On Thursday 17 November, the European Commission sent a reasoned opinion to Slovenia, calling upon the country to comply with a provision of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency – more specifically, Article 1, paragraph 1 – which required the member states to carry out and submit to the Commission a full assessment of the potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling networks before 31 December 2015.
Under this provision,...