Energy Efficiency – a Challenge for Local Authorities
Energy Efficiency – a Challenge for Local Authorities

Author(s): Virgil Mușatescu, Mihaela Comanescu
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Public Administration
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: local policies; energy efficiency; energy poverty
Summary/Abstract: Localities are at the basis of any nation. Among the most important public service that citizens of these localities have the right to be provided with is energy service, especially district heating. Security of energy supply, mitigation of energy impact on environment, and energy service affordability are the main challenges for all national and local authorities. Present paper tries to discuss the role of energy efficiency at local level in the effort to solve these issues and proposes to introduce and promote proper long term policies where energy efficiency would have a top position. The importance of such an approach in Romania is clearer in the perspective of energy market complete liberalization that will be finished at the end of 2017 for all residential customers and – consequently - the danger of energy poverty increase will be highest. Local authorities have to cope with this situation and react properly.

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