Recommendations for strengthening the NECP process

The document argues that the current NECP process suffers from incomplete Member State reporting, outdated reporting categories, and poor data accessibility. It recommends that the European Commission enforce full reporting through 2050, expand the reporting template to include electrification rates, energy storage, demand-side flexibility, and grid planning, and mandate digital submissions to create a single, publicly available data source.

• Member States frequently fail to provide complete data for key energy metrics in the reporting template, with data coverage declining further for years beyond 2030.
• The NECP reporting template requires updates to address the evolving energy landscape, specifically regarding electrification, system flexibility, and grid infrastructure.
• Current NECP data is highly inaccessible because the Commission does not provide a single data source, forcing stakeholders to manually extract information from individual documents where data is often hidden in charts or unstructured text.
• To improve transparency and transition planning, reporting requirements for final energy demand should be expanded to cover all economic sectors and fuel types.

APA

Ember (2025). Recommendations for strengthening the NECP process. https://ember-energy.org/chapter/recommendations/

Chicago

Ember. Recommendations for strengthening the NECP process. 2025. https://ember-energy.org/chapter/recommendations/.

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BibTeX

@techreport{ember2025recommendations, author = {{Ember}}, title = {{Recommendations for strengthening the NECP process}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://ember-energy.org/chapter/recommendations/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }