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Clean Energy Package definition

What does Clean Energy Package mean? In legal practice, Clean Energy Package (also called the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package) describes the EU’s 2016–2019 overhaul of energy law governing electricity market design, renewable energy and energy efficiency. It commonly arises in advice on licensing, grid access, PPAs, consumer rights and national energy and climate planning. The term is descriptive rather than a single statute; the core measures include the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II), Energy Efficiency Directive (EU) 2018/2002 (since recast), Electricity Regulation (EU) 2019/943, Electricity Directive (EU) 2019/944, Governance Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, Regulation (EU) 2019/941 on risk-preparedness, Regulation (EU) 2019/942 on...

EU Clean Energy Package: legislative framework, electricity market design, energy efficiency, renewables and consumer rights—overview with Green Deal and 2024 reform updates [Archived]

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Purpose

In late November 2016, the European Commission formally issued a Communication titled ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ as part of the Energy Union, intended to support and accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy (see Practice Note: EU 2050 low-carbon economy—snapshot). The Clean Energy Package—also referred to as the EU ‘Winter Package’ or ‘Winter Energy Package’—brought forward eight new legislative measures, designed to comprehensively reshape the electricity market, in practice, bolster security of energy supply, set governance rules and frameworks for the Energy Union, put Energy efficiency first, secure global leadership in renewables, on a global stage, and ensure a fair deal for consumers. The Energy Union, one of the Juncker Commission’s ten priorities, long served as the EU’s principal vehicle for, and contribution to, a comprehensive, worldwide move towards a low-carbon economy. Then, as now, indeed, the Commission sought EU leadership of the clean energy transition, viewing the package as a chance to modernise the EU economy while generating jobs and growth for all EU citizens. In addition, it directly underpinned delivery of the EU’s ambitious pledges under the UN Paris Agreement on Climate Change, on which...

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Laura Bolado

Laura worked in EU law for over two decades making it one her main area of expertise. In 2002 she worked for the European Commission (Brussels) and relocated to London in 2003 to work for the European Medicines Agency. There she gained first-hand experience on the functioning of the EU which she later applied in legal roles at pharmaceutical companies and law firms before turning to a more generalist approach to EU law at LexisNexis. At LexisNexis she helped develop and maintain EU Tracker (writing on the implementation of EU Directives in different EU jurisdictions, etc.) and assisted various departments with EU law matters in her EU Law Specialist capacity. Laura also delivered EU law training to several interns and legal professionals. Laura left LexisNexis in late 2013 to explore her options in different environments. In 2014 Laura lectured EU law at...

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