The project aims at advancing a clean and transparent regulatory environment for the Hungarian energy sector. Its goal is to facilitate that "as many people have factual information as possible, understanding the importance of this sector on their lives". In order to achieve this, it is essential that interested persons have access to data concerning them, and understand the background and consequences of the decisions of power.
To do this, the Project:
1. Collects, requests, processes and publishes information, facts and data in order to have a comprehensive view on the sector.
2. Conducts researches and writes studies to analyze and reveal the conditions of the Hungarian energy sector. They investigate its institutional and legal background, financial processes, and decision-making mechanisms. They also provide generic and specific suggestions to the problems listed here.
3. Launches tenders for investigative news articles. In these they draw the public’s attention with instruments of journalism on shortcomings, inconsistencies, misconducts and corruption in the sector.
4. Takes part in a work group where compliance with the Aarhus Convention (“on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters”) in the field of nuclear energy is investigated.
Common qualities of all the pillars of the program are the controlling role of publicity, revealing and documenting facts, as well as shaping the professional and social approach to these issues.
The Control Energy Project has had a lot of success since its launch in 2009. Its studies were met with great interest, leading to a full-house conference that had high coverage in the press and attracted great professional attention. Following our tenders, a range of investigative articles were published in national media and on the oknyomozo.hu site, the author of such an article received the prestigious Soma Award for the CEP material. During its operation, the program initiated dozens of data request proceedings, with lawsuits where necessary.
The Control Energy Project is a highlighted program of the Energiaklub
Read more about CEP here.