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Preliminary |
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(1) This Act may be called
the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the state
of Jammu and Kashmir
(3) It shall come into force on such dates as the
Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed
for different provisions of this Act and any reference
in any such provision to the commencement of this
Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming
into force of that provision. |
Short title, extent and
commencement |
| Definitions |
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In this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires: — |
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(a) “accredited energy auditor” means
an auditor possessing qualifications specified under
clause (p) of sub-section (2) of section 13; |
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(b) “ Appellate Tribunal” means Appellate
Tribunal for Energy Conservation established under
section 30; |
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(c) “building” means any structure
or erection or part of a structure or erection, after
the rules relating to energy conservation building
codes have been notified under clause (a) of section
15 of clause (l) of sub-section (2) of section 56,
which is having a connected load of 500kW or contract
demand of 600 kVA and above and is intended to be
used for commercial purposes; |
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(d) “Bureau” means the Bureau of
Energy Efficiency established under subsection (l)
of section 3; |
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(e) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson
of the Governing council; |
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(f) “designated agency” means any
agency designated under clause (d) of section 15; |
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(g) “designated consumer” means any
consumer specified under clause (e) of section 14; |
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(h) “energy” means any form of energy
derived from fossil fuels, nuclear substances or materials,
hydro-electricity and includes electrical energy or
electricity generated from renewable sources of energy
or bio-mass connected to the grid; |
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(i) “energy audit” means the verification,
monitoring and analysis of use of energy including
submission of technical report containing recommendations
for improving energy efficiency with cost benefit
analysis and an action plan to reduce energy consumption; |
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(j) “energy conservation building
codes” means the norms and standards of energy consumption
expressed in terms of per square meter of the area
wherein energy is used and includes the location of
the building; |
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(k) “energy consumption standards”
means the norms for process and energy consumption
standards specified under clause (a) of section 14; |
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(l) “Energy Management Centre” means
the Energy Management Centre set up under the Resolution
of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry
of Energy, Department of Power No. 7(2)/87-EP (Vol.
IV), dated the 5th July, 1989 and registered under
the Societies Registration Act, 1860; |
21 of 1860 |
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(m) “energy manager” means any individual
possessing the qualifications prescribed under clause
(m) of section 14; |
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(n) “ Governing Council” means the
Governing Council referred to in section 4; |
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(o) “member” means the member of
the Governing Council and includes the Chairperson; |
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(p) “notification” means a notification
in the Gazette of India or, as the case may be, the
Official Gazette of a State; |
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(q) “prescribed” means prescribed
by rules made under this Act; |
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(r) “regulations” means regulations
made by the Bureau under this Act; |
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(s) “schedule” means the Schedule
of this Act; |
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(t) “State Commission” means the
State Electricity Regulatory Commission established
under sub-section (l) of section 17 of the Electricity
Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998; |
14 of 1998 |
| 9 of 1940 54 of 1948 14 of 1998 |
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(u) words and expression used and
not defined in this Act but defined in the Indian
Electricity Act, 1910 or the Electricity (Supply)
Act, 1948 or the Electricity Regulatory Commissions
Act, 1998 shall have meanings respectively assigned
to them in those Acts. |
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