Introduction to Panel 2 Policy: governance, design, implementation and evaluation challenges

摘要

The year 2017 will be a big year for European energy policy. The ‘Clean Energy for all Europeans’ package, which contains the legislative proposals framing future energy policy in the European Union, was released at the end of 2016 and is being negotiated in the European Council and European Parliament in 2017. Energy efficiency plays a fundamental role across the legislative files in the package, which include revisions to the Energy Efficiency Directive and Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, a new proposal for Governance of the Energy Union, and revisions to legislation driving the Internal Energy Market and delivering energy security. The package reminds us of the importance of energy efficiency in meeting climate and energy goals, and of a governance framework that incorporates energy efficiency across policy dossiers through a focus on “efficiency first”.