The Directorate-General for Energy (DG Ener), or ENER, is a
Directorate-General
Within the European Union (EU), Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility. Within the European Commission specifically, Directorates-General are the equivalent of national-level Ministry (government department), m ...
of the
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...
, created on 17 February 2010 when it was separated from the
Transport DG,
with which it had been combined since 2000.
Mission
The Directorate-General for Energy is responsible for promoting and regulating the European
Energy Union and, since 2019, overseeing the implementation of the Clean Energy for all Europeans package as part of the European Green New Deal.
Resources
The Directorate-General for Energy, based primarily in Brussels, reports to
Kadri Simson,
European Commissioner for Energy. The former Commissioner for Energy and Climate was
Miguel Arias Cañete. The current Director-General is Ditte Juul-Jorgensen, former Director-Generals include
Dominique Ristori and Phillip Lowe.
Structure
The Directorate-General is made up of 6 Directorates (two of which deal with
EURATOM issues), and the
Euratom Supply Agency.
See also
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Energy policy of the European Union
The energy policy of the European Union focuses on energy security, Sustainable energy, sustainability, and integrating the energy markets of member states. An increasingly important part of it is climate policy. A key energy policy adopted in ...
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EURATOM
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European Commissioner for Energy
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Green procurement
References
External links
The European Commission's portal for EnergyEurope's Energy Portal
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Energy
Energy () is the physical quantity, quantitative physical property, property that is transferred to a physical body, body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of Work (thermodynamics), work and in the form of heat and l ...
Energy policies and initiatives of the European Union
Energy regulatory authorities
Regulation in the European Union