{"id":1635425,"date":"2022-09-07T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635425"},"modified":"2022-09-07T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:36:16","slug":"european-union-intends-to-flatten-the-curve-for-electricity-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-union-intends-to-flatten-the-curve-for-electricity-use\/","title":{"rendered":"European Union Intends To \u2018Flatten The Curve\u2019 For Electricity Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feuropean-union-intends-to-flatten-the-curve-for-electricity-use%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/european-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union<\/a> would propose a \u201cmandatory target\u201d for reducing <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electricity<\/a> consumption during peak demand.<\/p>\n<p>European powers are scrambling to address energy shortages as natural gas prices increase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/back-to-the-dark-ages-tucker-carlson-details-europes-self-induced-energy-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than tenfold<\/a> compared to normal levels ahead of the winter months. Pointing to low hydropower generation and disruptions caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine-russia-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, von der Leyen revealed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/speech_22_5389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech<\/a> that the European Union plans to work with member states to limit power usage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the costs of electricity, there are peak demands. And this is what is expensive, because, in these peak demands, the expensive gas comes into the market,\u201d she commented. \u201cSo what we have to do is to flatten the curve and avoid the peak demands. We will propose a mandatory target for reducing electricity use at peak hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NOW \u2013 EU will propose a \u201cmandatory target for reducing electricity use at peak hours\u201d in order to \u201cflatten the curve.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q6EuLLTM0L\">pic.twitter.com\/Q6EuLLTM0L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1567462388898594816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, several nations have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/french-president-calls-for-10-cut-in-energy-use-will-ration-power-as-a-last-resort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">implemented <\/a>energy usage restrictions or warned that such policies could be necessary for the coming months. While the legislature of Spain mandated that public air conditioning be set no lower than 27 degrees Celsius \u2014 roughly 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit \u2014 through the summer months, French President Emmanuel Macron called for a 10% voluntary reduction in the nation\u2019s power usage to avoid \u201clast resort\u201d consumption limits.<\/p>\n<p>British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who succeeded fellow Conservative Party lawmaker Boris Johnson on Tuesday, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/boris-johnson-out-as-british-prime-minister-successor-vows-to-solve-energy-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floating stimulus packages<\/a> for companies and businesses. \u201cWe will get spades in the ground to make sure people are not facing unaffordable energy bills. \u2026 I will deal hands-on with the energy crisis caused by Putin\u2019s war,\u201d Truss remarked in her first speech as head of the government. \u201cI will take action this week to deal with energy bills and to secure our future energy supply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her remarks, von der Leyen attributed the droughts that have lowered river capacity, and therefore hydropower production, to the \u201ceffects of climate change\u201d and called for \u201cmassive investments in renewables.\u201d The European Union has adopted the official <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/clima\/eu-action\/climate-strategies-targets\/2050-long-term-strategy_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">policy<\/a> of becoming \u201ca climate-neutral society\u201d by 2050 in accordance with the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe renewables are cheap, they are home-grown, they make us independent,\u201d von der Leyen said. \u201cThe renewables are really our energy insurance for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes days after Russia cut off natural gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline and called for the removal of Western sanctions. Finance ministers of the G7 nations \u2014 which include France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States \u2014 had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/g7-finance-ministers-commit-to-russian-oil-price-cap-will-help-ukraine-for-as-long-as-it-takes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affirmed<\/a> a plan to impose a joint price cap on Russian oil.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the nation might resume gas shipments via Nord Stream 1 if sanctions are eased. \u201cProblems with gas supply arose because of the sanctions imposed on our country by Western states, including Germany and Britain,\u201d Peskov said. \u201cWe see incessant attempts to shift responsibility and blame onto us. We categorically reject this and insist that the collective West \u2014 in this case, the European Union, Canada, and the United Kingdom \u2014 is to blame for the fact that the situation has reached the point where it is now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday that the European Union would propose a \u201cmandatory target\u201d for reducing electricity consumption during peak demand. European powers are scrambling to address energy shortages as natural gas prices increase more than tenfold compared to normal levels ahead of the winter months. 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