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DIRECTIVE 2012/27/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 25 October 2012
on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
CHAPTER I
SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGETS
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
This Directive lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and 2030.
This Directive contributes to the implementation of the energy efficiency first principle.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
‘energy’ means all forms of energy products, combustible fuels, heat, renewable energy, electricity, or any other form of energy, as defined in Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics ( 1 );
‘primary energy consumption’ means gross inland consumption, excluding non-energy uses;
‘final energy consumption’ means all energy supplied to industry, transport, households, services and agriculture. It excludes deliveries to the energy transformation sector and the energy industries themselves;
‘energy efficiency’ means the ratio of output of performance, service, goods or energy, to input of energy;
‘energy savings’ means an amount of saved energy determined by measuring and/or estimating consumption before and after implementation of an energy efficiency improvement measure, whilst ensuring normalisation for external conditions that affect energy consumption;
‘energy efficiency improvement’ means an increase in energy efficiency as a result of technological, behavioural and/or economic changes;
‘energy service’ means the physical benefit, utility or good derived from a combination of energy with energy-efficient technology or with action, which may include the operations, maintenance and control necessary to deliver the service, which is delivered on the basis of a contract and in normal circumstances has proven to result in verifiable and measurable or estimable energy efficiency improvement or primary energy savings;
‘public bodies’ means ‘contracting authorities’ as defined in Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts ( 2 );
‘central government’ means all administrative departments whose competence extends over the whole territory of a Member State;
‘total useful floor area’ means the floor area of a building or part of a building, where energy is used to condition the indoor climate;
‘energy management system’ means a set of interrelated or interacting elements of a plan which sets an energy efficiency objective and a strategy to achieve that objective;
‘European standard’ means a standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and made available for public use;
‘international standard’ means a standard adopted by the International Standardisation Organisation and made available to the public;
‘obligated party’ means an energy distributor or retail energy sales company that is bound by the national energy efficiency obligation schemes referred to in Article 7;
‘entrusted party’ means a legal entity with delegated power from a government or other public body to develop, manage or operate a financing scheme on behalf of the government or other public body;
‘participating party’ means an enterprise or public body that has committed itself to reaching certain objectives under a voluntary agreement, or is covered by a national regulatory policy instrument;
‘implementing public authority’ means a body governed by public law which is responsible for the carrying out or monitoring of energy or carbon taxation, financial schemes and instruments, fiscal incentives, standards and norms, energy labelling schemes, training or education;
‘policy measure’ means a regulatory, financial, fiscal, voluntary or information provision instrument formally established and implemented in a Member State to create a supportive framework, requirement or incentive for market actors to provide and purchase energy services and to undertake other energy efficiency improvement measures;
‘individual action’ means an action that leads to verifiable, and measurable or estimable, energy efficiency improvements and is undertaken as a result of a policy measure;
‘energy distributor’ means a natural or legal person, including a distribution system operator, responsible for transporting energy with a view to its delivery to final customers or to distribution stations that sell energy to final customers;
‘distribution system operator’ means ‘distribution system operator’ as defined in Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC respectively;
‘retail energy sales company’ means a natural or legal person who sells energy to final customers;
‘final customer’ means a natural or legal person who purchases energy for own end use;
‘energy service provider’ means a natural or legal person who delivers energy services or other energy efficiency improvement measures in a final customer’s facility or premises;
‘energy audit’ means a systematic procedure with the purpose of obtaining adequate knowledge of the existing energy consumption profile of a building or group of buildings, an industrial or commercial operation or installation or a private or public service, identifying and quantifying cost-effective energy savings opportunities, and reporting the findings;
‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ or ‘SMEs’ means enterprises as defined in Title I of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises ( 3 ); the category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million;
‘energy performance contracting’ means a contractual arrangement between the beneficiary and the provider of an energy efficiency improvement measure, verified and monitored during the whole term of the contract, where investments (work, supply or service) in that measure are paid for in relation to a contractually agreed level of energy efficiency improvement or other agreed energy performance criterion, such as financial savings;
‘smart metering system’ or ‘intelligent metering system’ means an electronic system that can measure energy consumption, providing more information than a conventional meter, and can transmit and receive data using a form of electronic communication;
‘transmission system operator’ means ‘transmission system operator’ as defined in Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC respectively;
‘cogeneration’ means the simultaneous generation in one process of thermal energy and electrical or mechanical energy;
‘economically justifiable demand’ means demand that does not exceed the needs for heating or cooling and which would otherwise be satisfied at market conditions by energy generation processes other than cogeneration;
‘useful heat’ means heat produced in a cogeneration process to satisfy economically justifiable demand for heating or cooling;
‘electricity from cogeneration’ means electricity generated in a process linked to the production of useful heat and calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Annex I;
‘high-efficiency cogeneration’ means cogeneration meeting the criteria laid down in Annex II;
‘overall efficiency’ means the annual sum of electricity and mechanical energy production and useful heat output divided by the fuel input used for heat produced in a cogeneration process and gross electricity and mechanical energy production;
‘power-to-heat ratio’ means the ratio of electricity from cogeneration to useful heat when operating in full cogeneration mode using operational data of the specific unit;
‘cogeneration unit’ means a unit that is able to operate in cogeneration mode;
‘small-scale cogeneration unit’ means a cogeneration unit with installed capacity below 1 MWe;
‘micro-cogeneration unit’ means a cogeneration unit with a maximum capacity below 50 kWe;
‘plot ratio’ means the ratio of the building floor area to the land area in a given territory;
‘efficient district heating and cooling’ means a district heating or cooling system using at least 50 % renewable energy, 50 % waste heat, 75 % cogenerated heat or 50 % of a combination of such energy and heat;
‘efficient heating and cooling’ means a heating and cooling option that, compared to a baseline scenario reflecting a business-as-usual situation, measurably reduces the input of primary energy needed to supply one unit of delivered energy within a relevant system boundary in a cost-effective way, as assessed in the cost-benefit analysis referred to in this Directive, taking into account the energy required for extraction, conversion, transport and distribution;
‘efficient individual heating and cooling’ means an individual heating and cooling supply option that, compared to efficient district heating and cooling, measurably reduces the input of non-renewable primary energy needed to supply one unit of delivered energy within a relevant system boundary or requires the same input of non-renewable primary energy but at a lower cost, taking into account the energy required for extraction, conversion, transport and distribution;
‘substantial refurbishment’ means a refurbishment whose cost exceeds 50 % of the investment cost for a new comparable unit;
‘aggregator’ means a demand service provider that combines multiple short-duration consumer loads for sale or auction in organised energy markets.
Article 3
Energy efficiency targets
When setting those targets, Member States shall take into account:
that the Union’s 2020 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy;
the measures provided for in this Directive;
the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC; and
other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.
When setting those targets, Member States may also take into account national circumstances affecting primary energy consumption, such as:
remaining cost-effective energy-saving potential;
GDP evolution and forecast;
changes of energy imports and exports;
development of all sources of renewable energies, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage; and
early action.
In carrying out the review referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall:
sum the national indicative energy efficiency targets reported by Member States;
assess whether the sum of those targets can be considered a reliable guide to whether the Union as a whole is on track, taking into account the evaluation of the first annual report in accordance with Article 24(1), and the evaluation of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans in accordance with Article 24(2);
take into account complementary analysis arising from:
an assessment of progress in energy consumption, and in energy consumption in relation to economic activity, at Union level, including progress in the efficiency of energy supply in Member States that have based their national indicative targets on final energy consumption or final energy savings, including progress due to these Member States’ compliance with Chapter III of this Directive;
results from modelling exercises in relation to future trends in energy consumption at Union level;
compare the results under points (a) to (c) with the quantity of energy consumption that would be needed to achieve energy consumption of no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and/or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020.
CHAPTER II
EFFICIENCY IN ENERGY USE
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Article 5
Exemplary role of public bodies’ buildings
The 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m2 owned and occupied by the central government of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. That threshold shall be lowered to 250 m2 as of 9 July 2015.
Where a Member State requires that the obligation to renovate each year 3 % of the total floor area extends to floor area owned and occupied by administrative departments at a level below central government, the 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m2 and, as of 9 July 2015, over 250 m2 owned and occupied by central government and by these administrative departments of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
When implementing measures for the comprehensive renovation of central government buildings in accordance with the first subparagraph, Member States may choose to consider the building as a whole, including the building envelope, equipment, operation and maintenance.
Member States shall require that central government buildings with the poorest energy performance be a priority for energy efficiency measures, where cost-effective and technically feasible.
Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to the following categories of buildings:
buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment, or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance;
buildings owned by the armed forces or central government and serving national defence purposes, apart from single living quarters or office buildings for the armed forces and other staff employed by national defence authorities;
buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities.
For the purposes of paragraph 1, by 31 December 2013, Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of heated and/or cooled central government buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m2 and, as of 9 July 2015, over 250 m2, excluding buildings exempted on the basis of paragraph 2. The inventory shall contain the following data:
the floor area in m2; and
the energy performance of each building or relevant energy data.
For the purpose of the alternative approach, Member States may estimate the energy savings that paragraphs 1 to 4 would generate by using appropriate standard values for the energy consumption of reference central government buildings before and after renovation and according to estimates of the surface of their stock. The categories of reference central government buildings shall be representative of the stock of such buildings.
Member States opting for the alternative approach shall notify to the Commission, by 31 December 2013, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, showing how they would achieve an equivalent improvement in the energy performance of the buildings within the central government estate.
