Projects of common interest (PCIs) are key energy infrastructure projects aimed at completing the European energy market in order to help the EU achieve its energy policy and climate objectives: affordable, secure and sustainable energy for all citizens, as well as the long-term decarbonisation of the economy in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
Projects selected as PCIs can automatically benefit from several advantages, including an accelerated permit granting and improved regulatory treatment. Likewise, PCI status is a precondition for grants under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), though it does not guarantee the award of such a grant.
Every two years, the EU draws a list of PCIs. The latest list was adopted in November 2017. The next list will be published in October 2019.
In order to obtain the public and stakeholders’ views on the contribution of the proposed projects to market integration, sustainability, security of supply and competition, two consultations have been recently launched:
- Consultation on PCI candidate projects for cross-border carbon dioxide transport infrastructure: launched on 18 March, it will be open until 9 June;
- Consultation on PCI candidate projects for smart grid infrastructure: launched on 18 March, it will be open until 9 June;
Similar consultations for projects in electricity and gas were already launched previously,
In order to submit your response, you must fill in an online questionnaire. Contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities are welcome. In addition, respondents can also submit position papers to the functional mailbox: ENER-B1-PROJECTS
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ENER-B1-PROJECTS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu).
Contributions are welcome in any official language of the EU. However, due to delays in translating comments submitted in languages other than English, the treatment of the replies will be slightly longer.
- Publication date
- 1 April 2019
- Author
- Directorate-General for Energy
- Location
- Brussels
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