Draft law amending the Electricity Market Act (568 SE) - First Reading
Session: 15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session.
Date: 2025-03-24 17:20
Total Speeches: 101
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 1h 42m
AI Summaries: 101/101 Speeches (100.0%)
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Summary
The agenda item was the draft bill to amend the Electricity Market Act (No. 568), initiated by the Conservative People's Party of Estonia faction. The draft's purpose is to end subsidies for renewable energy support payments to wind energy producers, in order to reduce consumers' electricity bills and direct resources towards energy efficiency, the protection of household consumers, and increased energy independence. The speaker pointed out that renewable energy support has cost over 1 billion euros in the last 14 years, and that the money comes from consumers' pockets; it was emphasized that intervention in the market should only benefit more efficient and viable solutions. The debate discussed the transparency of the subsidy money and where the funds actually reach, which companies and projects are being supported, and whether it would be more sensible to direct the subsidy funds into energy efficiency programs and local energy solutions. In addition, proposals were made to extend the content of the draft to solar energy producers, and discussions were held regarding grid-based investments and energy security. At the end of the agenda, the debate concluded with the conclusion that the draft should be rejected on the first reading and the procedure suspended, which was confirmed by the voting results and the draft falls out of the procedure.
Decisions Made 1
Bill 568 is rejected on its first reading. Bill 568 is removed from the agenda; voting results: 45 in favor, 17 against, no abstentions.
Most Active Speaker
Evelin Poolamets (pid a1RqRq2rgr4) was the keynote speaker and responded primarily to the presenter and as a representative of the faction: an EKRE faction member, right-wing/nationalist views. She led or played a central role in the discussion as the draft initiator’s faction council representative and answered questions. At this session, her influence and number of appearances were the main focus; she represented a strong right-wing perspective, emphasizing national security, national interest, and the basic principles of market functioning.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The first item on the agenda is the EKRE faction-initiated draft bill No. 568 to amend the Electricity Market Act, which is presented by Riigikogu member Evelin Poolametsa.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets calls for stopping the payment of renewable energy subsidies and directing resources to energy efficiency, the protection of residential consumers, and the development of local energy solutions, because these programs are opaque and unfair and do not actually help those in need.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair thanks the presenter, noting that there are questions, and invites Kalle Grünthal to take the floor.
Kalle Grünthal
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Kalle Grünthal praises the draft bill, but wants to go further and emphasizes that wind turbines require clear regulation, because there is currently no legal basis and they are considered potential sources of pollution, and there is no oversight in the area of infrasound, and he asks whether their activity should be suspended until a legal basis exists.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets emphasizes that wind energy regulations must ultimately be clearly established and the impact on the natural environment and people thoroughly studied, recalling the previous advice to plan wind turbines preferably on production lands and not on forests, because the current practice limits the standards to a distance of only 1 kilometer from residential areas.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman, Lauri Hussar, turns to Helle-Moonika Helme and asks her to speak.
Helle-Moonika Helme
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Helme emphasizes that the consumer’s electricity bill represents the largest share of grid charges and renewable energy support, and the law should put an end to expensive grid investments in future energy, because otherwise, if we returned to oil shale energy, those investments would not be needed and consumers’ bills would be lower.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets stresses that investments in grid development and interconnections are very large, and their cost falls on the consumer, because the planned wind farms are not located near the existing high-voltage lines.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair, Lauri Hussar, turns to his colleague Arvo Aller and makes a request.
Arvo Aller
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Arvo Aller said that the bill is sensible and should definitely be supported, and he proposed tying it in such a way that the additional investments in high-voltage power lines would be taken from consumers' pockets and the subsidies to solar energy producers would be removed, so that all renewable energy producers would have to fend for themselves.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets said that the payout of renewable energy subsidies is extremely opaque, producers are earning profits in the millions of euros and the government's support accounts for only about a fifth, and the draft should be extended to solar energy producers as well.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar turns to Mart Maastik and asks him.
Mart Maastik
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Maastik pointed out that large renewable energy producers have built wind farms and solar power plants with subsidy money and do not dare to invest in the current market due to uncertainty, asking how competition in this sector can remain viable.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets said that state support creates uncertainty among renewable energy producers and keeps them waiting, and if the support disappeared and construction began, market competition would improve.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar invited Kalle Grünthal to the tribune.
Kalle Grünthal
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Kalle Grünthal emphasized that although the government talks about funding and wind-turbine subsidies, national defense is more important to him than support for foreign companies, and he defended a draft bill to increase the allowance paid for reserve soldiers’ training assemblies.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets emphasizes that national security must be the top priority, not the green transition, and she criticizes the lack of transparency in renewable energy subsidies and the disappearance of about 400 million euros, while it is difficult to find funds to reimburse reserve soldiers for their training days.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairperson Lauri Hussar asks that Anti Poolamets be given the floor.
