Members of a Lords committee have said they want to “give a challenging reality check to policy makers who champion high-level agreements which gather political momentum, but who fail to consider their full -implications”, and make sure governance has more public attention.

In its report, EU Energy Governance, the Energy and Environment Sub-Committee of the Lords European Union Committee noted that EU member states had very different views on energy security and co-ordination and they considered as examples capacity mechanisms and renewable energy targets.