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With the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, he Commission is setting policy measures to increase efforts in renewable energy. However, it does not necessarily encourage clean electrification, in particular of buildings, industry and H&C. This leads to vague/absent provisions on their flexible integration with the electricity system, notably in art. 15a (buildings), 22a (industry) and 23 (H&C).

With the proposal for the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), the Commission is setting policy measures to accelerate the renovation rate of buildings and to achieve the vision of a zero-emission building stock by 2050.

smartEn welcomes the launch of a consultation phase with stakeholders in view of the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). Considering the roadmap and scenarios proposed by the Commission in its Inception Impact Assessment, smartEn supports Option 3 to amend the EPBD in a coherent way with both the Renovation Wave and the Energy System Integration Strategies.

Corporate fleets make up six out of ten new car sales in the EU, giving them a pivotal role in transforming Europes vehicle stock - but equally importantly, their daily operations make them ideally suited for smart charging (V1G) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) solutions, from vehicle-to-grid (V2G) to vehicle-to-building (V2B).

With the Energy Efficiency Directive proposal, the Commission has timidly started to embrace a system efficiency perspective resulting from the activation of demand-side flexibility, although it is not fully compliant with its own Energy System Integration Strategy.

The new energy taxation system proposed by the Commission, applicable from 2023, considers electricity among the least taxed energy sources in view of fostering its use (i.e. 0,15 EUR/Gigajoule as for Advanced sustainable bioliquids, biogas and Renewable fuels of non-biological origin).

SmartEn strongly welcomes the Commissions housing simplification package as a timely opportunity to tackle Europes dual challenge: decarbonising our building stock while expanding home availability. However, to truly succeed, simplification must look beyond administrative streamlining and adopt a wide-lens approach to the key enablers of building transformation.

Although the Commission contemplates the use of various alternative fuels, with AFIR the Commission recognises the specific contribution of electricity in the transport sector and notably of smart charging to enable EVs to contribute to the flexibility of the energy system and to the further absorption of renewable electricity.

smartEn welcomes the launch of a consultation phase with stakeholders in view of the revision of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (AFID). We would like to highlight the following inputs on the published Roadmap/Inception Impact Assessment: • the scope of the identified Objectives and Policy Options to tackle Problems n.

smartEn is the European association representing the Flexible Demand Management Industry (FDMI), bringing together over 100 leading businesses across the DSF value chain. We welcome the ECs efforts to boost the decarbonisation of the EU economy through the Electrification Action Plan.

smartEn would like to contribute to the consultation on the Roadmap/Inception Impact Assessment with the following recommendations: • Revise the TEN-E Regulation in line with the Clean Energy Package The energy system of the past relies on large, centralised power plants that generate energy and send it across long distances over power grids that were built as a one-way street, sending energy from the producer to…

Feedback on the public consultation on the revision of the network code on requirements for grid connection of generators August 2026 smartEn, the European business association representing the Flexible Demand Management Industry, welcomes the European Commission’s work to modernise Europe’s electricity market framework and unlock the system value of distributed energy resources.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)