Life COMET Position Statements
Position Statements from the Life COMET project
Targeted Policy Recommendations
The present policy recommendations document presents the main policy lessons and recommendations emerging from the Life COMET project’s assessment of energy community development in seven Central and Eastern European countries.
The document aims to support policymakers, regulators, local authorities, and EU institutions in creating more enabling frameworks for energy communities by providing targeted policy recommendations, showcasing good practice examples, and setting out the Life COMET consortium’s positions on key issues such as community energy coalitions, financing, energy sharing, and the inclusion of vulnerable households in energy communities.
What's inside?
The document is structured to move from evidence to action. It first presents the state of energy communities and key barriers identified through the LIFE COMET analysis in seven Central and Eastern European countries, then outlines policy recommendations, highlights four illustrative good practices, and concludes with four position statements on issues where the project has developed particularly strong expertise and consensus.
Who is it intended for?
The policy recommendations are practical actions addressed primarily to national and regional policymakers, regulators, public authorities, and EU institutions to improve enabling frameworks for energy communities.
The position statements go a step further
They present the Life COMET consortium’s strategic position and rationale on key topics, supported by project evidence and experiences. The four good practices are intended to showcase how LIFE COMET’s policy recommendations can be turned into successful practices so that policymakers, regulators, funding bodies, and local authorities can be inspired by examples of successful policy and support measures that could be adapted and replicated in other countries and regions.
It is important to stress that this document is grounded in the experience, evidence, and collaborative work of the LIFE COMET partners across seven Central and Eastern European countries. It builds on the project’s activities, such as maturity assessments, national analyses, stakeholder engagement activities, coalition-building efforts, and practical insights gained from supporting energy community development. The recommendations, position statements, and examples presented reflect both the findings of the project and the partners’ direct experience in addressing barriers and enabling conditions for community energy in diverse national contexts.