Anti Poolamets
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Anti Poolamets complains that there is not enough money for families at a time when it flows to the benefit of an unknown foreign company and speculative projects, for example the foisting of a wind farm by the former Aeroflot investor from Vinni parish, as well as state guarantees for Paldiski energy storage and 20-year revenue guarantees, and a plan to buy 38 million tons of gneiss for half a billion euros.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets warns that the background and funding of renewable energy developers are often dubious, and over the last ten years billions of euros have been directed to large companies whose beneficiaries are unclear and probably foreign, which threatens the electricity bills of ordinary people.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The speech is a plea addressed to Riina Solman.
Riina Solman
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Riina Solman invited the Riigikogu to hear the opinions of energy experts about the plan for oil shale energy and CO2 capture facilities, emphasizing that Estonia should first use its own mineral resources and keep the electricity price stable, and asking whether together they could find a way to hear our energy experts and what they think of this plan.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets states that she trusts scientists and science, and regards oil shale energy as Estonia’s own wealth, which modern filters make the air cleaner, and that this resource should be developed and used further until we reach the use of nuclear energy through innovation.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar invited Vladimir Arhipov onto the stage.
Vladimir Arhipov
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The presenter asks whether Estonia has enough natural resources to ensure energy security without an ideological tilt toward the green transition, and whether renewable energy should be completely rejected or developed sensibly and in a balanced manner alongside the existing fossil fuels.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets stresses a balanced energy system, where one should start with controllable capacity, add renewable energy in an appropriate place (for example solar panels or wind turbines), not place them on valuable farmland, and direct the revenues from renewable energy toward grid development and interconnections, because wind energy production is low and large-scale grid upgrades are extremely necessary.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar invited Helle-Moonika Helme to speak.
Helle-Moonika Helme
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He emphasizes that the state's future investments should channel funds toward strengthening families, mothers, and children, rather than offering guaranteed income to the business sector or to wind energy development.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets emphasizes that solving the fertility problem is as important as the economy and security, and that without children we have no future, and she criticizes the spending made in the name of climate targets and government priorities, through which money flows to increase the profits of large corporations and to consolidate power, rather than to the survival of the Estonian state.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Hussar invited Anti Poolametsa to speak.
Anti Poolamets
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Anti Poolamets claims that gigantic subsidies flow to foreign investors, and taxpayers' money subsidizes the export of cheap energy to Germany, for example from the Baltic Sea offshore wind farm, in which Sumitomo Corporation and Warren Buffett are involved.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets notes that European green energy depends largely on China (70–80% of wind turbine components and 80% of batteries), which, in her view, threatens the economy and security and is hard to justify, and behind it she sees Chinese lobbying, foolishness and greed.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar asks Riina Solman to come onto the stage.
Riina Solman
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Riina Solman emphasizes that supporting renewable energy may raise electricity prices without harming the economy, asks to debunk the claim that wind energy lowers prices, and discusses how to involve young people in a serious energy-policy discussion, taking into account their climate skepticism.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets says that youth climate anxiety is often the injection of someone else's agenda, and that wind energy in Estonia harms nature because it leads to clear-cutting of forests and the decline of species and biodiversity; bisphenol A from laboratories is released and buried; the output of renewable energy is low; and the narratives about climate and gender diversity are false, including the claim that there are 20 genders is fiction.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar addresses Mart Helme and asks.
Mart Helme
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Mart Helme claims that Estonia is a colony of the European Commission and that Brussels is placing wind farms in Estonia, because Estonia is sparsely populated and electricity could be produced there for Germany and France.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets claims that wind farms are often located in picturesque natural areas where there are few people, which disrupts the lives of small communities and reflects Estonia's vulnerability in the context of Brussels' policies and European waste incineration.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair invited Siim Pohlak to take the floor.
Siim Pohlak
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Siim Pohlak suggests that 2.5–3 billion euros of wind energy subsidies could be directed toward the development of dispatchable capacities and local cogeneration plants, in order to produce on-site both electricity and heat, improve the stability of the energy market and energy security, and to ask why this is not desired and why unstable wind energy is preferred.
Evelin Poolamets
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He said that it would be reasonable to invest in that capacity that produces electricity exactly as much as is needed and for as long as it is required, because renewable energy support mechanisms are opaque and money is easier to hide in shady schemes, therefore no measurable and controllable capacities are developed and we are left with an unclear landscape.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar invites Hanah Lahet onto the stage.
Hanah Lahe
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Hanah Lahe brought the draft bill up for discussion, highlighting questions about the inclusion of gender issues, hormones, and e-voting, and asked why climate change scares young people and why heat waves, droughts, and wildfires are intensifying in Southern Europe, and what to tell them about the causes.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets emphasizes that the climate is indeed changing, and its impact can bring very large damages, but financial resources are limited and the green transition directs money toward wind farms, which means rescue teams disappear and the consequences of forest fires may be worse.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar asks Hanah Lahet.
