Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system

Tabled by András Gyürk, Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Barbara Bonte, Nikola Bartůšek, Annamária Vicsek, Kinga Gál, András László, György Hölvényi, Anna Maria Cisint, Roberto Vannacci, Gerolf Annemans, Filip Turek, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Angéline Furet, Pascale Piera, Elisabeth Dieringer, Gerald Hauser, Harald Vilimsky, Georg Mayer, Viktória Ferenc, Petra Steger, Roman Haider, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Christophe Bay, Julien Leonardelli, André Rougé, Alexandre Varaut, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Rachel Blom, Ton Diepeveen, Marieke Ehlers, Sebastian Kruis, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Auke Zijlstra, Susanna Ceccardi, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, Julien Sanchez, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Séverine Werbrouck, Raffaele Stancanelli, Enikő Győri, Csaba Dömötör, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Ondřej Knotek, Ondřej Kovařík, Tomáš Kubín, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, António Tânger Corrêa, Aldo Patriciello, Tamás Deutsch, Tom Vandendriessche

1. Removed: Calls Added: Acknowledges that the electricity grid infrastructure plays an essential role in achieving the EU’s strategic autonomy; calls on the Member States to fully explore, optimise, modernise and expand their … grids to be the central element in the EU’s transition to a Removed: competitive, net zero economy by 2050, one Added: competitive economy that is capable of accommodating Removed: high volumes of variable renewable energy technologies Added: all available energy solutions through a technology-neutral approach and/or evolving demand sources driven by Removed: increased levels of electrification and the advancement of digital technologies; Removed: notes Added: underlines the Member States’ prerogative to determine their own energy mix; Added: considers technology neutrality to be a core principle;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE773.948v01-00