Third Vice President and Minister for Ecological Transition, Theresa Rivera, noticed this friday That the measure proposed by Brussels to set targets for reducing electricity consumption should include a “flexibility margin” for each country..
“this commission should introduce a margin of flexibility at the national level“The vice-president drew attention after he expressed his participation in the implementation of such a consumption saving measure at a press conference after his meeting with EU energy ministers.
In this sense, Ribera The “global impact” of the measure may vary from country to country, depending on demand. or whether measures have been taken to achieve this goal and whether it can “become striking”.
In another step, the vice president added: “interesting” to have a consumption reduction target during peak hours although he explained that it is important to have an “overview” of each country’s “true margin”, “without creating distortions that make this goal difficult to achieve or that do not jeopardize the viability of productive tissue”.
“It is vital to include measures to save energy at the national level,” said the Minister for Ecological Transition, regarding the measure proposed by the Community Executive.
As the Third Vice-President stated, the state of the energy markets “has us The need to accelerate structural changes in energy policy guided by the principles of the Green Deal. as well as “structural changes to our regulation”.
Ribera defendedr “combine different tools” to “be effective” urged to promote the reduction of energy prices through voluntary, compulsory, joint and agreed measures at the national level in resolving the situation in the energy markets.
In addition, the Minister of Ecological Transition has detailed the willingness of some Member States in this regard. execute call”Iberian exception“consists of imposing a limit on the gas price in the wholesale electricity market for generation in combined cycle power plants.
Regarding the introduction of a cap on the price of natural gas in the Community market, the minister explained that there was a broad reaction among his European colleagues to impose a cap on the price of gas imported from Moscow.