SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

NGO Regulatory Assistance Project calls on EU to further synchronise gas transition with transition of electricity sector

Brussels, 25/08/2022 (Agence Europe)

In a report published on Wednesday 24 August, the NGO Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) sets out a five-point plan to reduce the EU’s fossil gas consumption. In particular, the organisation criticises the EU for following an approach that focuses too much on decarbonising gas rather than decarbonising end uses.

According to Jan Rosenow, director of the RAP and one of the authors of the report, “the gas transition needs to happen in synchronisation with the power sector transition”,...