Parliament adopts the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
18 December 2018
The Parliament adopted the Energy Efficiency Directive during the plenary session on December 13. The main new provisions are:
- The headline target for energy efficiency for 2030 is 32.5% with an upwards review clause for 2023
- The agreement extends the annual energy saving obligation beyond 2020
- It allows for consumers to receive more frequent and useful information on their energy consumption by strengthening the rules on individual metering and billing provisions.
- Member States will be required to develop transparent, and publicly available national rules on the allocation of the cost of heating, cooling and hot water consumption in multi-apartment and multi-purpose buildings with collective systems for such services.
The next step is for the Council to adopt the final text, and the publication in the Official Journal is foreseen for early 2019. For further details you may see here the press releases from the Parliament and the Commission.
