State aid CEEAG revision - NGO letter on fossil fuels

A coalition of climate, environmental, and health NGOs calls on the European Commission to revise the draft CEEAG to ensure it supports the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal. The authors argue for a strict 2030 deadline for coal plant closures, a transparent methodology for assessing plant profitability to avoid fossil fuel subsidies, and the removal of preferential treatment for fossil gas to prevent infrastructure lock-in.

• The authors contend that the draft guidelines do not specify how the profitability of plants seeking compensation will be assessed. They recommend an independent, transparent evaluation and a standardized asset valuation methodology across all Member States to prevent the granting of fossil fuel subsidies based on unrealistic operator data.
• The NGOs argue that state aid for closures should be conditional on operators internalising environmental and health costs. They suggest that accessing aid should require "reaching the highest environmental protection levels through the rigorous and full application of Union standards," effectively enforcing the polluter-pays principle.
• The document criticizes the draft CEEAG for treating fossil gas more favourably than other polluting fuels. The authors argue this lacks scientific justification given high methane leakage and an oversized gas infrastructure network, and they call for state aid to instead "incentivise a rapid end for fossil gas use."

APA

Ember (2021). State aid CEEAG revision - NGO letter on fossil fuels. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/NGOs_CEEAG-letter-to-the-Commission-FINALF.pdf

Chicago

Ember. State aid CEEAG revision - NGO letter on fossil fuels. 2021. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/NGOs_CEEAG-letter-to-the-Commission-FINALF.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Ember |title=State aid CEEAG revision - NGO letter on fossil fuels |date=7 October 2021 |url=https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/NGOs_CEEAG-letter-to-the-Commission-FINALF.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{ember2021state, author = {{Ember}}, title = {{State aid CEEAG revision - NGO letter on fossil fuels}}, publisher = {Ember}, year = {2021}, month = oct, url = {https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/NGOs_CEEAG-letter-to-the-Commission-FINALF.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }