Aktionsplan für erschwingliche Energie erschwingliche, zuverlässige und saubere Energie für alle Städte und Regionen der EU
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- Klimawandel und Energie
- Energieeffizienz
- Energiewende
- EU-Energiepolitik
- Europäischer Grüner Deal
Opinion number:
CDR-1119-2025
Status:
Verabschiedet
Objective
Develop concrete proposals and recommendations to ensure all regions and cities have access to affordable, secure, clean, and stable energy. This includes addressing energy poverty affecting 47 million Europeans and supporting businesses facing high energy costs compared to global competitors.
Strengthen the role of cities and regions in implementing EU energy policies, ensuring that local authorities have the tools, resources, and governance structures needed to deliver Europe’s climate and energy ambitions effectively.
Tackle social inequalities arising from the energy transition by promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy and benefit-sharing mechanisms. Empower citizens, SMEs and vulnerable consumers to participate actively in the clean energy transition.
Foster stronger coordination across all levels of government and reinforce international energy diplomacy. Use platforms like COP30 to promote cooperation, deliver Europe’s message, and support a global, fair and local-driven clean energy transition.
Strengthen the role of cities and regions in implementing EU energy policies, ensuring that local authorities have the tools, resources, and governance structures needed to deliver Europe’s climate and energy ambitions effectively.
Tackle social inequalities arising from the energy transition by promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy and benefit-sharing mechanisms. Empower citizens, SMEs and vulnerable consumers to participate actively in the clean energy transition.
Foster stronger coordination across all levels of government and reinforce international energy diplomacy. Use platforms like COP30 to promote cooperation, deliver Europe’s message, and support a global, fair and local-driven clean energy transition.
Impact
The proposal for a Directive on permitting included in the European Grids Package reflects the recommendations set out in this opinion, notably on the simplification and digitalisation of permitting procedures to avoid bottlenecks and grid congestion. The forthcoming Citizens’ Energy Package will address the key points highlighted in the opinion on fostering social acceptance of renewable energy projects and will provide further guidance on energy communities.
The CoR opinion called for the acceleration of permitting for renewable energy projects, identifying administrative delays as one of the main obstacles to timely deployment. It also proposed the establishment of an EU-wide digital permitting system to reduce bureaucracy and support faster approvals at local level.
In line with the CoR’s proposals, the European Commission has responded swiftly by introducing measures to simplify and accelerate permitting procedures. The CoR’s priorities on simplification, acceleration, and digitalisation of the permitting process are shared by both the European Commission and the European Parliament.
The CoR opinion called for the acceleration of permitting for renewable energy projects, identifying administrative delays as one of the main obstacles to timely deployment. It also proposed the establishment of an EU-wide digital permitting system to reduce bureaucracy and support faster approvals at local level.
In line with the CoR’s proposals, the European Commission has responded swiftly by introducing measures to simplify and accelerate permitting procedures. The CoR’s priorities on simplification, acceleration, and digitalisation of the permitting process are shared by both the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS (CoR)
- welcomes the European Commission’s seven specific actions to urgently bring energy prices down, built on the APAE, and calls for transparency and strong multilevel governance;
- recommends introducing a territorial dimension in energy affordability measures to ensure that all cities and regions, including rural, insular, mountainous and outermost areas receive targeted support adapted to their specific constraints;
- calls for LRAs to be equipped with the competences, skills, resources and institutional support needed to ensure their full involvement in planning and executing both short-term and structural measures required to achieve the EU’s energy and climate goal;
- stresses the role of municipal waste incineration in significantly strengthening local energy independence, providing stable, affordable and locally sourced power and heat, as well as accelerating the energy transition;
- supports an all-sector approach to achieving the EU’s ambitious 2030 and 2050 climate targets; points to forecasts that transport and heating costs could rise by 30-40% by 2030 due to ETS2;
- urges the Member States to actively participate in the EU’s Energy Poverty Advisory Hub, to strengthen local support, share best practices and enhance the capacity of LRAs to assist vulnerable households;
- emphasises the key role of long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) in ensuring a stable renewable energy supply and reducing exposure to price volatility; calls for broader use of PPAs by local and regional authorities;
- notes the establishment by the Commission of the Energy Union Task Force in June and underlines the importance of the local and regional perspectives on key areas of the Task Force’s activity.