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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
This law provides for the promotion of energy efficiency, energy audits to improve energy efficiency, efficient co-production of electricity and heat and cost-benefit analyses to promote the exploitation of surplus heat And the obligation of undertakings operating in the energy market to promote the efficient and efficient use of energy in the activities of its customers.
This law shall apply:
(1) undertakings which sell or distribute electricity, district heating, cooling or fuel;
(2) large undertakings, the energy audits of the undertaking and the persons responsible for the company's energy audit;
3) district heating and cooling systems, electricity condensers and industrial installations where there may be a usable surplus heat.
For the purposes of this law:
(1) Energy Fuels, heat, renewable energy, electricity or any other form of energy;
(2) Energy efficiency The relationship between the output of the service, the service, the goods or energy and the energy supply;
(3) Improving energy efficiency An increase in energy efficiency resulting from technical, human behaviour or economic changes;
(4) Large undertaking A natural or legal person pursuing an economic activity with at least 250 employees or an annual turnover of more than eur 50 million and a balance-sheet total of more than eur 43 million;
(5) A European standard The standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;
(6) International standard A standard adopted by the International Organisation for Standardisation, which has been publicly available;
(7) Energy retailer A natural or legal person who sells energy to final customers in a professional manner;
(8) End-user A natural or legal person who purchases energy for his own final use;
(9) Fuel wholesaler Any natural or legal person who sells fuel to retailers of energy;
(10) Fuel, Natural gas and natural gas used as transport fuel, LPG, rock and lignite, heavy and light fuel oil, peat, biofuels and transport fuel, with the exception of air and sea Fuels;
(11) Network-based gas Natural gas supplied by natural gas pipelines to the final consumption point;
(12) Energy service provider Any natural or legal person who supplies energy services or conducts other energy efficiency improvement measures in an end-user establishment or premises;
(13) Cogeneration Simultaneous generation of thermal energy and electrical or mechanical energy in the same process;
(14) Effective cogeneration Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2009 /125/EC and 2010 /30/EU and repealing Directives 2004 /8/EC and 2006 /32/EC, hereinafter referred to as: Energy efficiency directive , cogeneration meeting the criteria set out in Annex II;
(15) Significant reform Reform work costing more than 50 % of the investment costs of the new comparable unit.
The company's energy review is a systematic procedure that provides sufficient information on the energy consumption profile of the whole group or company, identifies the potential for cost-effective energy savings, determines the amount of savings and Report on the results of the review. The company's energy review takes into account all the energy applications of the company, namely buildings, industrial and commercial activities and transport.
The company's energy review shall include separate target-specific views on an adequate number of the company's activities in order to provide a reliable picture of the company's overall energy performance and to establish a reliable means of: The most significant potential for improvement.
Target review is a systematic procedure to provide detailed information on the energy consumption structure of the energy use target and to present proposals for cost-effective energy efficiency measures. The target review shall be made in the building, the construction crew, the industrial plant or its part, the transport chain or any other individual energy use.
The company's energy review is mandatory for large companies.
The mandatory energy review of an undertaking shall be carried out at least every four years. The target review to be included in the mandatory energy review of an undertaking shall not be four years older.
Where an undertaking has a certified energy management system or an environmental management system certified by an independent body in accordance with European or international standards, which shall include Energy audits carried out in accordance with the minimum requirements, the undertaking is released from the mandatory energy review referred to in Article 6.
The certified energy management system referred to in paragraph 1 shall include at least a certified ISO 50001 and a certified ISO 14001 certified by an independent body for certification An energy management system with the same energy review requirements with ISO 50001.
Where an undertaking is involved in a voluntary energy efficiency agreement signed with a State authority which includes an energy review carried out in accordance with this law and in accordance with the minimum requirements laid down therein, The undertaking is deemed to meet the requirement of Article 6 for the mandatory energy review of the company.
The company's energy review is carried out for the entire group or company and provides an overview of all activities of the company, including buildings, industrial activities, commercial activities and transport, and the structure of their energy consumption.
The company's energy audit shall include a sufficient sample of target audiences in order to provide a reliable overall picture of the overall energy performance of the company and to establish, in a reliable manner, the most significant energy efficiency Possibilities for improvement. Adequate sample survey shall be considered as sufficient to cover an adequate amount of the total energy use of the undertaking. A company's energy audit shall always include at least one target viewing, unless the company does not have any energy applications where it is appropriate and economically justified to carry out the target viewing.
