Joint letter: Demand-side flexibility is a strategic answer to the energy crisis

ChargeUp Europe, together with the European Association for Electromobility (AVERE), Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), the European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration (COGEN Europe), current, Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS), European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET), European Energy Retailers (EER), The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA), European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF), The European association of smart energy solution providers (ESMIG), smartEn, SolarPower Europe and T&D Europe issued a joint letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal and Kadri Simson, Energy Commissioner.

In this statement the signatories state that both short and long-term solutions to the current energy crisis is demand side flexibility and to to empower all consumers with decentralised energy resources and allow them to self-consume, adjust and trade their energy consumption, storage and on-site renewable and efficient generation, directly, or through local communities and aggregators.

Read the full statement here.