Hanah Lahe
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Hanah Lahe asks whether climate change is also a threat to our security, given that it can cause various events, including in Estonia—for example, forest fires.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets emphasizes that forest fires have always existed, and she claims that comparing security and climate change is Putinist rhetoric, and if anyone says that investments in security are unnecessary, that would please Putin.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair thanked the presenter, said that there were no more questions, and invited his colleague Mario Kadastikut to the podium so that he would introduce the Riigikogu Economic Affairs Committee discussion.
Mario Kadastik
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Kadastik said that the Economic Affairs Committee decided, by 7 votes to 2, to recommend rejecting the bill at its first reading, because it is not in line with Estonia's energy and climate goals, and there is no willingness in the market to end subsidies.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair thanks the audience, invites questions, and asks Rain Epler to speak.
Rain Epler
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Rain Epler posed an ethical question: is it right to talk about renewable energy in a way that he knows the claims are not true, referring to the offshore wind narrative and to being in government with the Social Democrats.
Mario Kadastik
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Kadastik claims that sufficient renewable energy investments will make the company a major market-power producer and bring down prices, but the impact depends on the scale of investments and the support scheme, and the offshore wind issue has now been significantly slowed down.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar invited Rene Kokk to speak.
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Rene Kokk urged rapid expansion of connections with Finland (EstLink), so that cheaper electricity would come from Finland to Estonia, thereby reducing Estonia's price differences, while noting that the wind-turbine issue may be an important obstacle.
Mario Kadastik
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Therefore, a third interconnection between Estonia and Finland is planned, and its completion window is 2032–2035. Estlink 2 has been attacked during a hybrid attack, and although Estlink 3 does not rule out the same risk, we need local, regional production that does not preclude either of them.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar invites Mart Maastik to speak.
Mart Maastik
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Maastik points out that companies are not willing to invest due to the uncertain market, and he asks whether government support that covers part of the car's price, and the various car-subsidy mechanisms could distort the market.
Mario Kadastik
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Kadastik said that the purchase subsidy for electric cars has ended, and renewable energy subsidies have shifted to competitive tenders, where the best bid wins due to competition, and onshore wind subsidies are about 10–20 million a year, not billions.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Speaker Lauri Hussar asks that Mart Helme be allowed to take the floor.
Mart Helme
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Mart Helme claims that this talk is demagogy, and that wind and solar energy are treated unequally compared to fossil energy, and the question of how long this ideological inequality will last — in the end fossil energy will win.
Mario Kadastik
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Kadastik claims that energy is currently cheaper than fossil fuels, but the costs associated with oil shale and the transition to pellets, and the absence of CO2 accounting, show that the real price is high, and renewable energy is cheap and better, but this was not discussed in the Commission.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar asks Rain Epler.
Rain Epler
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Rain Epler asks directly whether the Reform Party actually wants to create a subsidy- and car-purchase process based on a queue and a list, recalling the old party members' favors and the planned economy.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar announces that he will interrupt this discussion for a moment because we are currently discussing something.
Mario Kadastik
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In the speech, a part of the commission is discussed.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar noted that the discussion of the draft amendment to the Electricity Market Act has already gone too far, has become very philosophical, and is outside the scope of this draft.
Mario Kadastik
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They promise to answer briefly.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar says that if anyone would like to answer this question, please.
Mario Kadastik
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I explained briefly that the functioning of the market is based on the idea that you can win with a better offer, the same applies to public procurement, and that was my idea, not a secret motive.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar turns to Evelin Poolametsa and asks her for something.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets refers to Õhtuleht's March 21 article and notes that the distribution of renewable energy subsidies is questionable, and that during the 2020–2024 period large sums have gone to companies that have ceased operations.
Mario Kadastik
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Kadastik said that it was not discussed in the committee and that he had not read a specific article, but he referred to the old production-based subsidy scheme per kilowatt-hour, which has not been applied for years, and which is a historical system that runs until it reaches twelve years and cannot be changed due to justified expectation; the money has been part of the company's business activities, and if the business ends or the company goes bankrupt, it is part of it.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chairman Lauri Hussar invites Kert Kingo to speak.
Kert Kingo
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Kert Kingo criticizes the coalition's push for the green transition, arguing that electricity prices have risen and subsidies raise the price for consumers, and that cheap electricity will not come — the benefits stay with the producers.
Mario Kadastik
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Mario Kadastik advised looking at what the price of electricity was this weekend, because it could be shocking and most of this summer seems to be continuing in the same way, and he stressed that billions had never been planned for onshore wind subsidies, and that talk should be stopped.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The host Lauri Hussar invites Evelin Poolametsa onto the stage.
