The Commission revealed the last piece of the puzzle for the EU’s 2030 Energy and Climate Package with a 30% energy efficiency target at today’s Press Conference about its Communication on Energy Efficiency. EuroACE urges Member States to make this target binding when it is proposed for adoption at the European Council in October.
“Such a weak figure for Energy Efficiency is inconsistent with what the market is asking, what citizens are asking, what member states are asking and even what evidence-based research is saying” explained Adrian Joyce, Secretary General of EuroACE. “The outgoing Commission is deliberately turning a blind eye to the increased benefits of setting a 40% Energy Efficiency target – acknowledged even in the Commission’s own Impact Assessment!”