JIEG working paper on Smart Appliances

The Joint Industry Expert Group (JIEG) on Smart Appliances composed of EPEE, EHI and Eurovent welcomes the draft Task 7 report on Policy and Scenario Analysis. Our European associations have been working together to provide feedback on the policy initiatives that are needed for the development of smart appliances, and to draw attention to some aspects that are not addressed in the draft report. The JIEG agrees that labelling is the preferred policy instrument to support the roll out of smart appliances but asks for specific aspects to be taken into consideration such as product combinations, product groups in scope, timing for the implementation of the measures. The JIEG would like to emphasise that the development and market take up of smart appliances will require actions on both the supply and the demand side and is therefore strongly connected to the electricity market design.