The Energy Charter Experience:
Making energy efficiency Work
for diverse economies through
international cooperation
Policy Challenges on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Tallinn, 18-19 October, 2012
Bilyana Chobanova
Expert energy efficiency, Energy Charter Secretariat
Energy Charter and PEEREA
December 17, 1994
Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and Protocol on Energy Efficiency
and Related Environmental Aspects (PEEREA) signed
April, 1998
ECT and PEEREA came into full legal force
ECT and PEEREA signed by 51 states + European Union
Currently
ECT and PEEREA ratified by 46 states
Signatories: Australia, Belarus, Iceland, Norway and Russian
Federation
Observers: 24 states; 10 organisations
ECT Members and Observers
Diversity in Member Countries
GDP/capita:
Population:
Area:
Energy Intensity:
2.000 to 140,000 USD (2010) at PPP
36,000 to 142,000,000 people
160 to 17,000,000 sq. kilometers
0.098 to 0.738 toe/thousand USD ppp
0.092 to 2.54 toe/thousand USD
CO2 per capita:
845 to 24,833 kg CO2/person
TPES
1,700 to 647,000 ktoe
Energy self-sufficiency 1.5% to 756% production/TPES
Energy intensity in selected
Member States
toe per thousand 2005 USD PPP
0.50
0.47
0.45
0.42
0.40
0.33
0.35
0.30
0.23 0.23
0.25
0.20
0.15
0.15
0.25
0.22
0.21
0.15 0.15
0.12
0.14
0.16
0.11
0.10
0.05
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Source: IEA online energy statistics, 2012
Energy intensity in selected
Member States
0.80
OECD Total
OECD Europe
toe per thousand 2005 USD PPP
0.70
Azerbaijan
Georgia
0.60
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
0.50
Mongolia
0.40
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.30
Bulgaria
Denmark
0.20
Estonia
Finland
0.10
Norway
Sweden
0.00
2000
2005
2008
2009
Source: IEA online energy statistics, 2012
2010
PEEREA – Protocol on Energy Efficiency
and Environmental Related Aspects
“Defines policy principles for the promotion of energy
efficiency as a considerable source of energy and for
consequently reducing adverse environmental impacts
of energy system”
Objectives are:
 Promotion of energy efficiency policies;
 Creation of framework conditions for efficient
use of energy;
 Fostering co-operation in the field of energy
efficiency.
Protocol for Energy Efficiency and
Related Environmental Aspects PEEREA
Contracting parties commit to:
 Formulate and implement EE strategies and policies
 Create appropriate legal, regulatory and institutional
frameworks
 Develop, implement, and update EE programmes
 Encourage new approaches of financing EE
 Co-operate internationally and assist each other
PEEREA – Possible Areas of Co-operation:
Development
of Programmes &
Regulatory measures
Technology transfer
R&D
Financing
Municipal and Local
Community Services
EE in
Buildings
Industry
Transport
Areas of Cooperation
Energy analysis
Education
Training
Information
EE in
Power Generation
The limit of PEEREA
Legally binding tool
Mechanisms of control:
Regular reviews and
In-depth EE reviews
All activities done
on a voluntary basis
PEEREA Activities
Review Progress in Member Countries
In-depth reviews (24 since 1999)
Regular reviews (61 since 1999)
Follow-up reviews (8 since 2004)
Regular updates from Members
Analytic Studies
20 reports since 1999
Progress reports to the Environment for Europe
process – for Kiev 2003 and Belgrade 2007
Events, information sharing, cooperation
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PEEREA Reviews
 Regular reviews – almost all member countries
and one observer (most recent: Italy, Croatia,
Jordan, Tajikistan)
 In-depth (peer) reviews - most recent Mongolia,
Bosna and Herzegovina, Georgia, Albania,
Republic of Belarus, Azerbaijan
In-depth review process
 Commitments by Parties as review hosts and review experts;
 Involvement of a wide variety of institutions, businesses and
non-governmental actors in the country;
 Discussion and approval in the PEEREA Working Group;
 Endorsement by the Energy Charter Conference.
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General and Economic Background
Main Energy Policy Highlights
Energy Pricing and Taxation
End-Use Sectors (Industry, Residential, Services, Transport…)
Energy Efficiency Policies and Programmes
Financing of Energy Efficiency Programs and Projects
Renewable Energy Policy
Energy Efficiency and the Environment
Organisation of Energy Efficiency Activities
Assessment of Progress
Recommendations
Review follow-up
 Assess effectiveness of recommendations
 Identify potential support activities for the implementation
of the recommendations
 Direct support to implementation of energy efficiency
 Facilitate practical partnerships between developed and
transition countries
 Identify capacity building needs and develop training
programmes for national and local decision makers
 Facilitate technology and best practise transfer in industry
sector
 Facilitate access to financing through improved
collaboration with donor and IFIs
Analytic studies
Sectors
Integrating RE
and EE
Institutions
Financing
Sectors:
Residential
SME
Transport
Public sector
Standards & Labeling
Institutions:
Advice on EE strategies
Impacts of market liberalisation
Fiscal Policies
Economic & Environmental
Policies
Removing Barriers
Financing:
Carbon trading
Energy Efficiency
Third Party Financing
Integrating RE and EE:
Policies
Transition process
RE on the demand side
Achievements of PEEREA
 Established strong platform for stimulating the
international and national dialogue on energy
efficiency
 Active support to the process of energy
efficiency implementation in countries with
different levels of development and energy
profiles
 Working with national policy makers and local
decision makers to promote of an integrated
approach to energy efficiency and to encourage
and support local authorities to develop and
implement sustainable local energy policy
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