Member States shall encourage public bodies, including at regional and local level, and social housing bodies governed by public law, with due regard for their respective competences and administrative set-up, to:
adopt an energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy saving and efficiency objectives and actions, with a view to following the exemplary role of central government buildings laid down in paragraphs 1, 5 and 6;
put in place an energy management system, including energy audits, as part of the implementation of their plan;
use, where appropriate, energy service companies, and energy performance contracting to finance renovations and implement plans to maintain or improve energy efficiency in the long term.
Article 6
Purchasing by public bodies
The obligation set out in the first subparagraph shall apply to contracts for the purchase of products, services and buildings by public bodies in so far as such contracts have a value equal to or greater than the thresholds laid down in Article 7 of Directive 2004/18/EC.
Article 7
Energy savings obligation
Member States shall achieve cumulative end-use energy savings at least equivalent to:
new savings each year from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 of 1,5 % of annual energy sales to final customers by volume, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2013. Sales of energy, by volume, used in transport may be excluded, in whole or in part, from that calculation;
new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 of 0,8 % of annual final energy consumption, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019. By way of derogation from that requirement, Cyprus and Malta shall achieve new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 equivalent to 0,24 % of annual final energy consumption, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019.
Member States may count energy savings that stem from policy measures, whether introduced by 31 December 2020 or after that date, provided that those measures result in new individual actions that are carried out after 31 December 2020.
Member States shall continue to achieve new annual savings in accordance with point (b) of the first subparagraph for ten-year periods after 2030, unless reviews by the Commission by 2027 and every 10 years thereafter conclude that this is not necessary to achieve the Union's long-term energy and climate targets for 2050.
Member States shall decide how to phase the calculated quantity of new savings over each period referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, provided that the required total cumulative end-use energy savings have been achieved by the end of each obligation period.
Provided that Member States achieve at least their cumulative end-use energy savings obligation referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, they may calculate the required amount of energy savings by one or more of the following means:
applying an annual savings rate on energy sales to final customers or on final energy consumption, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019;
excluding, in whole or in part, energy used in transport from the calculation baseline;
making use of any of the options set out in paragraph 4.
Where Member States make use of the possibilities provided for in point (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 2, they shall establish:
their own annual savings rate that will be applied in the calculation of their cumulative end-use energy savings, which shall ensure that the final amount of their net energy savings is no lower than those required under point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1; and
their own calculation baseline, which may exclude, in whole or in part, energy used in transport.
Subject to paragraph 5, each Member State may:
carry out the calculation required under point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 using values of 1 % in 2014 and 2015; 1,25 % in 2016 and 2017; and 1,5 % in 2018, 2019 and 2020;
exclude from the calculation all or part of the sales of energy used, by volume, with respect to the obligation period referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, or final energy consumed, with respect to the obligation period referred to in point (b) of that subparagraph, by industrial activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC;
count towards the amount of required energy savings, energy savings achieved in the energy transformation, distribution and transmission sectors, including efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure, as a result of implementing the requirements set out in Article 14(4), point (b) of Article 14(5), and Article 15(1) to (6) and (9). Member States shall inform the Commission about their intended policy measures under this point for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans. The impact of those measures shall be calculated in accordance with Annex V and included in those plans;
count towards the amount of required energy savings, energy savings resulting from individual actions newly implemented since 31 December 2008 that continue to have an impact in 2020 with respect to the obligation period referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and beyond 2020 with respect to the period referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, and which can be measured and verified;
count towards the amount of required energy savings, energy savings that stem from policy measures, provided that it can be demonstrated that those measures result in individual actions carried out from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020 which deliver savings after 31 December 2020;
exclude from the calculation of the amount of required energy savings, 30 % of the verifiable amount of energy generated on or in buildings for own use as a result of policy measures promoting new installation of renewable energy technologies;
count towards the amount of required energy savings, energy savings that exceed the energy savings required for the obligation period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020, provided that those savings result from individual actions carried out under policy measures referred to in Articles 7a and 7b, notified by Member States in their National Energy Efficiency Action Plans and reported in their progress reports in accordance with Article 24.
Member States shall apply and calculate the effect of the options chosen under paragraph 4 for the periods referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 separately:
for the calculation of the amount of energy savings required for the obligation period referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, Member States may make use of points (a) to (d) of paragraph 4. All the options chosen under paragraph 4 taken together shall amount to no more than 25 % of the amount of energy savings referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1;
for the calculation of the amount of energy savings required for the obligation period referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, Member States may make use of points (b) to (g) of paragraph 4, provided individual actions referred to in point (d) of paragraph 4 continue to have a verifiable and measurable impact after 31 December 2020. All the options chosen under paragraph 4 taken together shall not lead to a reduction of more than 35 % of the amount of energy savings calculated in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.
Regardless of whether Member States exclude, in whole or in part, energy used in transport from their calculation baseline or make use of any of the options listed in paragraph 4, they shall ensure that the calculated net amount of new savings to be achieved in final energy consumption during the obligation period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 is not lower than the amount resulting from applying the annual savings rate referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States that allow obligated parties to use the option referred to in point (b) of Article 7a(6) may, for the purpose of point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article, count energy savings obtained in any given year after 2010 and before the obligation period referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article as if those energy savings had instead been obtained after 31 December 2013 and before 1 January 2021, provided that all of the following circumstances apply:
the energy efficiency obligation scheme was in force at any point between 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2014 and was included in the Member State's first National Energy Efficiency Action Plan submitted under Article 24(2);
the savings were generated under the obligation scheme;
the savings are calculated in accordance with Annex V;
the years for which the savings are counted as having been obtained have been reported in the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans in accordance with Article 24(2).
Member States shall include information about the outcome of measures to alleviate energy poverty in the context of this Directive in the integrated national energy and climate progress reports in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Article 7a
Energy efficiency obligation schemes
Where applicable, Member States may decide that obligated parties fulfil those savings, in whole or in part, as a contribution to the Energy Efficiency National Fund in accordance with Article 20(6).
Within the energy efficiency obligation scheme, Member States may do one or both of the following:
permit obligated parties to count towards their obligation certified energy savings achieved by energy service providers or other third parties, including when obligated parties promote measures through other State-approved bodies or through public authorities that may involve formal partnerships and may be in combination with other sources of finance. Where Member States so permit, they shall ensure that the certification of energy savings follows an approval process that is put in place in the Member States, that is clear, transparent, and open to all market participants, and that aims to minimise the costs of certification;
allow obligated parties to count savings obtained in a given year as if they had instead been obtained in any of the four previous or three following years as long as this is not beyond the end of the obligation periods set out in Article 7(1).
Member States shall assess and, if appropriate, take measures to minimise the impact of the direct and indirect costs of energy efficiency obligation schemes on the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries exposed to international competition.
Article 7b
Alternative policy measures
Article 8
Energy audits and energy management systems
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of high quality energy audits which are cost-effective and:
carried out in an independent manner by qualified and/or accredited experts according to qualification criteria; or
implemented and supervised by independent authorities under national legislation.
The energy audits referred to in the first subparagraph may be carried out by in-house experts or energy auditors provided that the Member State concerned has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality, including, if appropriate, an annual random selection of at least a statistically significant percentage of all the energy audits they carry out.
For the purpose of guaranteeing the high quality of the energy audits and energy management systems, Member States shall establish transparent and non-discriminatory minimum criteria for energy audits based on Annex VI.
Energy audits shall not include clauses preventing the findings of the audit from being transferred to any qualified/accredited energy service provider, on condition that the customer does not object.
On the basis of transparent and non-discriminatory criteria and without prejudice to Union State aid law, Member States may set up support schemes for SMEs, including if they have concluded voluntary agreements, to cover costs of an energy audit and of the implementation of highly cost-effective recommendations from the energy audits, if the proposed measures are implemented.
Member States shall bring to the attention of SMEs, including through their respective representative intermediary organisations, concrete examples of how energy management systems could help their businesses. The Commission shall assist Member States by supporting the exchange of best practices in this domain.
Member States shall encourage training programmes for the qualification of energy auditors in order to facilitate sufficient availability of experts.
Access of market participants offering energy services shall be based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.
Without prejudice to Union State aid law, Member States may implement incentive and support schemes for the implementation of recommendations from energy audits and similar measures.
Article 9
Metering for natural gas
Such a competitively priced individual meter shall always be provided when:
an existing meter is replaced, unless this is technically impossible or not cost-effective in relation to the estimated potential savings in the long term;
a new connection is made in a new building or a building undergoes major renovations, as set out in Directive 2010/31/EU.
Where, and to the extent that, Member States implement intelligent metering systems and roll out smart meters for natural gas in accordance with Directive 2009/73/EC:
they shall ensure that the metering systems provide to final customers information on actual time of use and that the objectives of energy efficiency and benefits for final customers are fully taken into account when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and the obligations imposed on market participants;
they shall ensure the security of the smart meters and data communication, and the privacy of final customers, in compliance with relevant Union data protection and privacy legislation;
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they shall require that appropriate advice and information be given to customers at the time of installation of smart meters, in particular about their full potential with regard to meter reading management and the monitoring of energy consumption.
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Article 9a
Metering for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
Article 9b
Sub-metering and cost allocation for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
Where the use of individual meters is not technically feasible or where it is not cost-efficient to measure heat consumption in each building unit, individual heat cost allocators shall be used to measure heat consumption at each radiator unless it is shown by the Member State in question that the installation of such heat cost allocators would not be cost-efficient. In those cases, alternative cost-efficient methods of heat consumption measurement may be considered. The general criteria, methodologies and/or procedures to determine technical non-feasibility and non-cost effectiveness shall be clearly set out and published by each Member State.
Where multi-apartment or multi-purpose buildings are supplied from district heating or district cooling, or where own common heating or cooling systems for such buildings are prevalent, Member States shall ensure they have in place transparent, publicly available national rules on the allocation of the cost of heating, cooling and domestic hot water consumption in such buildings to ensure transparency and accuracy of accounting for individual consumption. Where appropriate, such rules shall include guidelines on the manner in which to allocate cost for energy that is used as follows:
domestic hot water;
heat radiated from the building installation and for the purpose of heating the common areas, where staircases and corridors are equipped with radiators;
for the purpose of heating or cooling apartments.
Article 9c
Remote reading requirement
Article 10
Billing information for natural gas
This obligation may be fulfilled by a system of regular self-reading by the final customers whereby they communicate readings from their meter to the energy supplier. Only when the final customer has not provided a meter reading for a given billing interval shall billing be based on estimated consumption or a flat rate.
Complementary information on historical consumption shall include:
cumulative data for at least the three previous years or the period since the start of the supply contract if this is shorter. The data shall correspond to the intervals for which frequent billing information has been produced; and
detailed data according to the time of use for any day, week, month and year. These data shall be made available to the final customer via the internet or the meter interface for the period of at least the previous 24 months or the period since the start of the supply contract if this is shorter.
Independently of whether smart meters have been installed or not, Member States:
shall require that, to the extent that information on the energy billing and historical consumption of final customers is available, it be made available, at the request of the final customer, to an energy service provider designated by the final customer;
shall ensure that final customers are offered the option of electronic billing information and bills and that they receive, on request, a clear and understandable explanation of how their bill was derived, especially where bills are not based on actual consumption;
shall ensure that appropriate information is made available with the bill to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VII;
may lay down that, at the request of the final customer, the information contained in these bills shall not be considered to constitute a request for payment. In such cases, Member States shall ensure that suppliers of energy sources offer flexible arrangements for actual payments;
shall require that information and estimates for energy costs are provided to consumers on demand in a timely manner and in an easily understandable format enabling consumers to compare deals on a like-for-like basis.
Article 10a
Billing and consumption information for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
This obligation may, where a Member State so provides, save in the case of sub-metered consumption based on heat cost allocators under Article 9b, be fulfilled by a system of regular self-reading by the final customer or final user whereby they communicate readings from their meter. Only where the final customer or final user has not provided a meter reading for a given billing interval shall billing be based on estimated consumption or a flat rate.
Member States shall:
require that, if information on the energy billing and historical consumption or heat cost allocator readings of final users is available, it be made available upon request by the final user, to an energy service provider designated by the final user;
ensure that final customers are offered the option of electronic billing information and bills;
ensure that clear and comprehensible information is provided with the bill to all final users in accordance with point 3 of Annex VIIa; and
promote cybersecurity and ensure the privacy and data protection of final users in accordance with applicable Union law.
Member States may provide that, at the request of the final customer, the provision of billing information shall not be considered to constitute a request for payment. In such cases, Member States shall ensure that flexible arrangements for actual payment are offered.
Article 11
Cost of access to metering and billing information for natural gas
Member States shall ensure that final customers receive all their bills and billing information for energy consumption free of charge and that final customers have access to their consumption data in an appropriate way and free of charge.
Article 11a
Cost of access to metering and billing and consumption information for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
Article 12
Consumer information and empowering programme
For the purposes of paragraph 1, these measures shall include one or more of the elements listed under point (a) or (b):
a range of instruments and policies to promote behavioural change which may include:
fiscal incentives;
access to finance, grants or subsidies;
information provision;
exemplary projects;
workplace activities;
ways and means to engage consumers and consumer organisations during the possible roll-out of smart meters through communication of:
cost-effective and easy-to-achieve changes in energy use;
information on energy efficiency measures.
Article 13
Penalties
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable in case of non-compliance with the national provisions adopted pursuant to ►M7 Articles 7 to 11a ◄ and Article 18(3) and shall take the necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by 5 June 2014 and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
CHAPTER III
EFFICIENCY IN ENERGY SUPPLY
Article 14
Promotion of efficiency in heating and cooling
The comprehensive assessment shall take full account of the analysis of the national potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration carried out under Directive 2004/8/EC.
At the request of the Commission, the assessment shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. The Commission shall make any such request at least one year before the due date.
Where the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 and the analysis referred to in paragraph 3 do not identify a potential whose benefits exceed the costs, including the administrative costs of carrying out the cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraph 5, the Member State concerned may exempt installations from the requirements laid down in that paragraph.
Member States shall ensure that a cost-benefit analysis in accordance with Part 2 of Annex IX is carried out when, after 5 June 2014:
a new thermal electricity generation installation with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW is planned, in order to assess the cost and benefits of providing for the operation of the installation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation;
an existing thermal electricity generation installation with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished, in order to assess the cost and benefits of converting it to high-efficiency cogeneration;
an industrial installation with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW generating waste heat at a useful temperature level is planned or substantially refurbished, in order to assess the cost and benefits of utilising the waste heat to satisfy economically justified demand, including through cogeneration, and of the connection of that installation to a district heating and cooling network;
a new district heating and cooling network is planned or in an existing district heating or cooling network a new energy production installation with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW is planned or an existing such installation is to be substantially refurbished, in order to assess the cost and benefits of utilising the waste heat from nearby industrial installations.
The fitting of equipment to capture carbon dioxide produced by a combustion installation with a view to its being geologically stored as provided for in Directive 2009/31/EC shall not be considered as refurbishment for the purpose of points (b), (c) and (d) of this paragraph.
Member States may require the cost-benefit analysis referred to in points (c) and (d) to be carried out in cooperation with the companies responsible for the operation of the district heating and cooling networks.
Member States may exempt from paragraph 5:
those peak load and back-up electricity generating installations which are planned to operate under 1 500 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of five years, based on a verification procedure established by the Member States ensuring that this exemption criterion is met;
nuclear power installations;
installations that need to be located close to a geological storage site approved under Directive 2009/31/EC.
Member States may also lay down thresholds, expressed in terms of the amount of available useful waste heat, the demand for heat or the distances between industrial installations and district heating networks, for exempting individual installations from the provisions of points (c) and (d) of paragraph 5.
Member States shall notify exemptions adopted under this paragraph to the Commission by 31 December 2013 and any subsequent changes to them thereafter.
Member States shall adopt authorisation criteria as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2009/72/EC, or equivalent permit criteria, to:
take into account the outcome of the comprehensive assessment referred to in paragraph 1;
ensure that the requirements of paragraph 5 are fulfilled; and
take into account the outcome of cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraph 5.
The Commission shall be empowered to review, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 of this Directive, the harmonised efficiency reference values laid down in Commission Implementing Decision 2011/877/EU ( 7 ) on the basis of Directive 2004/8/EC by 31 December 2014.
Article 15
Energy transformation, transmission and distribution
Member States shall in particular ensure that national energy regulatory authorities, through the development of network tariffs and regulations, within the framework of Directive 2009/72/EC and taking into account the costs and benefits of each measure, provide incentives for grid operators to make available system services to network users permitting them to implement energy efficiency improvement measures in the context of the continuing deployment of smart grids.
Such systems services may be determined by the system operator and shall not adversely impact the security of the system.
For electricity, Member States shall ensure that network regulation and network tariffs fulfil the criteria in Annex XI, taking into account guidelines and codes developed pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 714/2009.
Member States shall ensure, by 30 June 2015, that:
an assessment is undertaken of the energy efficiency potentials of their gas and electricity infrastructure, in particular regarding transmission, distribution, load management and interoperability, and connection to energy generating installations, including access possibilities for micro energy generators;
concrete measures and investments are identified for the introduction of cost-effective energy efficiency improvements in the network infrastructure, with a timetable for their introduction.
Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall comply with the requirements set out in Annex XII.
Member States may particularly facilitate the connection to the grid system of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration from small-scale and micro-cogeneration units. Member States shall, where appropriate, take steps to encourage network operators to adopt a simple notification ‘install and inform’ process for the installation of micro-cogeneration units to simplify and shorten authorisation procedures for individual citizens and installers.
Where appropriate, Member States may require transmission system operators and distribution system operators to encourage high-efficiency cogeneration to be sited close to areas of demand by reducing the connection and use-of-system charges.
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Member States may encourage operators of installations referred to in the first subparagraph to improve their annual average net operational rates.
CHAPTER IV
HORIZONTAL PROVISIONS
Article 16
Availability of qualification, accreditation and certification schemes
Member States shall take appropriate measures to make consumers aware of the availability of qualification and/or certification schemes in accordance with Article 18(1).
Article 17
Information and training
Member States shall encourage the provision of information to banks and other financial institutions on possibilities of participating, including through the creation of public/private partnerships, in the financing of energy efficiency improvement measures.
Article 18
Energy services
Member States shall promote the energy services market and access for SMEs to this market by:
disseminating clear and easily accessible information on:
available energy service contracts and clauses that should be included in such contracts to guarantee energy savings and final customers’ rights;
financial instruments, incentives, grants and loans to support energy efficiency service projects;
encouraging the development of quality labels, inter alia, by trade associations;
making publicly available and regularly updating a list of available energy service providers who are qualified and/or certified and their qualifications and/or certifications in accordance with Article 16, or providing an interface where energy service providers can provide information;
supporting the public sector in taking up energy service offers, in particular for building refurbishment, by:
providing model contracts for energy performance contracting which include at least the items listed in Annex XIII;
providing information on best practices for energy performance contracting, including, if available, cost-benefit analysis using a life-cycle approach.
