GEN – 1440.00. On 15 November 2022, the Commission published a series of reports and documents accompanying the 7th State of the Energy Union report (published on 18 October).
Key documents include:
1.Draft Guidance to Member States for the update of the 2021-2030 national energy and climate plans
With EU countries required to update their NECPs by June 2023, the Commission is offering them guidance on how best to reflect the various policy changes that have been introduced in the past few years and increase their energy and climate ambition towards climate neutrality.
2.Draft Guidance on Cost-Benefit Sharing in Cross-border Renewable Energy Cooperation Projects
With many administrative issues hindering cross-border cooperation, notably on how to share costs and benefits, the document provides guidance on how to find mutually beneficial solutions to these issues. This Autonomous Act will be published as a Guidance Communication in all EU languages in due course.
3.Implementing Regulation on structure, format, technical details and process for the integrated national energy and climate progress reports
Member States are required to submit, by 15 March 2023, their first progress reports on how their respective NECPs are being implemented. This regulation provides the format and technical details for these biennial progress reports.
Other documents published:
- Report on the achievement of the 2020 renewable energy targets
- Report on the achievement of the 2020 energy efficiency targets
- Report on energy subsidies in the EU
- 2022 Progress report on competitiveness of clean energy technologies
- Report on the performance of support for electricity from renewable sources granted by means of tendering procedures in the Union
In total, the Commission has published 2 Autonomous Acts, 5 reports, and an Implementing Regulation.
Recommended actions
Interested Members are invited to assess the published documents.
Related documents and links
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- GEN – 1440.01 – State of the Energy Union 2022
- GEN – 1440.02 – Guidance to MS for updated NECPs 2021-2030
- GEN – 1440.03 – Annex – Guidance to MS for updated NECPs 2021-2030
- GEN – 1440.04 – Communication – Guidance on cost-benefit sharing in CB RES cooperation projects
- GEN – 1440.05 – Annex – Guidance on cost-benefit sharing in CB RES cooperation projects
- GEN – 1440.06 – Regulation MS reporting of information in the governance of the energy union
- GEN – 1440.07 – Annex – Regulation MS reporting of information in the governance of the energy union
- GEN – 1440.08 – 2022 Report on the achievement of the 2020 renewable energy targets
- GEN – 1440.09 – 2022 Report on the achievement of the 2020 Energy Efficiency targets
- GEN – 1440.10 – 2022 Report on energy subsidies in the EU
- GEN – 1440.11 – Progress on competitiveness of clean energy technologies
- GEN – 1440.12 – Report on the performance of support for electricity from RES
- Implementing the Energy Union: Commission reports on energy transition progress
