Prah doma se še niti ni polegel glede bliskovitega kariernega skoka in Alenka še niti ni zasedla fotelja podpredsednice Evropske komisije, pristojne za energetsko unijo, vendar so ji v bruseljeskem think-tanku Bruegel že začrtali koordinate njenega dela: integracija nacionalnih energetskih trgov, varnost ponudbe energentov, bolj učinkoviti ukrepi za doseganje ciljev do 2030 glede dekarbonizacije, obnovljivih virov energije in učinkovite rabe energije. Alenki ne bo dolgčas in veliko se bo naučila.

Tudi visoke politike, kajti zagotavljanje dolgoročne stabilnosti in varnosti dobave predvsem zemeljskega plina bo zaradi rusko – zahodnega konflikta ključna postavka njenega mandata. Torej Nabucco namesto Južnega toka.

Recent events have undermined some of the assumptions on which the 2020 package was built, and the policies for achieving the 2020 targets – although at first sight effective – are far from efficient.

Policy challenge: To meet the EU’s objectives for emissions, electricity supply and gas security of supply, well-designed European markets could provide better results at lower cost than uncoordinated national approaches. In other areas – such as energy efficiency and supporting innovation – markets alone might not be enough. Europe should thus rethink its quantitative headline targets for 2030.The proposed 40 percent decarbonisation target is in line with a stronger emission allowance market, but the target for renewables should be defined in terms of innovation rather than deployment, and the energy-efficiency target should be defined in terms of encouraged energy and cost savings, not the amount of energy consumed in a certain period.

Vir: Bruegel