Gijs de Man

DBDH meeting

Heat remains relevant

Energy EnergySource Type Houses Offices GreenhouseIndustry Gazoline

Other 3%Electricity 3% 480 PJ 480 PJ

GazolineCoal 12%

150 PJ400 PJ 40 PJ

Oil 33% Electricity 110 PJ100 PJ

410 PJ 410 PJHeat>100 oC

200 PJ

Gas 48% 140 PJ810 PJ

Heat<100 oC 160 PJ

310 PJ

2100 PJ 410 PJ 270 PJ 180 PJ 760 PJ 480 PJ

Development 1 : National Energy Agreement

• Over 6 months negotiations with 70 stakeholders

• Agreement to achieve 14 % sustainable energy in 2020 (2013: 4.5 %)

• Over 180 action points now in execution

• Heat is not a separate subject , but part of various domains: built environment, decentralised energy, residual heat

Development 2 : Heat Act

• After 11 years of discussion the Heat Act has been approved by Parliament and has been implemented as of January 1st, 2014

• Part of the customers are not satisfied as they have been promised much lower heat prices and even money returns from previous years

• As a result, the regulator ACM is now investigating the implementation, while political pressure is building to lower tariffs

Development 3 : Energy Efficiency Directive

• In its design the EED supports heat : heat plans, energy labels

• However, in the Dutch political arena the EED has become a symbol of “unwanted” European legislation

• Political decisions are expected in the coming weeks

Development 4 : National Heat Vision

• The Minister of Economic Affairs is preparing a National Vision on Heat

• The drafting process of the Vision is open to stakeholder input, dares to explore new ideas but has an unclear ambition level

• Publication has been delayed untill September 2014

Overall outcome of developments still uncertain• Energy goals only achievable by

including heat, as is recognised in National Energy Agreement

• Heat distribution is a low cost solution for improving existing inner city buildings

• Heat companies apply the Heat Act correctly

Facts• Captive heat customers pay too

high proces

• Freedom of choice of supplier is way forward

• The heat demand of new and refurbished buildings is too low to allow for heat distribution

Other facts / sentiments

• Heat industry is developing new propositions: public ownership, customer participation, transparancy, other tariff structures

• Major question is wether politicians / policy makers / heat industry are able to combine forces to realise the potential of heat by offering new propositions in a stable policy framework

• The National Heat Vision is the first touchstone