The EU recommends protecting vulnerable customers from power and gas cuts and in the energy transition
08 May 2026Effective: 30 Apr 2026136 views
Who is affected:
Energy companies, gas distributors, suppliers and vulnerable consumers
Summary
The European Commission recommends that countries protect vulnerable customers and those in energy poverty from disconnections and during the phasing out of natural gas.
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The European Commission issues a non-binding recommendation addressed to Member States to adopt concrete measures to protect vulnerable customers and those in energy poverty. Three axes are addressed: prevention of energy supply disconnections, planning for the phasing out of natural gas and dismantling of gas distribu…
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OJ:L_202601001: Recomendación (UE) 2026/1001 de la Comisión, de 30 de abril de 2026, sobre la protección de los clientes vulnerables y clientes en situación de pobreza energética frente a las desconexiones energéticas y al planificar y llevar a cabo la eliminación progresiva del gas natural o al desmantelar las redes de distribución de gas natural
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