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Member States shall support the proper functioning of the energy services market, where appropriate, by:
identifying and publicising point(s) of contact where final customers can obtain the information referred to in paragraph 1;
taking, if necessary, measures to remove the regulatory and non-regulatory barriers that impede the uptake of energy performance contracting and other energy efficiency service models for the identification and/or implementation of energy saving measures;
considering putting in place or assigning the role of an independent mechanism, such as an ombudsman, to ensure the efficient handling of complaints and out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from energy service contracts;
enabling independent market intermediaries to play a role in stimulating market development on the demand and supply sides.
Article 19
Other measures to promote energy efficiency
Member States shall evaluate and if necessary take appropriate measures to remove regulatory and non-regulatory barriers to energy efficiency, without prejudice to the basic principles of the property and tenancy law of the Member States, in particular as regards:
the split of incentives between the owner and the tenant of a building or among owners, with a view to ensuring that these parties are not deterred from making efficiency-improving investments that they would otherwise have made by the fact that they will not individually obtain the full benefits or by the absence of rules for dividing the costs and benefits between them, including national rules and measures regulating decision- making processes in multi-owner properties;
legal and regulatory provisions, and administrative practices, regarding public purchasing and annual budgeting and accounting, with a view to ensuring that individual public bodies are not deterred from making investments in improving energy efficiency and minimising expected life-cycle costs and from using energy performance contracting and other third-party financing mechanisms on a long-term contractual basis.
Such measures to remove barriers may include providing incentives, repealing or amending legal or regulatory provisions, or adopting guidelines and interpretative communications, or simplifying administrative procedures. The measures may be combined with the provision of education, training and specific information and technical assistance on energy efficiency.
Article 20
Energy Efficiency National Fund, Financing and Technical Support
The actions referred to in paragraph 3a shall include the following:
mobilising capital investment into energy efficiency by considering the wider impacts of energy savings for financial risk management;
ensuring better energy and finance performance data by:
examining further how energy efficiency investments improve underlying asset values;
supporting studies to assess the monetisation of the non-energy benefits of energy efficiency investments.
For the purpose of mobilising private financing of energy efficiency measures and energy renovation, Member States shall, when implementing this Directive:
consider ways to make better use of energy audits under Article 8 to influence decision-making;
make optimal use of the possibilities and tools proposed in the smart finance for smart buildings initiative.
Article 21
Conversion factors
For the purpose of comparison of energy savings and conversion to a comparable unit, the conversion factors set out in Annex IV shall apply unless the use of other conversion factors can be justified.
CHAPTER V
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 22
Delegated acts
Article 23
Exercise of the delegation
Article 24
Review and monitoring of implementation
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By 30 June 2016, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Article 7. That report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal for one or more of the following purposes:
to change the final date laid down in Article 7(1);
to review the requirements laid down in Article 7(1), (2) and (3);
to establish additional common requirements, in particular as regards the matters referred to in Article 7(7).
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That evaluation shall include:
an examination of whether to adapt, after 2030, the requirements and the alternative approach laid down in Article 5;
an assessment of the general effectiveness of this Directive and the need to adjust further the Union's energy efficiency policy in accordance with the objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change following the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( 10 ) and in the light of economic and innovation developments.
That report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals for further measures.
Article 25
Online platform
The Commission shall establish an online platform in order to foster the practical implementation of this Directive at national, regional and local levels. That platform shall support the exchange of experiences on practices, benchmarking, networking activities, as well as innovative practices.
Article 26
Committee procedure
Article 27
Amendments and repeals
Directive 2004/8/EC is repealed from 5 June 2014, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limit for its transposition into national law.
References to Directives 2006/32/EC and 2004/8/EC shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex XV.
Directive 2009/125/EC is amended as follows:
the following recital is inserted:
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Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings ( *1 ) requires Member States to set energy performance requirements for building elements that form part of the building envelope and system requirements in respect of the overall energy performance, the proper installation, and the appropriate dimensioning, adjustment and control of the technical building systems which are installed in existing buildings. It is consistent with the objectives of this Directive that these requirements may in certain circumstances limit the installation of energy-related products which comply with this Directive and its implementing measures, provided that such requirements do not constitute an unjustifiable market barrier. |
the following sentence is added to the end of Article 6(1):
‘This shall be without prejudice to the energy performance requirements and system requirements set by Member States in accordance with Article 4(1) and Article 8 of Directive 2010/31/EU.’.
Article 28
Transposition
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 4, the first subparagraph of Article 5(1), Article 5(5), Article 5(6), the last subparagraph of Article 7(9), Article 14(6), Article 19(2), Article 24(1) and Article 24(2) and point (4) of Annex V by the dates specified therein.
They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
Article 29
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 30
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE CALCULATION OF ELECTRICITY FROM COGENERATION
Part I
General principles
Values used for calculation of electricity from cogeneration shall be determined on the basis of the expected or actual operation of the unit under normal conditions of use. For micro- cogeneration units the calculation may be based on certified values.
Electricity production from cogeneration shall be considered equal to total annual electricity production of the unit measured at the outlet of the main generators;
in cogeneration units of types (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) referred to in Part II with an annual overall efficiency set by Member States at a level of at least 75 %, and
in cogeneration units of types (a) and (c) referred to in Part II with an annual overall efficiency set by Member States at a level of at least 80 %.
In cogeneration units with an annual overall efficiency below the value referred to in point (i) of point (a) (cogeneration units of types (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) referred to in Part II) or with an annual overall efficiency below the value referred to in point (ii) of point (a) (cogeneration units of types (a) and (c) referred to in Part II) cogeneration is calculated according to the following formula:
ECHP=HCHP*C
where:
The calculation of electricity from cogeneration must be based on the actual power-to-heat ratio. If the actual power-to-heat ratio of a cogeneration unit is not known, the following default values may be used, in particular for statistical purposes, for units of types (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) referred to in Part II provided that the calculated cogeneration electricity is less or equal to total electricity production of the unit:
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Type of the unit |
Default power to heat ratio, C |
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Combined cycle gas turbine with heat recovery |
0,95 |
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Steam back pressure turbine |
0,45 |
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Steam condensing extraction turbine |
0,45 |
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Gas turbine with heat recovery |
0,55 |
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Internal combustion engine |
0,75 |
If Member States introduce default values for power-to-heat ratios for units of types (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) referred to in Part II, such default values shall be published and shall be notified to the Commission.
If a share of the energy content of the fuel input to the cogeneration process is recovered in chemicals and recycled this share can be subtracted from the fuel input before calculating the overall efficiency used in points (a) and (b).
Member States may determine the power-to-heat ratio as the ratio of electricity to useful heat when operating in cogeneration mode at a lower capacity using operational data of the specific unit.
Member States may use other reporting periods than one year for the purpose of the calculations according to points (a) and (b).
Part II
Cogeneration technologies covered by this Directive
(a) Combined cycle gas turbine with heat recovery
(b) Steam back pressure turbine
(c) Steam condensing extraction turbine
(d) Gas turbine with heat recovery
(e) Internal combustion engine
(f) Microturbines
(g) Stirling engines
(h) Fuel cells
(i) Steam engines
(j) Organic Rankine cycles
(k) Any other type of technology or combination thereof falling under the definition laid down in Article 2(30).
When implementing and applying the general principles for the calculation of electricity from cogeneration, Member States shall use the detailed Guidelines established by Commission Decision 2008/952/EC of 19 November 2008 establishing detailed guidelines for the implementation and application of Annex II to Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 11 ).
ANNEX II
METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COGENERATION PROCESS
Values used for calculation of efficiency of cogeneration and primary energy savings shall be determined on the basis of the expected or actual operation of the unit under normal conditions of use.
(a) High-efficiency cogeneration
For the purpose of this Directive high-efficiency cogeneration shall fulfil the following criteria:
(b) Calculation of primary energy savings
The amount of primary energy savings provided by cogeneration production defined in accordance with Annex I shall be calculated on the basis of the following formula:
Where:
(c) Calculations of energy savings using alternative calculation
Member States may calculate primary energy savings from a production of heat and electricity and mechanical energy as indicated below without applying Annex I to exclude the non-cogenerated heat and electricity parts of the same process. Such a production can be regarded as high-efficiency cogeneration provided it fulfils the efficiency criteria in point (a) of this Annex and, for cogeneration units with an electrical capacity larger than 25 MW, the overall efficiency is above 70 %. However, specification of the quantity of electricity from cogeneration produced in such a production, for issuing a guarantee of origin and for statistical purposes, shall be determined in accordance with Annex I.
If primary energy savings for a process are calculated using alternative calculation as indicated above the primary energy savings shall be calculated using the formula in point (b) of this Annex replacing: ‘CHP Hη’ with ‘Hη’ and ‘CHP Eη’ with ‘Eη’, where:
Hη shall mean the heat efficiency of the process, defined as the annual heat output divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of heat output and electricity output.
Eη shall mean the electricity efficiency of the process, defined as the annual electricity output divided by the fuel input used to produce the sum of heat output and electricity output. Where a cogeneration unit generates mechanical energy, the annual electricity from cogeneration may be increased by an additional element representing the amount of electricity which is equivalent to that of mechanical energy. This additional element will not create a right to issue guarantees of origin in accordance with Article 14(10).
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(d) |
Member States may use other reporting periods than one year for the purpose of the calculations according to points (b) and (c) of this Annex. |
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(e) |
For micro-cogeneration units the calculation of primary energy savings may be based on certified data. |
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(f) |
Efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity The harmonised efficiency reference values shall consist of a matrix of values differentiated by relevant factors, including year of construction and types of fuel, and must be based on a well-documented analysis taking, inter alia, into account data from operational use under realistic conditions, fuel mix and climate conditions as well as applied cogeneration technologies. The efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity in accordance with the formula set out in point (b) shall establish the operating efficiency of the separate heat and electricity production that cogeneration is intended to substitute. The efficiency reference values shall be calculated according to the following principles:
1.