Evelin Poolamets
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Evelin Poolamets expresses concern in the Economic Committee about the price of electricity, notes that renewable energy producers receive subsidies and make a profit, and believes that the renewable energy charge could be paid back to the consumer.
Mario Kadastik
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I disagree about how the price of electricity is formed; as long as the market has a uniform cheap baseload capacity, especially a nuclear power plant, February will remain expensive, although the 12-month average has fallen compared with the 2022–2023 energy crisis.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair thanked Kert Kingo and asked him to speak.
Kert Kingo
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Kert Kingo criticizes the distribution of the state budget and claims that 240 million euros are directed to onshore wind turbine developers, while there is less for children's extracurricular education and health insurance, and he asks who the cheap electricity price is really for and who profits from it.
Mario Kadastik
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When electricity prices fall, consumers benefit, especially those whose prices are averaged or market prices, but the money goes to the electricity producer.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair thanked the presenter, stated that there were no more questions, and opened negotiations, inviting, on behalf of the Estonian Centre Party faction, colleague Aleksandr Tšaplõgin to the Riigikogu's rostrum.
Aleksandr Tšaplõgin
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He calls on Estonia to abandon green socialism and return to a normal economy, where all electricity producers compete on equal terms and consumers receive enough energy at the best price, even if that means increasing the role of oil shale-fired power plants.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair thanks and, on behalf of the Isamaa faction, requests that Mart Maastik be granted the floor in the Riigikogu.
Mart Maastik
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As a representative of Isamaa, Mart Maastik emphasizes that energy solutions must be based on market-based, competitive, and clean energy, because a system based entirely on renewable energy cannot be guaranteed, and over-dimensioning of wind energy creates negative prices and damages to producers, and offshore wind farms may exceed Estonia's consumption capacity, therefore one must avoid the socialist's pet project and focus on market-based, nature-conserving energy.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar requests three minutes of extra time.
Mart Maastik
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The landscape emphasizes that energy security means a constant, dispatchable energy supply, and 40–50% of dispatchable energy should be provided using oil shale and biomass, rather than by using an offshore wind farm, because grid bills and surcharges as well as taxes on renewable energy raise prices, and CO2 charges accrue to the state, which should be used to finance Rail Baltica, not to meet climate targets.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The speaker Lauri Hussar announced that this is the first reading, and unfortunately he cannot give anything, and there are 20 seconds left.
Mart Maastik
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Mart Maastik said that the topic is an ideology that may be useful to someone—primarily to entrepreneurs involved in lobbying, and perhaps to some political party or private individual—and that he wants support for the draft bill and will continue speaking for the next eight minutes.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Speaker Lauri Hussar, on behalf of the EKRE faction, invited his colleague Rain Epler to the Riigikogu's rostrum and explained that the other eight minutes cannot be given, because this is the first reading and here only representatives of the factions may take the floor.
Rain Epler
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Rain Epler claims that renewable energy does not lower the price of electricity, and that total costs must be reduced, to develop weather-independent production capacities, to obtain CO2 quota exemptions, and to end old subsidies so that industry can operate 24/7 and energy security would be strengthened.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair, Lauri Hussar, on behalf of the Reformierakonna faction, requests Mario Kadastik's floor time in the Riigikogu.
Mario Kadastik
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Kadastik stressed that defense spending was raised to 5% of GDP, that the electricity market is not a free market and that cheap capacity is needed (Estlink 3 and the Estonia-Latvia interconnection), that there is a plan for a nuclear power plant by 2035+, and that the links between oil shale and the CO2 price were discussed.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The chair, Lauri Hussar, asks for three more minutes of extra time.
Mario Kadastik
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Mario Kadastik stated that the price of pellets is 190–200 euros per megawatt-hour, electricity from oil shale isn't cheap and will require investments running into the billions, and in the context of war we must not loosen the reins — we need to review further what to do, and also consider using nuclear energy to ensure cleaner energy.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar thanked his colleague Mart Maastik, explained that the chair cannot grant the floor, noting that Isamaa was mentioned, and therefore asked Mart Maastik to deliver a reply speech.
Mart Maastik
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Mart Maastik said that a draft bill subsidizing a particular type of energy would raise consumer prices, because pellets are a further development of biomass and are more expensive than biomass, Estonia's CO2 emissions are very small, and therefore there is no point in spending money on that.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The central message of the speech is that now is your time to act.
Mart Maastik
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We can't go cheaper, because it doesn't fit into the tube anymore, as you said.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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Chairman Lauri Hussar announced that the negotiations have ended and that the lead committee's proposal is to reject Draft Bill 568 at its first reading and to initiate preparation for a vote.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
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The proposal was approved by 45 members of the Riigikogu, with 17 voting against and there were no abstentions; Bill 568 has been rejected and is withdrawn from consideration.