The European Commission is examining possible plans to impose a gas price cap, reform the electricity market and within the European Union. saving electricity, apart from what has already been implemented to reduce gas demand, in response to the rise in electricity bills.
This was confirmed on Thursday by the Deputy Director General of the European Commission’s DG Energy. Mechthild WorsdörferIn her speech at the European Parliament, Community President Ursula von der Leyen made a speech in which she opened the door to an emergency response to the electricity market and reviewed the measures implemented in the EU and possible new actions to address reform. Russian energy “blackmail”.
Wörsdörfer informed MEPs that Brussels is examining application options internally gas price ceilingTaking into account those already implemented in the EU, such as the Iberian exception implemented by Spain and Portugal.
“We’re looking at caps on gas prices, we’re seeing which option is possible, and we’ve got technical seminars (…) we will see the different possibilities in full swing and we would like to see the comments of the Member States.” Measures to intervene in the market were discussed.
Regarding the high electricity price, the senior community official confirmed that Brussels is working to apply “emergency measures“It brought up the idea of adopting European plans for the short term and to reduce electricity demand.
In the longer term, the European Commission is working on a reform in the design of the energy market, with the idea that the high gas price does not affect the cost of other energies. Emphasizing that Community Management is facing this structural reform, Wörsdörfer said, “We are looking at options to optimize and reform the market. But this takes time, Von der Leyen cannot promise for tomorrow.” “open minded”, Without excluding options in the face of the “difficult situation” that Europe is going through.
“We are aware that reform needs to be made, it cannot be done overnight, but we are trying what to do To avoid the situation we are in now,” he deepened.
In any case, the representative of the European Commission evaluated the already signed agreements at EU level. Twenty seven He stressed that gas demand reduction plans have been approved in record time and will enable a coordinated and efficient meeting of savings while minimizing the impact on citizens and companies.
The voluntary plans adopted by Twenty-Seven aim to reduce demand by 15 percent. Spain and Portugal Since it is an energy island, ambition has been reduced to 7 percent. According to Wörsdörfer, the first reports on the measure will come in October and Member States will be able to impose a warning so that plans become mandatory if the situation worsens.