For cogeneration units the comparison with separate electricity production shall be based on the principle that the same fuel categories are compared.
2.
Each cogeneration unit shall be compared with the best available and economically justifiable technology for separate production of heat and electricity on the market in the year of construction of the cogeneration unit.
3.
The efficiency reference values for cogeneration units older than 10 years of age shall be fixed on the reference values of units of 10 years of age.
4.
The efficiency reference values for separate electricity production and heat production shall reflect the climatic differences between Member States. |
ANNEX III
ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASING PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND BUILDINGS BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Central governments that purchase products, services or buildings, insofar as this is consistent with cost-effectiveness, economical feasibility, wider sustainability, technical suitability, as well as sufficient competition, shall:
where a product is covered by a delegated act adopted under Directive 2010/30/EU or by a related Commission implementing directive, purchase only the products that comply with the criterion of belonging to the highest energy efficiency class possible in the light of the need to ensure sufficient competition;
where a product not covered under point (a) is covered by an implementing measure under Directive 2009/125/EC adopted after the entry into force of this Directive, purchase only products that comply with energy efficiency benchmarks specified in that implementing measure;
purchase office equipment products covered by Council Decision 2006/1005/EC of 18 December 2006 concerning conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Community on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment ( 12 ) that comply with energy efficiency requirements not less demanding than those listed in Annex C to the Agreement attached to that Decision;
purchase only tyres that comply with the criterion of having the highest fuel energy efficiency class, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters ( 13 ). This requirement shall not prevent public bodies from purchasing tyres with the highest wet grip class or external rolling noise class where justified by safety or public health reasons;
require in their tenders for service contracts that service providers use, for the purposes of providing the services in question, only products that comply with the requirements referred to in points (a) to (d), when providing the services in question. This requirement shall apply only to new products purchased by service providers partially or wholly for the purpose of providing the service in question;
purchase, or make new rental agreements for, only buildings that comply at least with the minimum energy performance requirements referred to in Article 5(1) unless the purpose of the purchase is:
to undertake deep renovation or demolition;
in the case of public bodies, to re-sell the building without using it for public body’s own purposes; or
to preserve it as a building officially protected as part of a designated environment, or because of its special architectural or historical merit.
Compliance with these requirements shall be verified by means of the energy performance certificates referred to in Article 11 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
ANNEX IV
ENERGY CONTENT OF SELECTED FUELS FOR END USE – CONVERSION TABLE ( 14 )
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Energy commodity |
kJ (NCV) |
kgoe (NCV) |
kWh (NCV) |
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1 kg coke |
28 500 |
0,676 |
7,917 |
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1 kg hard coal |
17 200 — 30 700 |
0,411 — 0,733 |
4,778 — 8,528 |
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1 kg brown coal briquettes |
20 000 |
0,478 |
5,556 |
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1 kg black lignite |
10 500 — 21 000 |
0,251 — 0,502 |
2,917 — 5,833 |
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1 kg brown coal |
5 600 — 10 500 |
0,134 — 0,251 |
1,556 — 2,917 |
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1 kg oil shale |
8 000 — 9 000 |
0,191 — 0,215 |
2,222 — 2,500 |
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1 kg peat |
7 800 — 13 800 |
0,186 — 0,330 |
2,167 — 3,833 |
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1 kg peat briquettes |
16 000 — 16 800 |
0,382 — 0,401 |
4,444 — 4,667 |
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1 kg residual fuel oil (heavy oil) |
40 000 |
0,955 |
11,111 |
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1 kg light fuel oil |
42 300 |
1,010 |
11,750 |
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1 kg motor spirit (petrol) |
44 000 |
1,051 |
12,222 |
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1 kg paraffin |
40 000 |
0,955 |
11,111 |
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1 kg liquefied petroleum gas |
46 000 |
1,099 |
12,778 |
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1 kg natural gas (1) |
47 200 |
1,126 |
13,10 |
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1 kg liquefied natural gas |
45 190 |
1,079 |
12,553 |
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1 kg wood (25 % humidity) (2) |
13 800 |
0,330 |
3,833 |
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1 kg pellets/wood bricks |
16 800 |
0,401 |
4,667 |
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1 kg waste |
7 400 — 10 700 |
0,177 — 0,256 |
2,056 — 2,972 |
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1 MJ derived heat |
1 000 |
0,024 |
0,278 |
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1 kWh electrical energy |
3 600 |
0,086 |
1 (3) |
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(1)
93 % methane.
(2)
Member States may apply other values depending on the type of wood most used in the respective Member State.
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(3)
Applicable when energy savings are calculated in primary energy terms using a bottom-up approach based on final energy consumption. For savings in kWh electricity, Member States shall apply a coefficient established through a transparent methodology on the basis of national circumstances affecting primary energy consumption, in order to ensure a precise calculation of real savings. Those circumstances shall be substantiated, verifiable and based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria. For savings in kWh electricity, Member States may apply a default coefficient of 1,9 or use the discretion to define a different coefficient, provided that they can justify it. When doing so, Member States shall take into account the energy mix included in their integrated national energy and climate plans to be notified to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. By 25 December 2022 and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall revise the default coefficient on the basis of observed data. That revision shall be carried out taking into account its effects on other Union law such as Directive 2009/125/EC and Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1). ◄Source: Eurostat. |
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ANNEX V
Common methods and principles for calculating the impact of energy efficiency obligation schemes or other policy measures under Articles 7, 7a and 7b and Article 20(6)
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1. |
Methods for calculating energy savings other than those arising from taxation measures for the purposes of Articles 7, 7a and 7b and Article 20(6). Obligated, participating or entrusted parties, or implementing public authorities, may use the following methods for calculating energy savings:
(a)
deemed savings, by reference to the results of previous independently monitored energy improvements in similar installations. The generic approach is termed ‘ex ante’;
(b)
metered savings, whereby the savings from the installation of a measure, or package of measures, are determined by recording the actual reduction in energy use, taking due account of factors such as additionality, occupancy, production levels and the weather which may affect consumption. The generic approach is termed ‘ex post’;
(c)
scaled savings, whereby engineering estimates of savings are used. This approach may be used only where establishing robust measured data for a specific installation is difficult or disproportionately expensive, e.g. replacing a compressor or electric motor with a different kWh rating from that for which independent information about savings has been measured, or where those estimates are carried out on the basis of nationally established methodologies and benchmarks by qualified or accredited experts that are independent of the obligated, participating or entrusted parties involved;
(d)
surveyed savings, where consumers' response to advice, information campaigns, labelling or certification schemes or smart metering is determined. This approach may be used only for savings resulting from changes in consumer behaviour. It shall not be used for savings resulting from the installation of physical measures. |
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2. |
In determining the energy savings for an energy efficiency measure for the purposes of Articles 7, 7a and 7b and Article 20(6), the following principles apply:
(a)
The savings shall be shown to be additional to those that would have occurred in any event without the activity of the obligated, participating or entrusted parties, or implementing public authorities. To determine the savings that can be claimed as additional, Member States shall have regard to how energy use and demand would evolve in the absence of the policy measure in question by taking into account at least the following factors: energy consumption trends, changes in consumer behaviour, technological progress and changes caused by other measures implemented at Union and national level.
(b)
Savings resulting from the implementation of mandatory Union law shall be considered to be savings that would have occurred in any event, and thus shall not be claimed as energy savings for the purpose of Article 7(1). By way of derogation from that requirement, savings related to the renovation of existing buildings may be claimed as energy savings for the purpose of Article 7(1), provided that the materiality criterion referred to in point 3(h) of this Annex is ensured. Savings resulting from the implementation of national minimum requirements established for new buildings prior to the transposition of Directive 2010/31/EU can be claimed as energy savings for the purpose of point (a) of Article 7(1), provided that the materiality criterion referred to in point 3(h) of this Annex is ensured and those savings have been notified by Member States in their National Energy Efficiency Action Plans in accordance with Article 24(2).
(c)
Credit may be given only for savings exceeding the following levels:
(i)
(ii)
Union requirements relating to the removal from the market of certain energy related products following the implementation of implementing measures under Directive 2009/125/EC.
(d)
Policies with the purpose of encouraging higher levels of energy efficiency of products, equipment, transport systems, vehicles and fuels, buildings and building elements, processes or markets shall be permitted.
(e)
Measures promoting the installation of small-scale renewable energy technologies on or in buildings may be eligible to be taken into account for the fulfilment of energy savings required under Article 7(1), provided that they result in verifiable, and measurable or estimable, energy savings. The calculation of energy savings shall comply with the requirements of this Annex.
(f)
For policies that accelerate the uptake of more efficient products and vehicles, full credit may be claimed, provided that it is shown that such uptake takes place before expiry of the average expected lifetime of the product or vehicle, or before the product or vehicle would usually be replaced, and the savings are claimed only for the period until end of the average expected lifetime of the product or vehicle to be replaced.
(g)
In promoting the uptake of energy efficiency measures, Member States shall, where relevant, ensure that quality standards for products, services and installation of measures are maintained or introduced where such standards do not exist.
(h)
To account for climatic variations between regions, Member States may choose to adjust the savings to a standard value or to accord different energy savings in accordance with temperature variations between regions.
