Energy Community supports Ukraine's National Energy Efficiency Action Plan to 2020
This was discussed at a
meeting between Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development,
Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadii
Zubko and Director the European Energy Community Secretariat
Janez Kopač.
Hennadii Zubko said that the Ministry
of Regional Development approved a National Energy Efficiency Action Plan to
2020, which should be approved by the Government.
"The Energy
Community has considered this project and supported it completely," Janez Kopač informed.
Janez Kopač has assured
that the Energy Community supports steps undertaken by the Government of
Ukraine in the preparation and development of legislation in the field of
energy efficiency.
However, he noted that
the Energy Community expressed a number of comments and suggestions on the bill
On Energy Efficiency in Buildings owing to non-compliance of its provisions with
requirements of the EU Directive on the energy efficiency of buildings.
Hennadii Zubko made a proposal to agree
the text of the bill with the requirements of the relevant Directives during
the preparation of the bill for the second reading in the Parliament.
In particular, the
parties agreed that the requirement to provide mandatory certification of
energy efficiency of buildings, which are transferred to the ownership or lease
holders, may be delayed in the law for a specified period.
"First, it is
necessary to create a civilized market with transparent conditions for
providing such services in Ukraine and only then introduce it mandatory
provision," Hennadii Zubko
underlined.
The Vice Prime Minister
of Ukraine said that the Government can submit this bill to the Parliament at
the current session.
The participants of the
meeting also discussed the preparation of the draft Law of Ukraine On Effective Use of Energy Resources, which in particular proposed
to introduce energy labeling and standardization, energy audit and management.