CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE BY OMAKOTILIITTO Reduction of electricity transmission fees The Finnish Homeowners Alliance, Omakotiliitto, launched a citizens’ initiative demanding amendments to electricity market legislation to make electricity transmission tariffs more equitable. Over the past decade, transmission tariffs in Finland have doubled, weakening Finnish citizens purchase as much as half a billion…
The European Commission set to impose minimum standards for buildings in Europe 14 October 2020 Brussels, Belgium On 14 October 2020, the European Commission publishes its Renovation Wave strategy which outlines its action plan for the decarbonisation of the building stock, pending the revision of numerous legislative texts in 2021. The…
UIPI’s take on the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive September 2020 Brussels, Belgium As part of its broader Green Deal platform, the European Commission has listed the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive as one of its key objectives and priorities. The intention is to align taxation of energy…
UIPI gets involved in tackling energy poverty in Europe September 2020 Brussels, Belgium Around 50 million households in the European Union are estimated to be living in energy poverty, unable to afford the energy needed to adequately heat or cool their homes. It’s caused by a combination of factors including high energy costs, low household incomes and energy inefficient buildings and can have severe impacts on health and wellbeing. Energy poverty is recognised as a priority issue under the European Green Deal and the Clean Energy Package. The EU objectives are to collect better data on space cooling and summer overheating, the incorporation of gender, housing and regional differences in energy poverty measurement and policy and to compile and to evaluate best practices at the local level. Within this context, UIPI joins ENPOR, in order to investigate in a constructive manner how to tackle energy poverty in the European Private Rented Sector (PRS). Share of households in energy poverty in the…
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