Kadri Simson

• Developing an integrated, interconnected and properly functioning European energy market.
• Ensuring rapid implementation of energy-efficiency and renewable-energy legislation, while assessing the need to review legislation where appropriate. 
• Implementing the European Green Deal in the energy sector and supporting Member States towards their goals, notably with National Energy and Climate Plans.
• Respecting the energy-efficiency-first principle, improving the energy performance of buildings and the rate of renovations.
• Promoting clean energy and renewables through better interconnectivity and energy storage.
• Scaling up investment in clean energy through the European Green Deal Investment Plan.
• Supporting smart integration of the electricity, heating, transport and industry sectors.
• Helping to meet the EU’s electricity interconnection target, enhancing cross-border and regional cooperation.
• Diversifying sources of supply at competitive prices, maximising the potential of affordable liquefied natural gas. 
• Contributing to the design of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the review of the Energy Taxation Directive.
• Further strengthening nuclear safety and safeguards, continuing nuclear decommissioning.
• Make full use of the EU Treaties in adopting proposals on energy by co-decision and qualified majority voting.
• Developing the Just Transition Fund to support those most affected by the ‘green transition’.
• Empowering consumers at the heart of the EU’s energy system.

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