The company's energy review shall present the results of the main target reviews and the significant energy efficiency improvement actions of the company. It shall, as far as possible, include a plan for the next target viewing of the company's energy audits and their dates.
Reliable, up-to-date and, where possible, measured and traceable operational data on energy consumption and load distribution shall be used in the company's energy review. Data shall be stored for historical analysis and performance monitoring.
The company's energy review shall not include clauses preventing the undertaking from transferring the results of the review to a third party.
More detailed provisions on minimum requirements for the company's energy audit and the number of target reviews can be adopted by a Council regulation.
As far as possible, target audiences must be made available to the different energy uses of the company, while focusing on those areas where energy consumption is highest, as well as those where energy efficiency has the most to improve.
If a specific target has been subjected to a target review during the previous four years, the priority shall be to make the target viewing of the company's other destinations, taking into account, however, the provisions of paragraph 1.
Target viewing does not need to be carried out on planes, ships, trains and cars.
Target reviews shall identify the proposed energy savings measures and allow detailed and verified calculations for the proposed actions. Where possible, the calculation of savings shall be based on the analysis of the life cycle cost, in order to take account of long-term savings.
Articles 8 (4) shall apply as regards the information to be used in the energy review of the undertaking and in paragraph 5 concerning the clauses to be included in the company's energy audit.
More detailed provisions may be laid down by the Government Decree.
An energy review report shall be submitted for the energy review of the company. The report should be kept for at least 10 years. The company must have a company's energy audit report, which is not more than four years old.
The report shall at least reflect the information corresponding to the minimum requirements laid down in Article 8. The regulation of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy may provide more detailed provisions on the content of the company's energy audit report.
The target viewing to be included in the company's energy review shall be submitted by the target viewing report. The report should be kept for at least 10 years. The company shall submit, within three months of each target viewing report, the main information contained in the target review reports to be included in the energy review of the undertaking's energy audit. Completion.
The Ministry of Employment and the Economy (Ministry of Employment and the Economy) can provide more detailed provisions on the target review report and the information to be provided in the register.
The Energy Agency shall ensure that the mandatory energy audits of the company are carried out in accordance with this law and the provisions adopted pursuant thereto. A quantity shall be checked for the company's energy audits in each year. The regulation of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy may provide for more detailed provisions on the amount of energy audits of the company to be checked and on the way in which it is carried out.
The Energy Agency shall be entitled to receive the report of the target review included in the mandatory energy review of an undertaking. The report shall be submitted to the Energy Agency within one month at the request of the Energy Agency and shall not be four years older.
The Patents and Registration Board shall submit to the Energy Agency, at its request, the business records of the trade register for the organisation of supervision. The information shall be provided promptly and free of charge.
The energy review of a mandatory undertaking may only act as a person whose competence has been established and valid and which is registered in the register of energy audits as responsible for the company's energy audit.
The person responsible for the company's energy review shall have an appropriate degree in technology, an environmental or energy examination, or a replacement working experience, as well as the training of the company's energy audit. In addition, he or she shall have, by means of an acceptable performance of the company's energy audit, a study of the company's legislation on energy audits and energy audits.
The recognition of professional qualifications and professional qualifications acquired in another Member State of the European Economic Area shall be governed by the law on the recognition of professional qualifications (19/03/2007) .
A decree of the Council of State may provide for more detailed provisions on suitable qualifications, for replacement work experience, for the training of persons responsible for training and for the content of the personal tests.
The company's own employee can act as the responsible person for the company's energy audit. Such a liability shall be subject to the same qualification requirements as other persons responsible for the company's energy audits, and his qualifications shall be established by the Authority in accordance with Article 15.
The energy review of the company's energy audit is requested from the Energy Agency. This shall indicate the existence of the training required by the responsible person, or the existence of such replacement work experience, the acceptance of the identity test and the approval or rejection of the competence.
The renewal of competence is requested from the Energy Agency. This indicates the maintenance of skills or, in any other case, require the approval of a professional qualification test to renew qualifications. A decree of the Council of State may provide for more detailed provisions on the maintenance of skills by means of energy audits, training or any other comparable way.
The validity period shall be valid for seven years from the date of adoption of the decision.
