Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/807 of 15 December 2022 on revising the primary energy factor for electricity in application of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/807of 15 December 2022on revising the primary energy factor for electricity in application of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/ECOJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1., and in particular Article 22(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)Pursuant to the provision in footnote 3 in Annex IV to Directive 2012/27/EU, by 25 December 2022 and every four years thereafter, the Commission is to revise the default coefficient on the basis of observed data.(2)The Commission has carried out a study on the review of the primary energy factor (PEF) in order to reflect the technological progress and the growing share of renewable energy sources in the electricity generation sector since 2018.(3)The study supports the methodology set out in Recital 40 of Directive (EU) 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective (EU) 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 210). which uses the "physical energy content" accounting method for nuclear electricity and heat generation, the "technical conversion efficiency" method for electricity and heat generation from fossil fuels and biomass, and the direct equivalent method based on the "total primary energy" approach for non-combustible renewable energy.(4)The study acknowledges the need to use a forward looking PEF in order to reflect the impact of energy efficiency in the future. Therefore, the revision of the default coefficient follows the methodology set out in Recital 40 of Directive (EU) 2018/2002, and based on the observed data, selects as the default coefficient the average PEF value for 2024 and 2025.(5)Annex IV to Directive 2012/27/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: