Letters
Energy efficiency in the “Clean Energy for All” package: an economic opportunity, a societal imperative, a political commitment
To the kind attention of Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission Cc: College of Commissioners Brussels, 24 November 2016 Dear President, The business community has high expectations on the ambition of the forthcoming “Clean Energy for All” package....
The Energy Market Design Initiative is crucial to making or breaking the success of an Energy Union with a forward looking climate policy
Dear Vice-President Šefčovič, Commissioners Arias Cañete and Vestager The Energy Market Design Initiative is crucial to making or breaking the success of an Energy Union with a forward looking climate policy. It can deliver on multiple EU objectives; a greater focus...
Letter to President Juncker and VP Timmermans: Only a strengthening of both EED and EPBD at the same time will set the right EU regulatory framework
On behalf of the European Alliance to Save Energy (EU‐ASE), we are writing to express our full support for the ongoing work of the European Commission on the revision of both the EED and EPBD. An improved revision of both EED and EPBD would: i) enable citizens and...
Letter to President Juncker: 20 CEOs call for a much more ambitious energy efficiency target for 2030
In the year of delivery of the Energy Union, and seven months after the Paris Agreement, your own personal commitment is crucial to ensure that the EU initiates and implements energy policies able to ensure jobs and growth for our citizens and better market...
Letter to the European & Environment Councils: 70 companies and business organizations from energy efficiency and renewable sectors call Member States to recognize their cost-effective contribution to decarbonization
The European Union (EU) played a key role in making the Paris Agreement a cornerstone of global commitment to tackle the negative impact that climate change could have on our economies and societies. The EU must now reflect in a coherent way such an ambitious and...
Letter to MEPs: Business community calls for a 40% energy efficiency target in the Energy Union report
On behalf of the European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) and the energy efficiency business community, we are writing to express our full support for the creation of the Energy Union and to encourage EU institutions to place energy efficiency firmly at the forefront...
Letter to the Italian Minister for Economic Development: Italy to support a robust governance 2030
Nel nostro Paese la green economy ha contribuito e sta contribuendo in modo determinante a rilanciare la competitività del made in Italy. Una propensione che abbraccia tutti i settori della nostra economia – da quelli più tradizionali a quelli high tech,...
Letter to Energy Ministers: Efficiency First to be recognized also in the Council conclusions
We are writing to express our encouragement at the increased recognition that energy efficiency is being given in current discussion regarding the Energy Union. It is our hope that as those discussions advance toward revision of existing EU legislation in 2016, they...
Letter to MEPs: Energy Efficiency as a key pillar in the European Energy Security Strategy (EEES)
We are convinced that the decisions the EU will take in the next months over the priorities of its energy policy will be crucial to improve Europe’s competitiveness and the well-being of its citizens. We are therefore pleased that the European Parliament is...
EU-ASE letter to President Tusk and all 28 Heads of State and Government: Energy Union will succeed by putting Efficiency First
At the forthcoming European Council on 19-20 March you will be discussing further orientations in view of building an Energy Union. The European Council has regularly acknowledged that the cheapest and cleanest energy is that which is not used. The vision set out in...
