Beyond Energy Security? Slovakia Ten Years after the Gas Crisis
Beyond Energy Security? Slovakia Ten Years after the Gas Crisis

Author(s): Veronika Oravcová
Subject(s): Politics, National Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental and Energy policy, International relations/trade, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)
Keywords: energy; gas; Slovakia; 2019; foreign policy; national economy; climate changes;
Summary/Abstract: The year 2019 was a turning point in energy policy. Slovakia, like other EU countries, drafted its long-term climate and energy strategy, an integrated National Energy and Climate Plan for 2021–2030 (NECP). The NECP comes under the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action (EU/2018/1999) and covers five of the Energy Union dimensions: energy security; internal energy market; energy efficiency; climate action and decarbonization; and research, innovation and competitiveness. Primary responsibility for drafting the NECP lies with the Ministry of Economy. The NECP is an updated version of the 2014 Energy Policy of the Slovak Republic. Energy security is vital to Slovakia and a major issue since the natural gas crisis of January 2009. The year 2019 represented the beginning of a new direction in energy and climate policy and the end of a decade of energy security concerns.

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