(i)
The calculation of energy savings shall take into account the lifetime of the measures and the rate at which the savings decline over time. That calculation shall count the savings each individual action will achieve during the period from its date of implementation to 31 December 2020 or 31 December 2030 as appropriate. Alternatively, Member States may adopt another method that is estimated to achieve at least the same total quantity of savings. When using another method, Member States shall ensure that the total amount of energy savings calculated using that method does not exceed the amount of energy savings that would have been the result of their calculation when counting the savings each individual action will achieve during the period from its date of implementation to 31 December 2020 or 31 December 2030 as appropriate. Member States shall describe in detail in their integrated national energy and climate plans under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 the other method and the provisions made to ensure that the binding calculation requirement is met. |
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3. |
Member States shall ensure that the following requirements for policy measures taken pursuant to Article 7b and Article 20(6) are met:
(a)
policy measures and individual actions produce verifiable end-use energy savings;
(b)
the responsibility of each participating party, entrusted party or implementing public authority, as relevant, is clearly defined;
(c)
the energy savings that are achieved or are to be achieved are determined in a transparent manner;
(d)
the amount of energy savings required or to be achieved by the policy measure is expressed in either final or primary energy consumption, using the conversion factors set out in Annex IV;
(e)
an annual report on the energy savings achieved by entrusted parties, participating parties and implementing public authorities be provided and made publicly available, as well as data on the annual trend of energy savings;
(f)
monitoring of the results and taking appropriate measures if progress is not satisfactory;
(g)
the energy savings from an individual action are not claimed by more than one party;
(h)
the activities of the participating party, entrusted party or implementing public authority are shown to be material to the achievement of the energy savings claimed. |
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4. |
In determining the energy saving from taxation related policy measures introduced under Article 7b, the following principles shall apply:
(a)
(b)
price elasticities for the calculation of the impact of the (energy) taxation measures shall represent the responsiveness of energy demand to price changes, and shall be estimated on the basis of recent and representative official data sources;
(c)
the energy savings from accompanying taxation policy instruments, including fiscal incentives or payment to a fund, shall be accounted separately. |
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5. |
Notification of methodology Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 notify to the Commission their proposed detailed methodology for the operation of the energy efficiency obligation schemes and alternative measures referred to in Articles 7a and 7b, and Article 20(6). Except in the case of taxation, such notification shall include details of:
(a)
the level of the energy savings required under point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 7(1) or savings expected to be achieved over the whole period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030;
(b)
the obligated, participating or entrusted parties, or implementing public authorities;
(c)
target sectors;
(d)
policy measures and individual actions, including the expected total amount of cumulative energy savings for each measure;
(e)
the duration of the obligation period for the energy efficiency obligation scheme;
(f)
the actions provided for by the policy measure;
(g)
the calculation methodology, including how additionality and materiality have been determined and which methodologies and benchmarks are used for deemed and scaled savings;
(h)
the lifetimes of measures, and how they are calculated or what they are based upon;
(i)
the approach taken to address climatic variations within the Member State;
(j)
the monitoring and verification systems for measures under Articles 7a and 7b and how their independence from the obligated, participating or entrusted parties is ensured;
(k)
in the case of taxation:
(i)
the target sectors and segment of taxpayers;
(ii)
the implementing public authority;
(iii)
the savings expected to be achieved;
(iv)
the duration of the taxation measure; and
(v)
the calculation methodology, including the price elasticities used and how they have been established. |
ANNEX VI
Minimum criteria for energy audits including those carried out as part of energy management systems
The energy audits referred to in Article 8 shall be based on the following guidelines:
be based on up-to-date, measured, traceable operational data on energy consumption and (for electricity) load profiles;
comprise a detailed review of the energy consumption profile of buildings or groups of buildings, industrial operations or installations, including transportation;
build, whenever possible, on life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) instead of Simple Payback Periods (SPP) in order to take account of long-term savings, residual values of long-term investments and discount rates;
be proportionate, and sufficiently representative to permit the drawing of a reliable picture of overall energy performance and the reliable identification of the most significant opportunities for improvement.
Energy audits shall allow detailed and validated calculations for the proposed measures so as to provide clear information on potential savings.
The data used in energy audits shall be storable for historical analysis and tracking performance.
ANNEX VII
Minimum requirements for billing and billing information based on actual consumption of natural gas
1. Minimum requirements for billing
1.1. Billing based on actual consumption
In order to enable final customers to regulate their own energy consumption, billing should take place on the basis of actual consumption at least once a year, and billing information should be made available at least quarterly, on request or where the consumers have opted to receive electronic billing or else twice yearly. Gas used only for cooking purposes may be exempted from this requirement.
1.2. Minimum information contained in the bill
Member States shall ensure that, where appropriate, the following information is made available to final customers in clear and understandable terms in or with their bills, contracts, transactions, and receipts at distribution stations:
current actual prices and actual consumption of energy;
comparisons of the final customer’s current energy consumption with consumption for the same period in the previous year, preferably in graphic form;
contact information for final customers’ organisations, energy agencies or similar bodies, including website addresses, from which information may be obtained on available energy efficiency improvement measures, comparative end-user profiles and objective technical specifications for energy-using equipment.
In addition, wherever possible and useful, Member States shall ensure that comparisons with an average normalised or benchmarked final customer in the same user category are made available to final customers in clear and understandable terms, in, with or signposted to within, their bills, contracts, transactions, and receipts at distribution stations.
1.3. Advice on energy efficiency accompanying bills and other feedback to final customers
When sending contracts and contract changes, and in the bills customers receive or through websites addressing individual customers, energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies shall inform their customers in a clear and understandable manner of contact information for independent consumer advice centres, energy agencies or similar institutions, including their internet addresses, where they can obtain advice on available energy efficiency measures, benchmark profiles for their energy consumption and technical specifications of energy using appliances that can serve to reduce the consumption of these appliances.
ANNEX VIIa
Minimum requirements for billing and consumption information for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
1. Billing based on actual consumption or heat cost allocator readings
In order to enable final users to regulate their own energy consumption, billing shall take place on the basis of actual consumption or heat cost allocator readings at least once per year.
2. Minimum frequency of billing or consumption information
From 25 October 2020, where remotely readable meters or heat cost allocators have been installed, billing or consumption information based on actual consumption or heat cost allocator readings shall be provided to final users at least quarterly upon request or where final customers have opted to receive electronic billing, or else twice a year.
From 1 January 2022, where remotely readable meters or heat cost allocators have been installed, billing or consumption information based on actual consumption or heat cost allocator readings shall be provided to final users at least monthly. It may also be made available via the internet and be updated as frequently as allowed by the measurement devices and systems used. Heating and cooling may be exempted from that requirement outside the heating/cooling seasons.
3. Minimum information contained in the bill
Member States shall ensure that the following information is made available to final users in clear and comprehensible terms in or with their bills where those are based on actual consumption or heat cost allocator readings:
current actual prices and actual consumption of energy or total heat cost and heat cost allocator readings;
information about the fuel mix used and the related annual greenhouse gas emissions, including for final users supplied by district heating or district cooling, and a description of the different taxes, levies and tariffs applied. Member States may limit the scope of the requirement to provide information about greenhouse gas emissions to include only supplies from district heating systems with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW;
comparisons of the final users current energy consumption with consumption for the same period in the previous year, in graphic form, climate corrected for heating and cooling;
contact information for final customers' organisations, energy agencies or similar bodies, including website addresses, from which information on available energy efficiency improvement measures, comparative end-user profiles and objective technical specifications for energy-using equipment may be obtained;
information about related complaints procedures, ombudsman services or alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, as applicable in the Member States;
comparisons with an average normalised or benchmarked final user in the same user category. In the case of electronic bills, such comparisons may instead be made available online and signposted to within the bills.
Bills that are not based on actual consumption or heat cost allocator readings shall contain a clear and comprehensible explanation of how the amount set out in the bill was calculated, and at least the information referred to in points (d) and (e).
