French power sector disputes EU-wide energy savings goal

(EurActiv, 9 Jul 2014) The French Union for Electricity (UFE), an industry trade group, sharply criticised the government's energy transition bill, calling on EU-wide targets for 2030 to be adjusted on a country-by-country basis. EurActiv France reports.

As Europe debates new energy policies for 2030, France’s new law on energy transition (LPTE) is increasingly coming under fire.

Although the bill was presented in late June, it will not be discussed in Parliament until the autumn.

“This bill does not respond to European concerns,” said the UFE's delegate general, Jean-François Raux, claiming that EU priorities are shifting.

"The question of competitiveness and supply security certainty will take centre stage," he said. "These are issues that cannot be separated from any energy transition legislation," he said, adding that the UFE shares "many points in common" with the European Commission's energy directorate on the matter.

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