Energy Law Principles and COVID-19
| DOI | 10.3366/gels.2020.0036 |
| Published date | 01 August 2020 |
| Date | 01 August 2020 |
| Pages | 245-247 |
| Author |
The COVID-19 crisis risks making a deep impact on our society. We can anticipate an aggressive negative economic framework if we don't act with the fast and clear financial plans and economic support programs to allow recovery in the shortest time possible. This is an imperative if the economic progress and decarbonization plans formulated in many societies and, especially, in the European Union are to be achieved.
Energy is a central sector of economic and social life. Its importance is highlighted in its capacity to support our essential service infrastructure at this critical time. It has ensured a minimum and necessary welfare for massively confined populations. We can confirm, without fear of error, that without power supply service provision and delivery of products would definitively drop, through the corresponding logistical chain; teleworking would be abruptly interrupted, and we would fall into social chaos, and the health crisis would intensify in an untenable manner, especially in Intensive Care Units.
We must come out of this crisis with a reinforced formulation of global energy law, fully congruent with the environmental budgets and guaranteeing advanced and predictable regulations, preventing the increase in commercial barriers and any other regressive and nostalgic temptation of inefficient monopolistic positions. Energy is so vital a component in our modern lives needs strong and robust legislation over the next years ahead. The...
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