ANNEX VIII
Potential for efficiency in heating and cooling
The comprehensive assessment of national heating and cooling potentials referred to in Article 14(1) shall include and be based on the following:
Part I
OVERVIEW OF HEATING AND COOLING
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1. |
heating and cooling demand in terms of assessed useful energy ( 19 ) and quantified final energy consumption in GWh per year ( 20 ) by sectors:
(a)
residential;
(b)
services;
(c)
industry;
(d)
any other sector that individually consumes more than 5 % of total national useful heating and cooling demand; |
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2. |
identification, or in the case of point 2(a)(i), identification or estimation, of current heating and cooling supply:
(a)
by technology, in GWh per year ( 21 ), within sectors mentioned under point 1 where possible, distinguishing between energy derived from fossil and renewable sources:
(i)
provided on-site in residential and service sites by:
—
heat only boilers;
—
high-efficiency heat and power cogeneration;
—
heat pumps;
—
other on-site technologies and sources;
(ii)
provided on-site in non-service and non-residential sites by:
—
heat only boilers;
—
high-efficiency heat and power cogeneration;
—
heat pumps;
—
other on-site technologies and sources;
(iii)
provided off-site by:
—
high-efficiency heat and power cogeneration;
—
waste heat;
—
other off-site technologies and sources;
(b)
identification of installations that generate waste heat or cold and their potential heating or cooling supply, in GWh per year:
(i)
thermal power generation installations that can supply or can be retrofitted to supply waste heat with a total thermal input exceeding 50 MW;
(ii)
heat and power cogeneration installations using technologies referred to in Part II of Annex I with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW;
(iii)
waste incineration plants;
(iv)
renewable energy installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW other than the installations specified under point 2(b)(i) and (ii) generating heating or cooling using the energy from renewable sources;
(v)
industrial installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW which can provide waste heat;
(c)
reported share of energy from renewable sources and from waste heat or cold in the final energy consumption of the district heating and cooling ( 22 ) sector over the past 5 years, in line with Directive (EU) 2018/2001; |
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3. |
a map covering the entire national territory identifying (while preserving commercially sensitive information):
(a)
heating and cooling demand areas following from the analysis of point 1, while using consistent criteria for focusing on energy dense areas in municipalities and conurbations;
(b)
existing heating and cooling supply points identified under point 2(b) and district heating transmission installations;
(c)
planned heating and cooling supply points of the type described under point 2(b) and district heating transmission installations; |
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4. |
a forecast of trends in the demand for heating and cooling to maintain a perspective of the next 30 years in GWh and taking into account in particular projections for the next 10 years, the change in demand in buildings and different sectors of the industry, and the impact of policies and strategies related to the demand management, such as long-term building renovation strategies under Directive (EU) 2018/844; |
Part II
OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND POLICY MEASURES
|
5. |
planned contribution of the Member State to its national objectives, targets and contributions for the five dimensions of the energy union, as laid out in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, delivered through efficiency in heating and cooling, in particular related to points 1 to 4 of Article 4(b) and to paragraph (4)(b) of Article 15, identifying which of these elements is additional compared to integrated national energy and climate plans; |
|
6. |
general overview of the existing policies and measures as described in the most recent report submitted in accordance with Articles 3, 20, 21 and 27(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999; |
Part III
ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL FOR EFFICIENCY IN HEATING AND COOLING
|
7. |
an analysis of the economic potential ( 23 ) of different technologies for heating and cooling shall be carried out for the entire national territory by using the cost-benefit analysis referred to in Article 14(3) and shall identify alternative scenarios for more efficient and renewable heating and cooling technologies, distinguishing between energy derived from fossil and renewable sources where applicable. The following technologies should be considered:
(a)
industrial waste heat and cold;
(b)
waste incineration;
(c)
high efficiency cogeneration;
(d)
renewable energy sources (such as geothermal, solar thermal and biomass) other than those used for high efficiency cogeneration;
(e)
heat pumps;
(f)
reducing heat and cold losses from existing district networks; |
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8. |
this analysis of economic potential shall include the following steps and considerations:
(a)
Considerations:
(i)
the cost-benefit analysis for the purposes of Article 14(3) shall include an economic analysis that takes into consideration socioeconomic and environmental factors ( 24 ), and a financial analysis performed to assess projects from the investors' point of view. Both economic and financial analyses shall use the net present value as criterion for the assessment;
(ii)
the baseline scenario should serve as a reference point and take into account existing policies at the time of compiling this comprehensive assessment ( 25 ), and be linked to data collected under Part I and point 6 of Part II of this Annex;
(iii)
alternative scenarios to the baseline shall take into account energy efficiency and renewable energy objectives of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. Each scenario shall present the following elements compared to the baseline scenario:
—
economic potential of technologies examined using the net present value as criterion;
—
greenhouse gas emission reductions;
—
primary energy savings in GWh per year;
—
impact on the share of renewables in the national energy mix.
Scenarios that are not feasible due to technical reasons, financial reasons or national regulation may be excluded at an early stage of the cost-benefit analysis, if justified based on careful, explicit and well-documented considerations. The assessment and decision-making should take into account costs and energy savings from the increased flexibility in energy supply and from a more optimal operation of the electricity networks, including avoided costs and savings from reduced infrastructure investment, in the analysed scenarios.
(b)
Costs and benefits The costs and benefits referred to under point 8(a) shall include at least the following benefits and costs:
(i)
Benefits:
—
value of output to the consumer (heating, cooling and electricity);
—
external benefits such as environmental, greenhouse gas emissions and health and safety benefits, to the extent possible;
—
labour market effects, energy security and competitiveness, to the extent possible.
(ii)
Costs:
—
capital costs of plants and equipment;
—
capital costs of the associated energy networks;
—
variable and fixed operating costs;
—
energy costs;
—
environmental, health and safety costs, to the extent possible;
—
labour market costs, energy security and competitiveness, to the extent possible.
(c)
Relevant scenarios to the baseline: All relevant scenarios to the baseline shall be considered, including the role of efficient individual heating and cooling.
(i)
the cost-benefit analysis may either cover a project assessment or a group of projects for a broader local, regional or national assessment in order to establish the most cost-effective and beneficial heating or cooling solution against a baseline for a given geographical area for the purpose of planning;
(ii)
Member States shall designate the competent authorities responsible for carrying out the cost-benefit analyses pursuant to Article 14. They shall provide the detailed methodologies and assumptions in accordance with this Annex and establish and make public the procedures for the economic analysis.
(d)
Boundaries and integrated approach:
(i)
the geographical boundary shall cover a suitable well-defined geographical area;
(ii)
the cost-benefit analyses shall take into account all relevant centralised or decentralised supply resources available within the system and geographical boundary, including technologies considered under point 7 of Part III of this Annex, and heating and cooling demand trends and characteristics.
(e)
Assumptions:
(i)
Member States shall provide assumptions, for the purpose of the cost-benefit analyses, on the prices of major input and output factors and the discount rate;
(ii)
the discount rate used in the economic analysis to calculate net present value shall be chosen according to European or national guidelines;
(iii)
Member States shall use national, European or international energy price development forecasts if appropriate in their national and/or regional/local context;
(iv)
the prices used in the economic analysis shall reflect socio economic costs and benefits. External costs, such as environmental and health effects, should be included to the extent possible, i.e. when a market price exists or when it is already included in European or national regulation.
(f)
Sensitivity analysis:
(i)
a sensitivity analysis shall be included to assess the costs and benefits of a project or group of projects and be based on variable factors having a significant impact on the outcome of the calculations, such as different energy prices, levels of demand, discount rates and other. |
Part IV
POTENTIAL NEW STRATEGIES AND POLICY MEASURES
|
9. |
overview of new legislative and non-legislative policy measures ( 26 ) to realise the economic potential identified in accordance with points 7 and 8, along with their foreseen:
(a)
greenhouse gas emission reductions;
(b)
primary energy savings in GWh per year;
(c)
impact on the share of high-efficiency cogeneration;
(d)
impact on the share of renewables in the national energy mix and in the heating and cooling sector;
(e)
links to national financial programming and cost savings for the public budget and market participants;
(f)
estimated public support measures, if any, with their annual budget and identification of the potential aid element. |
ANNEX IX
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
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Part 2
Principles for the purpose of Article 14(5) and (7)
The cost-benefit analyses shall provide information for the purpose of the measures in Article 14(5) and (7):
If an electricity-only installation or an installation without heat recovery is planned, a comparison shall be made between the planned installations or the planned refurbishment and an equivalent installation producing the same amount of electricity or process heat, but recovering the waste heat and supplying heat through high-efficiency cogeneration and/or district heating and cooling networks.
Within a given geographical boundary the assessment shall take into account the planned installation and any appropriate existing or potential heat demand points that could be supplied from it, taking into account rational possibilities (for example, technical feasibility and distance).
The system boundary shall be set to include the planned installation and the heat loads, such as building(s) and industrial process. Within this system boundary the total cost of providing heat and power shall be determined for both cases and compared.
Heat loads shall include existing heat loads, such as an industrial installation or an existing district heating system, and also, in urban areas, the heat load and costs that would exist if a group of buildings or part of a city were provided with and/or connected into a new district heating network.
The cost-benefit analysis shall be based on a description of the planned installation and the comparison installation(s), covering electrical and thermal capacity, as applicable, fuel type, planned usage and the number of planned operating hours annually, location and electricity and thermal demand.
For the purpose of the comparison, the thermal energy demand and the types of heating and cooling used by the nearby heat demand points shall be taken into account. The comparison shall cover infrastructure related costs for the planned and comparison installation.
Cost-benefit analyses for the purposes of Article 14(5) shall include an economic analysis covering a financial analysis reflecting actual cash flow transactions from investing in and operating individual installations.
Projects with positive cost-benefit outcome are those where the sum of discounted benefits in the economic and financial analysis exceeds the sum of discounted costs (cost-benefit surplus).
Member States shall set guiding principles for the methodology, assumptions and time horizon for the economic analysis.
Member States may require that the companies responsible for the operation of thermal electric generation installations, industrial companies, district heating and cooling networks, or other parties influenced by the defined system boundary and geographical boundary, contribute data for use in assessing the costs and benefits of an individual installation.
ANNEX X
Guarantee of origin for electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration
Member States shall take measures to ensure that:
the guarantee of origin of the electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration:
the same unit of energy from high-efficiency cogeneration is taken into account only once.
The guarantee of origin referred to in Article 14(10) shall contain at least the following information:
the identity, location, type and capacity (thermal and electrical) of the installation where the energy was produced;
the dates and places of production;
the lower calorific value of the fuel source from which the electricity was produced;
the quantity and the use of the heat generated together with the electricity;
the quantity of electricity from high-efficiency cogeneration in accordance with Annex II that the guarantee represents;
the primary energy savings calculated in accordance with Annex II based on the harmonised efficiency reference values indicated in point (f) of Annex II;
the nominal electric and thermal efficiency of the plant;
whether and to what extent the installation has benefited from investment support;
whether and to what extent the unit of energy has benefited in any other way from a national support scheme, and the type of support scheme;
the date on which the installation became operational; and
the date and country of issue and a unique identification number.
The guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. It shall relate to the net electricity output measured at the station boundary and exported to the grid.
ANNEX XI
Energy efficiency criteria for energy network regulation and for electricity network tariffs
1. Network tariffs shall be cost-reflective of cost-savings in networks achieved from demand-side and demand- response measures and distributed generation, including savings from lowering the cost of delivery or of network investment and a more optimal operation of the network.
