MEPs decided to amend the draft legislation designed to accelerate work on developing and co-ordinating energy infrastructure projects. The ITRE Committee in the European Parliament amended governance rules for the regional expert groups to increase their transparency, and defined more clearly which commercially non-viable projects should be entitled to EU funding from the Connecting Europe Facility.

MEPs at the ITRE Committee approved a mandate for negotiations with the Council, and the amendments to the draft legislation designed to accelerate work on developing and co-ordinating energy infrastructure projects. The draft proposal defines twelve EU priority corridors and areas in urgent need of development. Based on these pre-defined corridors, projects of "European interest" would be selected for financing and faster building permits. These projects are to be selected by regional expert groups, set up for each priority corridor, with the advice of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy regulators. MEPs amended governance rules for the regional expert groups to increase their transparency. In July 2011, the European Parliament approved a report on Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020.

They also defined more clearly which commercially non-viable projects should be entitled to EU funding from the Connecting Europe Facility, which earmarks €9.1 billion for energy projects. Moreover, they underlined that this funding should promote the further integration of the internal energy market and interoperability of electricity and gas networks, enhance the Union's security of energy supply and contribute to a sustainable development and protection of the environment.

According to the draft proposal, the time between the start of planning and final commissioning of a power line is frequently more than 10 years. The proposed legislation would establish one-stop-shops to coordinate and thus accelerate the grant of all building permits necessary for projects of European interest. MEPs backed the idea that "time limits" should be set for granting project permits within the next five years.