T&E’s response to the European Commission's revision of the Governance Regulation

T&E welcomes the revision of Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action (Governance Regulation) as a key opportunity for shaping the EU’s post-2030 climate and energy architecture. The 2018 Regulation has played an important role in coordinating Member State planning and monitoring progress towards the EU’s 2030 climate and energy targets. However, the coming decade requires a more strategic framework capable of guiding the structural transformation of Europe’s energy system towards the 2040 climate target and climate neutrality in 2050 as enshrined in the Paris Agreement.

Recent geopolitical events, such as Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the US-Israel war on Iran, have reinforced the urgency of this transition. Europe’s energy dependence led to strong exposure to volatile fossil fuels markets and external suppliers, demonstrating that energy security and decarbonisation are key policy objectives in the post-2030 architecture. Strengthening Europe’s energy sovereignty therefore requires accelerating the shift toward domestically produced renewable energy while enhancing resilience.

In this context, T&E supports the European Commission’s objective to revise the Governance Regulation from a framework primarily focused on planning, monitoring and reporting for 2030 targets into a strategic piece for the EU’s post-2030 climate and energy architecture. T&E urges the European Commission to provide a framework capable of steering a predictable and coordinated clean energy transition across Member States.