Setting up energy communities in the EU and Cyprus

By Anna Artemi The adoption of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package (CEP) in 2019 was the cornerstone for the regulation of the Energy Communities in European Union (EU) law. The concepts of “Renewable Energy Community (REC)” and “Citizen Energy Community (CEC)” were introduced through the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (also known as RED II) and the Directive (EU) 2019/944 for the internal market for electricity, respectively, which are both part of the set of Regulations and Directives under the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package. RED II, as well as the amending Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (known as