Kristian Ruby is secretary general of Eurelectric, the trade
association representing the electricity industry at European level.
Eurelectric published a set of recommendations for ETS trilogue negotiations in June.
EU member states in the Council agreed their position on the ETS reform in February, coming closer to the views of the European Parliament
which was pushing for a more ambitious reform. How do you see this
development as trilogue talks begin on Wednesday (13 September)?
Developments before the summer were indeed slightly surprising
because what the Council agreed was even more ambitious than what the
Parliament had voted.
Essentially, the Council put in place a provision that the surplus of
allowances in the carbon market can never be bigger than the amount of
allowances issued or auctioned the year before. So you’re essentially
putting an overall cap on the volume of emission allowances, which is
something new.
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