Cement, Energy and Environment

52 of 2001. Amendment of section 9. Amendment of section 10. Amendment of section 13. The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2010 (As passed By the houses ofParliament) A Bill to amend the energy conservation Act, 2001. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-First year of the Republ ic of India as follows:- 1. This Act may be called the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act. 2010. Short title Amenedment 2. In section 2 of the Energy Conservation Act, 200 l (herei nafter referred of section 2. to as the principal Act),- (i) in clause (a), for the words " an auditor possessing qualifications specified under", the words "an energy auditor accredited in accordance with the provisions of' shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (b), for the words and figures "established under section 30", the words and figures "referred to in section 30" shall be substituted; (iii) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- '(c) "building" means any structure or erection or part of structure or erection after the rules relating to energy conservation building codes have been notified under clause (p) of section 14 and clause (a) of section 15 and includes any existing structure of erection or part of structure or erection, which is having a connected load of 100 Kilowatt (kW) or contract demand of 120 Kilo-volt Ampere (kVA) and above and is used or intended to be used for commercial purposes;' (iv) after clause (m), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- '(ma)' "energy savings certificate" means any energy savings certificate issued to the designated consumers under sub-section (1) of section 14A; (maa) "equipment or appliance" means any equipment or appliance which consumes generates, transmits or supplies energy and includes any device that consumes any form of energy and produces a desired work; ' 3. In section 9 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words "three years," the words "five years" shall be substituted. 4. In section 10 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "The Central Government", the words "The Bureau" shall be substituted. 5. In section 13 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), - (i) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :- "(aa) recommend to the Central Government for issuing of the energy savings certificate under section 14;", (ii) for clause (p), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - "(p) specify, by regulations, the qualifications, cri teria and conditions subject to which a person may be accredited as an energy auditor and the procedure for such accreditation;", (iii) in clause (r), for the words "energy managers", the words "energy auditors and energy managers" shall be substituted; (iv) after clause (s), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: - 42