The European Commission has pushed its long-awaited Electrification Action Plan to July 22, according to its new agenda, postponing a flagship energy file that had been penciled in for June 10.
The plan appears as part of a broader “energy package” to be presented by Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera alongside an initiative on “network charges.” The same agenda also schedules an “orientation debate” on the review of the EU’s Emissions Trading System for June 24, ahead of the formal ETS review on July 15.
The Electrification Action Plan is meant to shift more of Europe’s industry, transport and heating away from fossil fuels and toward electricity, a central pillar for Brussels’ push to cut energy costs, boost competitiveness and reduce reliance on imported fuels.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised in April that the EU executive would present the plan “by the summer” with an “ambitious new target.”
