NECPs process

Background

• Governance Regulation

  The Governance Regulation in the Energy Community requires Contracting Parties to develop integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). The NECPs include national objectives and targets and respective policies and measures for all five dimensions of the Energy Union, which are closely related and mutually reinforcing, namely:

  • decarbonisation (including renewable energy);
  • energy efficiency;
  • energy security;
  • internal energy market; and
  • research, innovation and competitiveness.
     
• Structure and analysis

  The mandatory structure and the content of the NECPs is outlined in Annex I of the Governance Regulation and includes the following:

  • Overview and process for establishing the Plan
  • National objectives and targets;
  • Policies and measures;
  • Current situation and projections with existing policies and measures;
  • Impact assessment of planned policies and measures.

  
  In their NECPs, Contracting Parties need to compare how their energy system and their greenhouse gas emissions will develop under existing and under new policies and measures. The underlying assessment requires robust modelling capacity and can benefit from regional coordination.
   

   

• Deliverables deadlines in detail

  When preparing their NECPs, Contracting Parties should undertake public consultations, establish a multilevel climate and energy dialogues and cooperate with each other and with Member States of the European Union.

  The Governance Regulation lays out the schedule for submitting the draft and the adopted NECPs to the Energy Community Secretariat, as well as for submitting NECP Updates and Integrated Progress Reports. Ahead of the respective deadlines, Contracting Parties are invited to share preliminary drafts or draft chapters of the NECPs with the Energy Community Secretariat for informal comments.

  Deliverable	Period covered	Draft version to be submitted to EnC Secretariat by	Final version to be notified to EnC Secretariat by
  1st NECP	2025-2030	30. June 2023	30. June 2024
  NECP Progress Report			15. March 2025
  NECP Progress Report			15. March 2027
  NECP Progress Report			15. March 2029
  2nd NECP	2031-2040	1. January 2028	1. January 2029
  NECP Progress Report			15. March 2031
  NECP Progress Report			15. March 2033
  Update of 2nd NECP	2031-2040	1. January 2033	1. January 2034
  NECP Progress Report			15. March 2035
  NECP Progress Report			15. March 2037
  NECP Progress Report			15. March 2039
  3rd NECP	2031-2040	1. January 2033	1. January 2034