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#1 Introduction to the 'Unlock Your Power' Campaign
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Introduction to the 'Unlock Your Power' Campaign
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Kasia Wolos on the Importance of Energy Consumer Rights
01:41
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Exploring Campaign Themes: Life Stages and Energy Rights
03:05
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The Role of Transparency and Clarity in Energy Bills
04:22
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Empowering Consumers: Confidence and Support in the Energy Market
06:32
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Conclusion: The Impact of the Campaign on Citizens' Lives
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You Have More Power Than You Think (Literally)
You have more energy rights than you think, and the EU's Unlock Your Power campaign wants you to start using them.
Most of us never think about our energy rights until a bill stops adding up or a supplier gets something wrong. That is the day those rights are tested in real life, and the day you find out whether they mean anything at all.
Recorded live on launch day at EU Sustainable Energy Week, Marine speaks with Katarzyna Wolos of European Commission's DG Energy about Unlock Your Power, the European Commission's first awareness campaign on consumer energy rights. Built around ordinary life stages rather than legislation, it rests on one idea: the power to understand, choose and act is already yours.
In this conversation:
Why awareness is the weak link when only a third of Europeans say they fully understand their bill
How the Citizens Energy Package becomes real: protection from disconnection, transparent billing, the right to join an energy community
One message across three realities: cooling in Greece, heating in Czechia, shared solar in Spain
Redress as the invisible right, and why knowing a door exists changes how people act
Trust as a confident relationship with the unknown, and what that asks of institutions
A companion to Ep "The Public Square" with Ewelina Hartstein, the episode sits where consumer rights, vulnerability and the credibility of EU energy policy meet.
Campaign: Unlock Your Power: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/markets-and-consumers/energy-consumers-and-prosumers/unlock-your-power_en
Marine Cornelis is the founder of Next Energy Consumer, a policy consultancy working on energy poverty, consumer rights, and housing at EU level. If you are working on a related mandate or research question, you can reach her at contact@nextenergyconsumer.eu
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