Fatih Birol

I think the electricity security risks are there.

And the nerve center of all the electricity discussions here is the grids.

We don't have enough smart and modern grids.

The issue has been too much concentrated on building power plants, and we are okay with that.

But we don't have enough grids to bring this electricity and the power plants to the household, to the factories.

And it is the next big job for European Commission.

Yes, we should, especially when the demand goes up strongly, which means extreme weather events, very cold or very hot summer.

This may create big strains on the existing grids.

So the first job, the next chapter for European Commission should be strengthening, building new grids in order to address this electricity security challenges.