Press Release: High Level Group looks at Europe’s long term energy future and related investment needs

The High Level Group (HLG) on Competitiveness, Energy and the Environment has adopted its second report, which looks at the long term energy future for Europe and investment in power generation and energy efficiency. It includes a number of concrete recommendations on how policy options can be developed to deliver a sustainable, low carbon, and competitive energy system for Europe’s future. Composed of high level stakeholders, the HLG looks at ways to foster consistency between policy and legislative initiatives and to contribute to creating a more stable, predictable and competitive regulatory framework (see IP/06/244, IP/06/226 and IP/06/729).