"Green" policies are destroying this country

Well I've been working in the medical device industry for 10 years and it is creating chaos with product design, quality, regulatory and clinical approval.

A new package of regulations approved by EU politicians yesterday could force a rethink of that approach. They have to be approved by member states before becoming law, but if passed, they would place more emphasis on upgrading the least efficient buildings.

They would require all buildings to have a minimum rating of E by 2030 and D by 2033, with a long-term goal of renovating all to zero-emission standard by 2050.

3. Are you decoupling electricity prices from gas with this revision? 

The more we support the deployment of renewable energy sources and non-fossil fuel flexibility solutions such as demand response and storage, the less our electricity systems will depend on fossil fuel generation, and the lower electricity prices will be. Until these solutions are more widespread, we need to structure consumer contracts in a way that reduces their volatility, and decouples citizens' energy bills from the prices in short-term wholesale markets. The reform thus ensures that all citizens have the right to choose long-term fixed-price contracts. This will, in practice, reduce their exposure to any price surge, like the fluctuating bills of the past 18 months.

Overall, the idea of decoupling consumer electricity bills from the price of gas has been one of the most important drivers for the policy proposals in this reform. While the proposed measures do not affect the price formation in the short-term markets, the reform changes the way infra-marginal generators are remunerated. In other words, even though the generators will continue to be active on the short term market, the volatile short term market price will no longer determine their revenues. Revenues will instead be more shaped by long-term contracts, such as power purchase agreements and so-called two-way contracts for difference, depending on whether the installation was privately or publicly funded. Power purchase agreements will contribute to put the electricity costs of companies and industrial players on a more stable and crisis-proof footing. At same the time, the pay-out that is generated by CfDs when market prices become high will have to be used by Member States to directly lower the electricity bills of all electricity customers (including companies and industry). These solutions will also provide consumers with direct access to the benefits of affordable electricity supply, while ensuring financial resources and predictability to facilitate the deployment of renewable and low carbon energy that will decrease the role of gas in setting the power price.

Under the proposed reform, smaller consumers will also be able to make their bills less dependent on gas prices thanks to a better access to low-cost renewables through energy sharing arrangements. Energy sharing provides the opportunity to a wider group of consumers to access self-generated renewable energy, whether shared by an individual prosumer with other consumers, or shared between two or more consumers that co-own, lease or rent an off-site generation facility.