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The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7

The European Commission’s Recommendation on Energy Poverty and accompanying Staff Working Document offer an unprecedented, ambitious statement, that CEES welcomes - but mixes up the distinction between *activities in the energy market* and *ways of governing the energy system* For the first time, the European Commission spells out that #EnergyPoverty concerns all countries in Europe. There is now a strong urge to address the issue once and for all, with long-term solutions, tackling structural inequalities 🎉🎉 Among these recommendations is a recognition of the importance of citizen empowerment and of the role energy communities can play in tackling energy poverty 👏👏 Unfortunately, the Recommendation itself confuses the distinction between activities in the energy market and ways of governing the energy system. Collective self-consumption and energy sharing are activities that can be facilitated or undertaken by other actors, not just #EnergyCommunities (this is currently being discussed in the revisions of the Electricity Market Directive). Energy communities are a *unique* way of governing the energy system: they are the only form of collective governance of the energy system, enabling the participation of citizens, formalised by the EU. While we regret this mix-up in the actual Recommendation, the accompanying Staff Working Document largely rectifies this confusion. It underlines the untapped potential of energy communities as a “value driven, and community rooted business model (…) to create social cohesion, improve citizens’ understanding of the issues related to energy, climate and democracy, and trigger energy savings.” As a way of showcasing that potential, a number of results and examples from the CEES project are referenced, including the CEES survey carried out by the University of Birmingham and community projects Repowering London and Énergie Solidaire. Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3Qje1b7