If the person responsible for the company's energy audit repeatedly violates the minimum requirements of the company's energy audit or otherwise shows that it is invalid, the Energy Agency may remove the competence granted to the person.
The Energy Agency keeps a register of the persons responsible for the company's energy audit.
The register shall be stored in the form of contact details of the person responsible for the company's energy audit, the responsible person's number and the duration of validity. In addition, if you so wish, you can record information on the energy audits he has carried out. Information on the person responsible for the company's energy review shall be deleted from the register one year after the validity of the validity of the validity period, unless the validity of the validity has not been renewed.
The Energy Agency shall be decided by the Agency.
Everyone has the right to receive unremunerated information on a single registration document for himself.
The operator of the measurement shall provide a competitively priced meter to the end users of district heating and cooling, which shall accurately measure the actual consumption of energy and provide information on the timing of consumption when:
(1) the existing meter shall be replaced, except where it is technically impossible or is not cost-effective, taking into account long-term savings potential;
(2) the new entry into the new building; or
3) it is a new connection which will be placed in a building with land use and construction Article 125 of the ec Treaty Or a corrective action required under Article 126, which may have a significant impact on the energy performance of the building.
If heat or cooling is delivered from a district heating network or to a number of properties from a common central source, to the delivery point of district heating, the heat exchanger shall be installed in the heat exchanger or heat supply point of the property. A thermal energy meter when the heating system is renewed or is involved in a new connection with a new property.
In the case of the installation of a district heating and cooling meter, the operator of the measurement shall provide the end-user with appropriate advice and information, in particular on exploiting the possibilities offered by the meters in the management of the measurement data; and Monitoring of energy consumption.
The calculation of district heating and cooling shall be calculated on the basis of actual consumption at least four times a year. The invoicing may be based on the end user's lecture.
The invoicing of district heating and cooling shall be based on estimated consumption or on a fixed amount only when the invoicing is based on the meter reading the end-user and this has not reported the meter reading for a given arithmetic period. Derogations from the calculated energy consumption may also be waived where the provision of measurement and billing based on verified energy consumption is not possible or is inexpensive.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, retail energy retailer and end-user may agree on other methods of payment and invoicing. However, information on consumption and prices shall be provided to the customer at least four times a year, if available.
The fuel end-user shall be informed of the information on the unit price of the fuel and the amount of fuel supplied in the invoice, contract, receipt or annex.
The end user shall, if it so wishes, have access to district heating and cooling bills and consumption data in electronic form. The invoice shall specify clearly where it is composed. The invoices and the price and consumption data referred to in this Article shall be given to the end-user in a proper and free manner.
§ 22 applies from 1 January 2016.
The energy retailer shall provide, with the invoice for district heating and cooling and the fuel invoice, the relevant information enabling the end-user to receive a comprehensive account of the current energy costs. Information on energy costs and estimates shall be made available to the end user free of charge, in a timely and easily comprehensible form. The actual consumption and costs of the final consumer shall be included in the invoice and a comparison shall be made for the previous year's consumption during the same period.
The energy retailer shall make available to the final energy end-user information on energy efficiency improvement measures, or any other appropriate means, as well as the contact details of those who receive additional information Energy efficiency improvement measures.
The Energy Agency may provide more detailed provisions on what data should be included in the invoice and the way in which the information is to be presented.
Article 23 shall apply from 1 January 2016.
The operator of the measurement shall ensure that the end-user is easily and clearly provided with additional information from the previous district heating and cooling consumption that enables the end-user to make detailed Inspections.
If a remote yardstick capable of recording data level data is used for the measurement, data on consumption shall be made available to the end-user for at least the previous three years or from the beginning of the delivery contract , if it has been three years shorter.
For the end user without its use of a remote-readable meter able to record information on the level of information, the information that is available shall be made available.
To the extent that information on the end-user district heating or cooling bills and past consumption is available, the operator of the measurement shall make them available to the energy service provider designated by this designated operator at the request of the final user.
Article 24 shall apply from 1 January 2016.
The energy retailer shall provide, at least once a year, to the downstream user connected to the electricity distribution network and to the end-user using district heating, cooling and grid gas free of charge and duly report on the use of this energy. The report shall include at least:
(1) information on the final energy consumption of the end-user for the period and the preceding three years, but not more than the period in which the customer relationship has lasted;
(2) comparative data on end-user energy consumption compared to other similar end-users;
(3) information on energy efficiency improvement measures and contact information from entities to which further information on energy efficiency improvement measures is available.
