Minutes energy and climate working group september 5th 2014

Focus on social and democratic energy supply

Question: saving energy is expensive?

Improvements: energy consulting for free (financed by state/community), efficiency cooperatives

Energy as common good (like water). Community provides energy supply, non-profit

Discussion: do we assume that 100% renewables is technically possible? Implicit consensus: yes.

→ focus only on social issues

stakeholders of energy supply

consumers: industry, private households

producers: regional energy supply

question: may energy supply be controlled by price in a degrowth society? Market yes or no?

Energy supply must be accessible for everyone, but energy budgets depending on demand could be feasible

Proposals:

Transformation

• energy consulting free of charge (financed solidarily) → efficiency gains

• efficiency cooperatives (contracting)

Vision:

• regional democratic decision on energy production & distribution

• free basic private energy consumption according to needs

• energy supply as common good (no profit)

• democratic control of industrial energy needs