Energy Saving Policies and Energy

Efficiency Obligation Scheme

EU-Observatory

Overview and feedback of ENSPOL

activities

3rd EU-Observatory, 13 June 2016, Brussels

Gregor Thenius, Austrian Energy Agency

Agenda

Part 1 | 14:20 – 15:20

EU-Observatory

Overview and feedback on ENSPOL activities, Gregor Thenius, AEA

Case studies: Italy, Alberto Pela, GSE

National Observatories

Overview and feedback on ENSPOL activities, Dario Di Santo, FIRE

Case studies: Croatia, Mia Dragovic, CEI

Stakeholder Knowledge Platform

Feedback on ENSPOL stakeholder platform, Emilie Carmichael, EST

Break (20 minutes)

Agenda

Part 2 | 15:40 – 16:15

Is there life after ENSPOL? The future of the ENSPOL Observatory

network & stakeholder platform

The strategy for the survival of the platform, Jose Manuel Vega, SEI

White Certificate Club, Christian Deconninck, ATEE

Plenary discussion (ending at 16:15)

Energy Saving Policies and Energy

Efficiency Obligation Scheme

EU-Observatories

The EU-Observatory…

Helps to set a common framework to understand

concepts related to the EED

Supports Member States (MS) in tailoring energy policy

schemes considering their respective national context.

Represents an additional forum to existing ones (e.g. CA

EED) where MS can informally exchange knowledge

and opinions about issues regarding the transposition of

the Article 7.

2 EU-Observatories so far

17 June 2015, Brussels | 16 March 2016, The Hague

Around 50 participants

delegates from a wide variety of EU Member States

representatives from Norway and EU level stakeholders

such as EURELECTRIC, CAN Europe, eu.bac ESCO, ECF,

EFIEES, Eurogas and Stefan Scheuer Consulting, eceee,

the Coalition for Energy Savings

Role of ESCOs

In some Member States the EEO has delivered

innovation in business models and a flourishing

ESCO market

Putting obligation on distributors positively influenced the

growth of ESCO markets (e.g. IT) whereas putting the

obligation on energy suppliers did not have the same

effect (e.g. FR)

Policy mixes under Article 7

In theory, what combinations of

instruments will be most effective?

In practice, which combinations are

being used in Article 7 submissions?

How do these compare?

Available for download on

www.enspol.eu

Energy Saving Policies and Energy

Efficiency Obligation Scheme

Results from the survey

on EU-Observatories

General feedback

Yes

No

I don't know

Have the EU-observatories helped to improve implementation of Article 7?

"Information exchange is crucial."

"Good MS sharing of ideas and actions to implement, manage and monitor."

"We already have an established method for Article 7, which is not influenced by the observatory."

"These workshops coming a bit late."

Feedback - Denmark

“The meetings were useful, but not directly useful for

the implementation of Article 7. We achieved new

information on the different countries with EEOs which

was useful for internal analysis.”

Feedback - France

„ENSPOL allowed us to learn about other existing schemes, look at similarities and differences and identify goodpractices“

„The meetings and observatories are a chance to meet withnational and European stakeholders to create a network of„article 7 experts“ and establish relationships withcounterparts in other MS that face the same difficulties andtry to answer the same questions.“

„Following these meetings, we are now in close cooperationwith the UK and Italy (for a start), with which we areorganising confcall/actual meeting to discuss in depthspecific rules and feedbacks (i.e.: fuel poverty alleviation in the UK).“

Feedback - topics

Which topics are you most interested in?

Methods for calculating energy

savings

Materiality & Additionally

Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes

Measurement and

verification

Double Counting

Cost effectiveness of measures

Trade with Certificates

Lifetime of

savings

Alternative measures

Free riders

Social Issues

Feedback - future

Should the EU Observatory be maintained / continue to exist once the ENSPOL project has ended (August 2016)?

75% Yes25% I don’t know

Feedback - stakeholders

Which other stakeholders should participate in the EU Observatory if it were maintained / continued after the ENSPOL project has ended (August 2016)?

Scheme administrators

European Commission

Relevant Ministries / government departments

Energy agencies

Industry associations

Energy suppliers

Energy Services

Companies (ESCOs)Regional /

local govern-

ment

DSOs

TSOs

Consumer associations

Policy researchers

Feedback – future roles

Information & discussion Research & analysis Advise implementation Advise interpretation Capacity building Maintenance of ENSPOLknowledge sharing

platform

What roles do you think the EU Observatory should / could play in supporting the implementation of Article 7 EED?

Not applicable

Could

Would

Should

Conclusions

EU observatories were well received

Interest in future activities

Wide variety of different stakeholders participating

Topics can be tackled from many different perspectives

Energy Saving Policies and Energy

Efficiency Obligation Scheme

Gregor Thenius

gregor.thenius@energyagency.at