Proposal for a Directive on the Promotion of Cogeneration (Combined Heat and Power) based on Useful Heat Demand in the Internal Energy Market - Consultation

Note: This consultation has now closed. A summary of responses can be found here. Further information on the proposal is available at this page. The following material has been left in place for reference/archive purposes.

The European Union has published a Proposal for a Directive on the Promotion of Cogeneration based on Useful Heat Demand in the Internal Energy Market. Those who might be interested in the Proposal will include the electricity generation and distribution industries, operators of combined heat and power plants, manufacturers of CHP technology, the public sector, the construction industry, businesses, energy efficiency organisations, and other stakeholders.

A consultation on the proposal was launched on 25 September 2002 and interested parties are invited to read the letter issued by Defra, together with the European Commission's Published Document, and send their comments for consideration to officials at Defra by 21 December 2002.

A Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment on this proposal is now available (Adobe Acrobat format, 60kb)

European Commission documents

The letter issued by Defra includes specific links to the Commission's document and also to the Commission's Energy Green Paper. In the event that European Commission documents cannot be accessed via these links, the following references should assist readers in locating them:

• The main European Union web site is at this address
• European Union legal documents can be accessed at this site.
• The public register of Council Documents can be used to locate latest texts
• The current stage of the European Parliament's consideration can be obtained using the European Parliament's Legislative Observatory.