REPowerEU: European Commission establishes EU Energy Platform Task Force to secure alternative supplies

On 25 May, the European Commission set up a new Task Force within its Directorate-General for Energy, to provide support to the EU Energy Platform and implement the REPowerEU goal of supply diversification. 

The EU Energy Platform was established earlier by the European Commission and EU’s Member States to coordinate measures to secure energy supplies for the EU, including through the voluntary common purchase of pipeline gas, LNG and hydrogen. 

The new Task Force will help deliver on the REPowerEU objective of reducing the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, by enabling Member States and neighbouring countries to have access to alternative energy supplies at affordable prices in the coming years.

The Energy Platform Task Force will start work on 1 June, and immediately tackle the new tasks outlined in the REPowerEU Plan adopted on 18 May. It will work towards demand aggregation, coordination of capacity and negotiation of energy supplies, while also providing support for the Regional Task Forces of Member States and neighbouring countries.

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