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142 Chapter 5<br />
1982; Blok, 1991; Buiter <strong>and</strong> Hesselmans, 1999: 132). Both Van der Doelen<br />
(1989: 262) <strong>and</strong> Blok (1991: 154) find a significant but small positive effect<br />
of <strong>the</strong>se grants on investment behaviour of industries. The advisory<br />
committee had also quantified a cogeneration target of 2000 MW installed<br />
capacity in <strong>the</strong> year 2000 <strong>and</strong> gave recommendations on several issues,<br />
among o<strong>the</strong>rs, <strong>the</strong> type of fuel base (at first coal <strong>and</strong> syn<strong>the</strong>sized gases<br />
because of restrictions on gas sales, but later natural gas as preferred choice),<br />
<strong>the</strong> type of technology, <strong>the</strong> tariff-structure for electricity deliverance <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
national grid, <strong>the</strong> so-called wheeling of cogenerated power among private<br />
corporations <strong>and</strong> policy measures <strong>to</strong> support CHP investments.<br />
Table 5.3 Overview of main miles<strong>to</strong>nes regarding energy saving,<br />
cogeneration, climate policy, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> electricity sec<strong>to</strong>r (1985-1997)<br />
Miles<strong>to</strong>nes: policy (P), electricity sec<strong>to</strong>r (E) <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r (O) developments<br />
Year<br />
1985 EU formulates energy objectives for 1995 (P)<br />
Report by commission regarding reorganisation of <strong>the</strong> distribution sec<strong>to</strong>r (E)<br />
Policy Note on Electricity Supply in <strong>the</strong> Nineties: decision <strong>to</strong> allow expansion of nuclear<br />
energy ao taking in<strong>to</strong> account <strong>the</strong> results of <strong>the</strong> Broad Societal Discussin (P)<br />
1986 Draft electricity act submitted in parliament (P)<br />
Sixteen electricity producers bundled in four regional production companies (E)<br />
Nuclear accident in Tsjernobyl (O)<br />
Government decides <strong>to</strong> suspend expansion of nuclear energy (P)<br />
1987 AER advice on cogeneration<br />
Brundtl<strong>and</strong> commission publishes Our Common Future (WCED, 1987) (O)<br />
Policy stimulation program for cogeneration (P)<br />
1988 EU report on internal energy market (P)<br />
RIVM publishes ‘Zorgen voor Morgen’ with a worrisome picture of <strong>the</strong> environmental state<br />
(O/P)<br />
1989 Electricity Act 1989 (P)<br />
First National Environmental Policy Plan: specific energy efficiency <strong>and</strong> CO2 reduction targets<br />
per target group (P)<br />
Distribution sec<strong>to</strong>r installs steering group for integral environmental policy plan (E)<br />
1990 Second World Climate Conference in Geneva with EC countries reaching agreement on<br />
stabilisation target for CO2 for 2000 relative <strong>to</strong> 1990 (O/P)<br />
National Environmental Policy Plan Plus sharpens CO2 reduction targets (P)<br />
Gasunie introduces special gas tariffs for cogeneration (O/P)<br />
First White Paper on Energy Saving: Energy efficiency itarget of 20% improvement for 1989-<br />
2000, effectively 2% annual (P)<br />
1991 First White Paper on Climate Change<br />
Ministry of Economic of Affairs signs set of agreements regarding energy saving with<br />
distribution sec<strong>to</strong>r (P)<br />
First overall environmental action plan (MAP) of <strong>the</strong> distribution sec<strong>to</strong>r published, <strong>and</strong> MAPlevy<br />
introduced (E)<br />
EnergieNed founded as association for distribution companies, through a fusion of VEEN<br />
(energy distribu<strong>to</strong>rs), VEGIN (gas), <strong>and</strong> VESTIN (heat) (E)<br />
1992 UNCED conference in Rio de Janeiro develops Agenda 21; Climate treaty is signed (O/P)