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Article by Tomasz Brzeziński, Adam Wawrzynowicz and Dagmara Dragan in the June issue of the of ‘The Natural Gas Review’

The June issue of “Przeglad Gazowniczy” published an article in which Tomasz Brzeziński, Adam Wawrzynowicz and Dagmara Dragan discussed amendments to the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU, which were introduced by Directive 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) of 11 December 2018, which is part of the “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package. (the so-called Winter Package). After adoption into Polish law, the changes will extend the scope of obligations related to the achievement of final energy consumption savings by the obliged entities and the obligations to provide end users with reliable and up-to-date information on their energy consumption.

Directive 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) of 11 December 2018 provides for the achieving of the energy efficiency target of 32.5% by 2030. In addition, it sets and increases targets for the level of final energy savings to be achieved by each Member State. The amending Directive introduces a number of changes to metering, but focuses in particular on the metering of heating, cooling and domestic hot water and on informing consumers about billing for energy consumption. The amendments introduced by the Amending Directive, after their adoption into Polish law, which is to take place, at the latest, by 25 June 2020, and in the case of rules concerning metering and information on energy consumption by 25 October 2020, will extend the scope of obligations related to obtaining final energy consumption savings by obliged entities and the obligations for the provision to end users of reliable and up-to-date information on their energy consumption.