EC DELAYS ENERGY EFFICIENCY PAPER
September 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has missed a second deadline for adoption of its long-awaited plan for energy saving in the 25-member European Union (EU), triggering suspicions that Brussels is turning lukewarm on the policy. Energy spokesman Ferran Taradellas told Utility Week that "the policy is certainly not being abandoned", adding there could be an announcement "within a few days" (ie in early October) about the plan, which would aim to curb EU energy consumption by 20% by 2020. However Mr Taradellas did not deny that there were ...
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