Last Updated: December 19, 2022

Energy Conservation

An Act further to amend the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:–– 1. (1) This Act may be called the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Short title and commencement. vl k/kkj.k EXTRAORDINARY Hkkx II — [ k.M1 PART II — Section 1 i zkf/kdkj l s i zdkf’ kr PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY l añ 26] ubZ fnYyh] eaxyokj] fnl Ecj 20] 2022@vxzgk.; 29] 1944 ¼’kd½ No. 26] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2022/AGRAHAYANA 29, 1944 (SAKA) bl Hkkx esa fHkUu i `”B l a[ ; k nh t krh gS ft l l s fd ; g vyx l adyu ds : i esa j[ kk t k l dsA Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. xxxGIDHxxx xxxGIDExxx jft LVªh l añ Mhñ , yñ—(, u)04@0007@2003—22 REGISTERED NO. DL—(N)04/0007/2003—22 MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 20th December, 2022/Agrahayana 29, 1944 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 19th December, 2022 and is hereby published for general information:— सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-20122022-241246 CG-DL-E-20122022-241246 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— 2. In section 2 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),–– (i) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:–– ‘(c) “building” means any structure or erection or part of structure or erection–– (i) constructed after the rules relating to energy conservation and sustainable building codes have been notified by the Central Government under clause (p) of section 14 and by the State Government under clause (a) of section 15; (ii) which has a minimum connected load of 100 Kilowatt (kW) or contract demand of 120 Kilovolt Ampere (kVA); and (iii) which is used or intended to be used for commercial purpose or as an office building or for residential purpose: Provided that the State Government may specify a lower connected load or contract demand than the load or demand specified above;’; (ii) after clause (d), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:–– ‘(da) “carbon credit certificate” means the certificate issued by the Central Government or any agency authorised by it under section 14AA; (db) “carbon credit trading scheme” means the scheme for reduction of carbon emissions notified by the Central Government under clause (w) of section 14;’; (iii) for clause (h), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:–– ‘(h) “energy” means any form of energy derived from fossil fuels or non-fossil sources or renewable sources;’; (iv) after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:–– ‘(ia) “energy auditor” means any individual possessing the qualifications prescribed under clause (m) of section 14;’; (v) for clause (j), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:–– ‘(j) “energy conservation and sustainable building code” means the code which provides norms and standards for energy efficiency and its conservation, use of renewable energy and other green building requirements for a building;’; (vi) after clause (q), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:–– ‘(qa) “registered entity” means any entity, including designated consumers, registered for carbon credit trading scheme specified under clause (w) of section 14;’; (vii) after clause (t), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(ta) “vehicle” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (28) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; (tb) “vessel” includes every description of water craft used or capable of being used in inland waters or in coastal waters, including any ship, boat, sailing vessel, tug, barge or other description of vessel including non-displacement craft, amphibious craft, wing-in-ground craft, ferry, roll-on-roll-off vessel, container vessel, tanker vessel, gas carrier or floating Amendment of section 2. 52 of 2001. 59 of 1988. SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 3 unit or dumb vessel used for transportation, storage or accommodation within or through inland waters and coastal waters;’.

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Last Updated: December 09, 2022

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

Determination of Fee and Charges payable under Regulation 15 of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Recognition and Issuance of Renewable Energy Certificate for Renewable Energy Generation) Regulations, 2022.

ORDER

The Commission notified the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Recognition and Issuance of Renewable Energy Certificate for Renewable Energy Generation) Regulations, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as ‘REC Regulations’) on 09.05.2022. By virtue of clause (1) of Regulation 3 of the REC Regulations, this Commission has designated the National Load Despatch Centre as the Central Agency to perform the functions under clause (2). 2. Regulation 3(2) of the REC Regulations provides the functions of the Central Agency as under: i. undertake registration of eligible entities, ii. develop a mechanism for accounting of generation and sale in respect of Certificates; iii. undertake issuance of Certificates, iv. maintain and settle accounts in respect of Certificates, Order in Petition No. 15/SM/2022 Page 2 v. act as repository of transactions in Certificates, vi. maintain Registry of Certificates, vii. perform such other functions incidental to sub-clauses (i) to (vi) of this clause, viii. undertake any other function that may be assigned by the Commission 3. Regulation 15 of the REC Regulations empowers the Commission to determine by order, based on the proposal in this regard from the Central Agency, the fees and charges payable by the eligible entities for participation in the scheme for accreditation, registration, issuance of certificates, and other matters connected therewith. The relevant portion of the REC Regulations is extracted as under: “15. FEES and CHARGES The Commission may, based on the proposal from the Central Agency, determine the fees and charges payable by the eligible entities for accreditation, registration, issuance of Certificates and other matters connected therewith.” 4. In accordance with the above Regulation, the Central Agency submitted a proposal through communication dated 7th October, 2022 for the determination of the fees and charges payable by the eligible entities for accreditation, registration, issuance of certificates and other matters connected therewith. 5. Central Registry in its proposal has highlighted that the expenditure towards Central Agency’s responsibility for REC mechanism is not covered through RLDC Fees and charges and these charges are determined and recovered through separate orders of the Commission from time to time, based on the proposal in this regard from the Central Agency. 6. According to the proposal expenditure likely to be incurred by the Central Agency towards discharging its functions as described in the REC Regulations 2022 can be categorised under the following heads: i. Development of REC Web Application ii. Comprehensive AMC charges of REC Web Application iii. Server co-location charges/ Cloud Server Space charges iv. Expenditure towards Cyber Security Compliance v. Manpower Expenses vi. Legal Expenses Order in Petition No. 15/SM/2022 Page 3 vii. Expenditure towards Compliance Audit viii. Capital Expenditure towards IT infrastructure upgradation ix. Miscellaneous expenses 7. Central Agency has highlighted that a complete upgradation of REC Web application would require conforming the same with the REC Regulations 2022 and would require exclusive expenditure towards Cyber Security infrastructure and audit compliance to comply with Government of India’s thrust towards Cyber security. 8. It is also highlighted that as per the REC Regulations 2022 the registration granted by the Central Agency to the eligible entities shall remain valid for a period of 25 years which will further reduce the fees received towards the revalidation of registration charges. 9. The proposal also includes fees and charges for accreditation by RLDCs as per the Regulations 6 (2) of the REC Regulations 2022 for accreditation of eligible entities connected to inter-State transmission system. 10. The Central Agency in its proposal has provided audited accounts of income and expenditure statement and balance sheet pertaining to REC mechanism for FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22 and highlighted that it has suffered recurrent loss of Rs. 55.86 Lakhs and Rs. 50.09 Lakhs in the previous FY 21 and FY 22 respectively.

Source Link: http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/renewable%20energy%20certificate%20regulations%202022.pdf