Session Profile: Mario Kadastik
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
2024-05-15
Political Position
The speaker strongly supports accelerating the deployment of renewable energy and reducing bureaucracy in the integrated permit process, emphasizing the necessity of achieving the bill's objective. The political focus is directed toward legislative success, considering it crucial to avoid obstruction and promote market-based solutions, such as exempting energy storage from grid fees. The stance is heavily policy- and results-driven, focusing on the implementation of specific legislative amendments.
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Topic Expertise
A high level of expertise is evident in the fields of energy regulation, legislative procedure, and environmental impact assessment (EIA). The speaker explains in detail complex procedural principles, such as the bundling of amendment proposals, the issue of phantom grid connections, and the objectives for reducing bureaucratic steps. Knowledge is also demonstrated regarding specific amendments to the Traffic Act (e.g., the 1.5-meter lateral passing distance and X-Road).
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Rhetorical Style
The style is formal, procedural, and highly detailed, characteristic of a commission representative reporting on the progress of the proceedings. The tone is analytical and neutral when conveying the positions of stakeholders, but becomes firm when addressing obstruction. The arguments are primarily logical, citing legal provisions and the commission's consensus decisions.
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Activity Patterns
The speaker is actively involved in legislative work, providing the plenary session with comprehensive reports on the Economic Committee meetings (May 9 and 13) and the working groups (April 29 and 30). This pattern of activity includes detailed reporting on proceedings and decisions, as well as submitting questions to the Minister regarding new regulatory concepts.
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Opposition Stance
The main confrontation is with the EKRE faction, which is criticized for submitting obstructionist and insincere amendments that hinder the work of the Riigikogu. The criticism is procedural, emphasizing that the submission of a large volume of insincere proposals is not in line with the Riigikogu Rules of Procedure and Internal Rules Act. The opposition's proposals (with the exception of one stylistic proposal by Varro Vooglaid) were disregarded.
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Collaboration Style
The cooperation style is open to the involvement of interest groups (e.g., Utilitas Wind, Sunly) and the Ministry of Climate, and seeks consensus on procedural matters. Although the obstruction was rejected, the committee accepted several amendments by consensus, including one proposal from an opposition member (Varro Vooglaid). The committee made consensus decisions to conclude the bill's proceedings.
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Regional Focus
The focus is primarily on national legislation (renewable energy, the Road Traffic Act) and achieving regulatory objectives. Internationally, reference is made to Finland’s energy storage concept and the transposition of the European Union directive, indicating an interest in regulatory solutions used in other countries.
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Economic Views
Supports regulatory measures that promote economic growth, such as exempting installers of battery storage systems from network fees, in order to increase storage capacity held by private entities. It sees a significant advantage in reducing bureaucracy (within the scope of an integrated permit) for accelerating investments and reducing the number of legal disputes.
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Social Issues
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Legislative Focus
The legislative focus is currently on the draft bill (No. 308) aimed at accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, and on amendments to the Traffic Act (such as the 1.5-meter lateral passing distance rule). As a representative of the lead committee, the speaker is driving the legislative process, concentrating on finalizing the second reading and preparing for the final vote scheduled for May 28th. A significant achievement has been the reduction of bureaucracy within the environmental impact assessment process.
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