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The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2010, intending to provide for establishing Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory authority to enforce the energy efficiency and conservation measures was passed by Parliament with the Rajya Sabha approving the Bill.
The Bill piloted by Minister of State for Energy Bharat Singh Solanki, said the Bill seeks to provide for establishing the BEE merging the existing Energy Management Centre to effectively coordinate with designated consumers and agencies performing such functions and exercise necessary powers for efficient use and conservation.
The legislation also confers powers with the Central and State governments for enforcing provisions of the Act, establish Energy Conservation Funds, impose penalties for contravening the provisions of Act.
Replying to the discussions on the Bill, Mr Solanki said that the government would carry out sustained campaign for saving and conserving the energy in the next two to three years and would aid and develop alternative sources of energy like solar and wind in a big way.
The Bill also empowers the Centre to issue energy saving certificate to designated consumers, whose energy consumption was less than the prescribed norms and enable the designated consumers, whose consumption exceed the norms. These certificates would be traded within the country, Mr Solanki said.
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