2. Network regulation and tariffs shall not prevent network operators or energy retailers making available system services for demand response measures, demand management and distributed generation on organised electricity markets, in particular:
the shifting of the load from peak to off-peak times by final customers taking into account the availability of renewable energy, energy from cogeneration and distributed generation;
energy savings from demand response of distributed consumers by energy aggregators;
demand reduction from energy efficiency measures undertaken by energy service providers, including energy service companies;
the connection and dispatch of generation sources at lower voltage levels;
the connection of generation sources from closer location to the consumption; and
the storage of energy.
For the purposes of this provision the term ‘organised electricity markets’ shall include over-the-counter markets and electricity exchanges for trading energy, capacity, balancing and ancillary services in all timeframes, including forward, day-ahead and intra-day markets.
3. Network or retail tariffs may support dynamic pricing for demand response measures by final customers, such as:
time-of-use tariffs;
critical peak pricing;
real time pricing; and
peak time rebates.
ANNEX XII
ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORS AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATORS
Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall:
set up and make public their standard rules relating to the bearing and sharing of costs of technical adaptations, such as grid connections, grid reinforcements and the introduction of new grids, improved operation of the grid and rules on the non-discriminatory implementation of the grid codes, which are necessary in order to integrate new producers feeding electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration into the interconnected grid;
provide any new producer of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration wishing to be connected to the system with the comprehensive and necessary information required, including:
a comprehensive and detailed estimate of the costs associated with the connection;
a reasonable and precise timetable for receiving and processing the request for grid connection;
a reasonable indicative timetable for any proposed grid connection. The overall process to become connected to the grid should be no longer than 24 months, bearing in mind what is reasonably practicable and non-discriminatory;
provide standardised and simplified procedures for the connection of distributed high-efficiency cogeneration producers to facilitate their connection to the grid.
The standard rules referred to in point (a) shall be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria taking particular account of all the costs and benefits associated with the connection of those producers to the grid. They may provide for different types of connection.
ANNEX XIII
Minimum items to be included in energy performance contracts with the public sector or in the associated tender specifications
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ANNEX XV
Correlation table
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Directive 2004/8/EC |
This Directive |
|
Article 1 |
Article 1(1) |
|
Article 2 |
Article 1(1) |
|
Article 3, point (a) |
Article 2, point (30) |
|
Article 3, point (b) |
Article 2, point (32) |
|
Article 3, point (c) |
Article 2, point (31) |
|
Article 3, point (d) |
Article 2, point (33) |
|
Article 3, points (e) and (f) |
— |
|
Article 3, point (g) |
Article 2, point (35) |
|
Article 3, point (h) |
— |
|
Article 3, point (i) |
Article 2, point (34) |
|
Article 3, point (j) |
— |
|
Article 3, point (k) |
Article 2, point (36) |
|
Article 3, point (l) |
Article 2, point (37) |
|
Article 3, point (m) |
Article 2, point (39) |
|
Article 3, point (n) |
Article 2, point (38) |
|
Article 3, point (o) |
— |
|
— |
Article 2, points (40), (41), (42), (43), and (44) |
|
Article 4(1) |
Annex II, point (f), first subpoint |
|
Article 4(2) |
Article 14(10), second subparagraph |
|
Article 4(3) |
— |
|
Article 5 |
Article 14(10), first subparagraph and Annex X |
|
Article 6 |
Article 14(1) and (3), Annex VIII and IX |
|
Article 7(1) |
Article 14(11) |
|
Article 7(2) and (3) |
— |
|
Article 8 |
Article 15(5) |
|
— |
Article 15(6), (7), (8) and (9) |
|
Article 9 |
— |
|
Article 10(1) and (2) |
Article 14(1) and 24(2), Annex XIV, Part 2 |
|
Article 10(3) |
Article 24(6) |
|
Article 11 |
Article 24(3) |
|
— |
Article 24(5) |
|
Article 12(1) and (3) |
— |
|
Article 12(2) |
Annex II, point (c) |
|
Article 13 |
Article 22(2) |
|
Article 14 |
— |
|
Article 15 |
Article 28 |
|
Article 16 |
— |
|
Article 17 |
Article 29 |
|
Article 18 |
Article 30 |
|
Annex I |
Annex I, Part II |
|
Annex II |
Annex I, Part I and Part II, last subparagraph |
|
Annex III |
Annex II |
|
Annex IV |
Annex VIII |
|
— |
Annex IX |
|
Directive 2006/32/EC |
This Directive |
|
Article 1 |
Article 1(1) |
|
Article 2 |
Article 1(1) |
|
Article 3, point (a) |
Article 2, point (1) |
|
Article 3, point (b) |
Article 2, point (4) |
|
Article 3, point (c) |
Article 2, point (6) |
|
Article 3, point (d) |
Article 2, point (5) |
|
— |
Article 2, points (2) and (3) |
|
Article 3, point (e) |
Article 2, point (7) |
|
Article 3, points (f), (g), (h) and (i) |
— |
|
— |
Article 2, points (8) to (19) |
|
Article 3, point (j) |
Article 2, point (27) |
|
— |
Article 2, point (28) |
|
Article 3, point (k) |
— |
|
Article 3, point (l) |
Article 2, point (25) |
|
— |
Article 2, point (26) |
|
Article 3, point (m) |
— |
|
Article 3, point (n) |
Article 2, point (23) |
|
Article 3, point (o) |
Article 2, point (20) |
|
Article 3, point (p) |
Article 2, point (21) |
|
Article 3, point (q) |
Article 2, point (22) |
|
Article 3, points (r) and (s) |
— |
|
— |
Article 2, points (24), (29), (44) and (45) |
|
— |
Article 3 |
|
— |
Article 4 |
|
Article 4 |
— |
|
Article 5 |
Articles 5 and 6 |
|
Article 6(1)(a) |
Article 7(8), points (a) and (b) |
|
Article 6(1)(b) |
Article 18(3) |
|
Article 6(2) |
Article 7(1), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11) and (12) |
|
— |
Article 7(2) and (3) |
|
Article 6(3) |
Article 18(2), points (b) and (c) |
|
Article 6(5) |
— |
|
Article 7 |
Article 17 |
|
Article 8 |
Article 16(1) |
|
— |
Article 16(2) and (3) |
|
Article 9(1) |
Article 19 |
|
Article 9(2) |
Article 18(1), point (d), subpoint (i) |
|
— |
Article 18(1), points (a), (b), (c), (d), subpoint (ii), and (e) |
|
Article 10(1) |
Article 15(4) |
|
Article 10(2) |
Article 15(3) |
|
— |
Article 15(7), (8) and (9) |
|
Article 11 |
Article 20 |
|
Article 12(1) |
Article 8(1) |
|
Article 12(2) |
— |
|
— |
Article 8(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) |
|
Article 12(3) |
— |
|
Article 13(1) |
Article 9 |
|
Article 13(2) |
Article 10 and Annex VII, point 1.1 |
|
Article 13(3) |
Annex VII, points 1.2 and 1.3 |
|
— |
Article 11 |
|
— |
Article 12 |
|
— |
Article 13 |
|
— |
Article 15(1) and (2) |
|
— |
Article 18(2), points (a) and (d) |
|
— |
Article 21 |
|
Article 14(1) and (2) |
Article 24(1) and (2) |
|
Article 14(3) |
— |
|
Article 14(4) and (5) |
Article 24(3) |
|
— |
Article 24(4) and (7) to (11) |
|
— |
Article 22(1) |
|
Article 15(1) |
Article 22(2) |
|
Article 15(2), (3) and (4) |
— |
|
— |
Article 23 |
|
— |
Article 25 |
|
Article 16 |
Article 26 |
|
Article 17 |
Article 27 |
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Article 18 |
Article 28 |
|
Article 19 |
Article 29 |
|
Article 20 |
Article 30 |
|
Annex I |
— |
|
Annex II |
Annex IV |
|
Annex III |
— |
|
Annex IV |
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( 1 ) OJ L 304, 14.11.2008, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114.
( 3 ) OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36.
( 4 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
( 5 ) OJ L 216, 20.8.2009, p. 76.
( 6 ) OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30.
( 7 ) OJ L 343, 23.12.2011, p. 91.
( 8 ) OJ L 24, 29.1.2008, p. 8.
( 9 ) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
( 10 ) OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4.
( *1 ) OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13.’;
( 11 ) OJ L 338, 17.12.2008, p. 55.
( 12 ) OJ L 381, 28.12.2006, p. 24.
( 13 ) OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 46.
( 14 ) Member States may apply different conversion factors if these can be justified.
( 15 ) Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 1).
( 16 ) Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (OJ L 145, 31.5.2011, p. 1).
( 17 ) Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 51).
( 18 ) Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1).
( 19 ) The amount of thermal energy needed to satisfy the heating and cooling demand of end-users.
( 20 ) The most recent data available should be used.
( 21 ) The most recent data available should be used.
( 22 ) The identification of ‘renewable cooling’ shall, after the methodology for calculating the quantity of renewable energy used for cooling and district cooling is established in accordance with Article 35 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, be carried out in accordance with that Directive. Until then it shall be carried out according to an appropriate national methodology.
( 23 ) The analysis of the economic potential should present the volume of energy (in GWh) that can be generated per year by each technology analysed. The limitations and interrelations within the energy system should also be taken into account. The analysis may make use of models based on assumptions representing the operation of common types of technologies or systems.
( 24 ) Including the assessment referred to in Article 15, paragraph 7 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
( 25 ) The cut-off date for taking into account policies for the baseline scenario is the end of the year preceding to the year by the end of which the comprehensive assessment is due. That is to say, policies enacted within a year prior to the deadline for submission of the comprehensive assessment do not need to be taken into account.
( 26 ) This overview shall include financing measures and programmes that may be adopted over the period of the comprehensive assessment, not prejudging a separate notification of the public support schemes for a State aid assessment,