by admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
A handbook presenting various case studies and best practices on how to overcome energy poverty was recently published by the office of Tamás Meszerics (Member of the European Parliament) via The Greens/EFA group of the European Parliament. The document can be downloaded by clicking the link below:...
by admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Energia su misura: come far scegliere alle famiglie efficientamento e risparmio Green BIZ (04 luglio 2016) PROGETTO: USMARTCONSUMER – Rapporto Annuale Efficienza Energetica (RAEE) 2016 dell’ENEA (24 giugno 2016) – @SMART-UP Il progetto europeo SMART-UP – Rapporto Annuale Efficienza Energetica (RAEE) 2016 dell’ENEA (24 giugno 2016) – @SMART-UP A Teramo il convegno finale del progetto Enact sull’Energy Auditor – Canale Energia (20 giugno 2016) – @ENACT Giulianova. Enact Energy Auditor – L’opinionista (20 giugno 2016) – @ENACT L’energy auditor: una figura che ci aiuterà a risparmiare sui costi energetici, formata grazie al progetto Enact – Provincia Termo (20 giugno 2016) – @ENACT Conferenza finale Enact Audit energetici – Ordine Ingegneri di Teramo (20 giugno 2016) @ENACT Conferenza finale Enact – Collegio Geometri Teramo (10 giugno 2016) – @ENACT Cervetri, Smart-Up per i consumatori vulnerabili: al via il primo corso per operatori terzobinario.it (14 aprile 2016) @SMART-UP Domani a Cerveteri primo corso per operatori del progetto SMART UP – Altravocenews.it (13 aprile 2016) @SMART-UP Povertà energetica, se ne parla in un seminario a Cerveteri – Civionline (12 aprile 2016) @SMART-UP Efficienza energetica: un’opportunità di formazione gratuita dall’Europa – Donne in affari (8 aprile 2016) @ENACT Marina Varvesi su Enact Energy Auditor – Video intervista per Canale Energia su You Tube (7 aprile 2016) @ENACT Energy Auditor: un’opportunità di specializzarsi dall’Europa – Canale Energia (7 aprile 2016) @ENACT Agena Teramo: formazione per una nuova figura nel campo energetico – InAbruzzo (4 aprile 2016) @ENACT Un corso gratuito di Agena per professionisti dell’energia – Il Centro (1 aprile 2016) @ENACT Rete Renael: Energy Auditor e Convegno Energy Med – Regione Abruzzo (1 aprile 2016) @ENACT Agena forma i nuovi professionisti dell’energia – L’Opinionista (30 marzo 2016) @ENACT Teramo, in partenza un nuovo corso...
by admin | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
The 8th Citizens’ Energy Forum was held in London on February 23 – 24, 2016. The first edition of the Citizens’ Energy Forum was established by the European Commission in 2007 and since then, the Forum meets on an annual basis in London. The aim of the Forum is to create competitive, energy-efficient and fair retail markets for consumers. Several Working Groups have been established to focus on issues raised in the Forum, covering topics such as vulnerable consumers, price transparency, and consumers as energy market agents. In 2016, “the overall aim of the Forum is to explore consumers’ perspective and role in a competitive, ‘smart’, energy-efficient and fair energy retail market. This year’s meeting will in particular discuss the role and situation of consumers in a socially responsible and inclusive Energy Union, and forthcoming Commission proposals on a new market design for retail electricity and gas markets. The speed at which energy markets are developing is unprecedented, and consumers need a better understanding of how these markets operate. Commission proposals under its Energy Union strategy will seek a market design that delivers a New Deal for energy consumers through their empowerment and improved opportunities for participation in energy markets. One key goal in this respect will be to improve the situation for vulnerable consumers and those facing energy poverty against a backdrop of rising energy bills and stagnating or even falling household incomes. These aims are not new, but our efforts need to be intensified to achieve the optimal outcome for all household consumers.” The SMART-UP project was presented at the FORUM through the poster, roll-up and the...
by admin | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
INSIGHT_E has recently (May 2015) published a policy report titled “Energy poverty and vulnerable consumers in the energy sector across the EU” which provides a comprehensive analysis of policies and measures across the 28 EU Member States titles . This report is based on bilateral discussions with energy poverty stakeholders (academics, government or public administration officials, various practitioners) across the Member States. The key findings include: Key findings: definitions Definitions used for vulnerable consumers vary significantly across Member States, reflecting differences in problem identification and in approaches to action. Less than a third of Member States explicitly recognise concepts of energy poverty. Those that do see it as a linked yet distinctive problem from vulnerable consumer protection. Key findings: measures Financial interventions are a crucial means of short-term protection for vulnerable consumers. Many Member States use the social welfare system to both identify recipients of support and distribute payments. Enhanced targeting of energy-poor needs to be balanced against administrative complexity. Additional consumer protection measures focus on vulnerable consumer protection, and are dominated by disconnection protection. This category also has a diverse set of measures, primarily coordinated by regulators and energy supply companies. Many measures e.g. billing information, codes of conduct, debt protection are often most prevalent in strongly liberalised markets. Energy efficiency measures, particularly those focusing on building retrofit, are a key part of a strategy to address energy poverty. There is considerable scope for increased targeting of such measures, although this requires an understanding of which are the energypoor households. There are a wide range of approaches to implementation e.g. funding source, extent of targeting, implementing body. Such factors need to be considered in view...
