverty as a multifaceted issue. Acknowledging its complexity is essential, as it calls for a diverse set of solutions that can respond to the different conditions and needs of citizens.
Eurogas prizes the righteous recognition of biogas and biomethane as enablers for developing energy communities in rural areas. Supporting self-production and energy sharing will strengthen local communities’ autonomy and empowerment, contributing to more affordable energy for citizens. However, the added value of biomethane for the decarbonisation of the energy sector goes beyond energy communities.
We also welcome the ambition of the European Commission to introduce a code of service for energy suppliers as a step toward strengthening consumer trust. Collaboration between consumer associations, suppliers and regulators will be key to building an effective and voluntary framework that supports strong consumer protection standards.
Alongside these promising developments, we believe that several elements would benefit from further discussion. Eurogas remains in this regard committed to contributing actively to an inclusive dialogue to support greater citizen energy empowerment.
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