An ex-ante evaluation of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive - Article 7

Rosenow, Jan; Leguijt, Cor; Pató, Zsuzsanna; Eyre, Nick; Fawcet, Tina

doi:10.5547/2160-5890.5.2.jros

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“…In reality, the EU itself and also most EU Member States employ a set of different energy efficiency policies rather than just one single instrument [13,12,23]. The idea that one policy instrument is used to address one particular policy goal (known as the Tinbergen rule) has long been discredited.…”

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“…A high frequency does not, however, automatically translate into a large amount of energy savings delivered but is rather a measure of how much attention policy makers pay to which type of instrument (so in a sense their instrument preferences). Analysis by Rosenow et al [23] provides an assessment of the contribution from different instrument types to the overall energy savings. Here, the focus is not on the amount of savings but on the frequency of particular measures.…”

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“…and b) a number of exemptions up to a maximum of a 25% reduction of the energy savings target. Most Member States made use of both options [23].…”

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The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

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A B S T R A C TTo meet global climate goals an energy transition is needed. However, energy transitions are complex and longterm processes and require a variety of public policy interventions to steer their direction and speed to achieve global climate change mitigation targets. One area where policy support is required is energy efficiency, which offers a high potential for carbon savings. It is widely acknowledged that energy efficiency improvements will need to be faster and deeper than is currently the case and this requires policy instrument mixes to support both those energy efficiency measures that are simple and cost-effective as well as more complex and costly technologies. In other words, policy mixes need to be well-targeted and comprehensive. In this paper, we address the issue of comprehensiveness in terms of technology-specificity and the level of complexity and costliness of energy efficiency measures. We use an existing dataset produced as part of a pan-European effort to understand instrument mixes in 14 EU Member States in the area of energy efficiency. Based on the empirical analysis and our segmentation of instrument types and their role in the overall mix, we illustrate the need for using a comprehensive instrument mix rather than single instruments.

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“…Other demand-side policies include measures 5 that promote energy efficiency and reduced energy consumption (as discussed in articles in Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy Symposium on "Energy Efficiency": Gandhi et al 2016;R. Hahn and Metcalfe 2016;Rosenow et al 2016;Houde and Spurlock 2016).…”

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Testing supply-side climate policies for the global steam coal market—can they curb coal consumption?

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2018

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The achieved international consensus on the 1.5-2°C target entails that most of current fossil fuel reserves must remain unburned. Currently, a majority of climate policies aiming at this goal are directed towards the demand side. In the absence of a global carbon regime these polices are prone to carbon leakage and other adverse effects. Supply-side climate policies present an alternative and more direct approach to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels by addressing their production. Here, coal as both, the most abundant and the most emissionintensive fuel, plays a pivotal role. In this paper, I employ a numerical model of the international steam coal market (COALMOD-World) to examine two alternative supply-side policies: 1) a production subsidy reform introduced in major coal producing countries, in line with the G20 initiative to reduce global fossil fuel subsidies; 2) a globally implemented moratorium on new coal mines. The model is designed to replicate global patterns of coal supply, demand and international trade. It features endogenous investments in production and transportation capacities in a multi-period framework and allows for substitution between imports and domestic production of steam coal. Hence, short-run adjustments (e.g. import substitution effects) and long-run reactions (e.g. capacity expansions) of exporting and importing countries are endogenously determined. Results show that a subsidy removal, while associated with a small positive total welfare effect, only leads to an insignificant reduction of global emissions. By contrast, a mine moratorium induces a much more pronounced reduction in global coal consumption by effectively limiting coal availability and strongly increasing prices. Depending on the specification of reserves, the moratorium can achieve a coal consumption path consistent with the 1.5-2°C target.

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“…These constitute valuable energy efficiency policy instruments [3,4] with more than 50 EEO schemes currently operating worldwide [5] through which countries strive to achieve their goals to decrease reliance on fossil fuels and increase energy efficiency. WCSs experienced an initial diffusion in the US, followed by a strong momentum in the EU [4] in the wake of the European Energy Efficiency Directive in 2012 [6]. Although several countries are evaluating the introduction of a national EEO scheme [7], further studies on the mechanisms underlying WCSs and their implications and effects are needed (see, e.g.…”

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A multi-stakeholder analysis of the economic efficiency of industrial energy efficiency policies: Empirical evidence from ten years of the Italian White Certificate Scheme

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An ex-ante evaluation of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive - Article 7

Cited by 28 publications

References 37 publications

The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

The need for comprehensive and well targeted instrument mixes to stimulate energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency policy

Testing supply-side climate policies for the global steam coal market—can they curb coal consumption?

A multi-stakeholder analysis of the economic efficiency of industrial energy efficiency policies: Empirical evidence from ten years of the Italian White Certificate Scheme

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