To allow individual EU countries to have security of supply, alternative supplies or transmission routes are vital and the EU plans to use €9.1 billion from its 2014–2020 budget to modernise and extend Europe's energy infrastructure, to ensure that no member state is isolated from the European network.
Eiropas savienošana Lai atsevišķām ES dalībvalstīm nodrošinātu nepārtrauktu enerģijas piegādi, svarīgi ir dažādot piegādātājus vai pārvades maršrutus.