Energy Community welcomes Albania’s adoption of Third Package compliant electricity law 04 May 2015 The Energy Community Secretariat sincerely welcomes the Albanian Parliament’s adoption of a Third Energy Package compliant electricity law on 30 April. The law consolidates the reforms taken so far in this sector which have been neglected in the past. Albania is the second country to have […]

Ddl concorrenza, Consumatori chiedono audizione contro abolizione mercato tutelato C’è il rischio di “trasformare definitivamente il consumatore domestico in una mucca da mungere”: è quanto scrivono le associazioni dei Consumatori in una lettera inviata al presidente della Commissione Attività produttive della Camera Guglielmo Epifani e ai sui componenti per esprimere contrarietà verso il ddl concorrenza, nella parte sull’energia che prevede […]

Editorial of Director Dominique Ristori at the DG Energy Newsletter April 2015 Note Released 01-05-2015 The Energy Union keeps us busy! Earlier this month I joined Commissioner Arias Cañete and EU Energy Ministers in Riga for an Informal Energy Council where we furthered discussions on the Energy Union and in particular the “energy efficiency first” principle. We have already made […]

Renewable energy coordination meeting focuses on overcoming challenges for renewables uptake in Energy Community29 Apr 2015 The two-day event “Progress in the Promotion of Renewable Energy in the European Community” took stock of the state of play of implementing the Renewable Energy Directive in the Energy Community Contracting Parties and assessed how existing barriers to the uptake of renewables could […]

New market rules bring EU-wide gas market closer Thursday, 30 April, 2015 The European Commission has adopted new rules for cross-border cooperation between gas network operators, bringing the goal of an EU internal market for gas a step closer. The rules, adopted on 30 April 2015, are part of a series of technical laws known as ‘network codes‘ that regulate […]