Yeah, these things are nonsensical any way you want to look at them. What difference does it really make how much energy some home in the UK wants to use to boil water? It’s really just insane that someone would even try to regulate it.
And I understand that they were trying to create some sort of uniformity so that goods could travel freely throughout Europe. But really this is a question for the market to decide. And until they all start to use the same kinds of electric sockets there will always be some market fragmentation. So any way I look at it, it’s totally asinine regulation.
Sure why bother when they could just use smart meters?
it was a request to investigate brought to the eu commission - just as with the US federal energy regulations, but the commission has to investigate if any of the eu countries bring forward a request to check or even if a certain number of citizens raise a petition. A study into the proposals has been drafted, but no legislation has been brought forward. If any such legislation was brought forward the eu parliament could amend it or the 28 (soon to be 27) countries could veto it.