The retailer does not have a reporting obligation under paragraph 1 if the provision of measurement based on actual energy consumption is not possible or is inexpensive.
If the retail energy retailer changes, the energy use report shall be submitted to the end user within three months of the end of the energy sales contract. If the contract between the final user and the energy retailer has not lasted six months or six months for the submission of the previous report, the report referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required.
Where electronic invoicing is agreed between the end-user and the retailer, the report shall be submitted primarily by electronic means. If a paper bill is used, the report shall be submitted primarily by post. The end-user and the retailer may also agree on other delivery methods.
For the purpose of the report, the system operator responsible for the measurement of electrical energy shall provide the information necessary for the electricity consumption of electricity to the seller free of charge.
More detailed provisions on the content of the report on the use of energy can be adopted by a Council regulation.
The energy retailer shall submit to the Energy Agency, at the request of the Energy Agency, information on electricity, grid gas, district heating and cooling:
(1) total energy sales and its timing;
(2) energy consumption by consumer groups for final customers;
(3) geographical distribution of end-users by group of customers;
4) pricing and price structure.
The fuel wholesaler shall provide the fuel data by fuel range:
(1) total fuel sales and its timing;
(2) geographical distribution of sales;
3) fuel price.
The Energy Agency may request the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 for a maximum period of one year and up to a maximum of three years. The information shall be disclosed in the form requested by the Energy Agency and free of charge.
The retailer shall keep the information referred to in paragraph 1 and the information referred to in paragraph 2 of the fuel wholesaler for at least four years.
More detailed provisions on the content of the information and their transmission may be adopted by a decree of the Council.
The operator shall carry out a cost-benefit analysis to assess the costs and benefits of the installation, in the design of a new or renewal of the existing electricity-fired power platform with a fuel efficiency greater than 20 MW. As an effective cogeneration plant.
When designing new or reforming an industrial plant which may generate surplus heat at a useful temperature level with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW, the operator shall carry out a cost-benefit analysis of the costs and In order to assess the benefits, the use of the surplus heat for economically justified demand and the integration of the installation into the district heating and cooling network.
In the design of a new district heating and cooling network for an industrial installation with a total heat output of more than 20 MW, or in the design of a new energy production facility in an existing district heating and cooling network, A fuel efficiency of more than 20 MW or a significant restructuring of such an existing installation, the operator shall carry out a cost-benefit analysis to assess the costs and benefits of the proximity of industrial installations; The use of usable surplus heat.
Installation of equipment for the recovery of CO2 produced by the combustion plant for its storage of CO2 capture and storage (416/2012) , shall not be regarded as a renewal within the meaning of paragraphs 1 to 3.
Notwithstanding Article 27, there is no need for a cost-benefit analysis in the case of:
(1) an installation with peak load times or replacement power, with a scheduled duration of less than 1 500 hours of operation per year;
(2) nuclear power plant;
(3) an institution which is located close to a geological storage site approved in accordance with the ccs law;
(4) a new power plant in an existing district heating system with a low power output and no usable industrial surplus heat is available in the vicinity of the district heating system;
(5) a new or revamping industrial plant with a low usable amount of surplus heat and no district heating system in the vicinity of the plant; or
6) an institution located in an area with a low demand for district heating.
The exemption criteria referred to in paragraph 1 (4) to (6) may be subject to more detailed provisions by a Council Regulation.
The operator responsible for the project shall submit a declaration of cost/benefit analysis to the Energy Agency. The notification shall indicate the result of the cost-benefit analysis and whether the operator intends to carry out a cogeneration installation as referred to in Article 27 (1) as a cogeneration installation or to exploit the surplus heat of the industry as a district temperature of Article 27 Or in the situations referred to in paragraph 3. The notification shall be submitted to the Energy Agency prior to the construction or renewal.
The Energy Agency may, within one month of receipt of the notification, request further clarification if the notification submitted is not sufficient or the operator declares that it does not carry out the cogeneration plant or the surplus heat of the industry, Even if a cost-benefit analysis shows that it is worthwhile to carry out or exploit. The additional report shall be submitted to the Energy Agency within one month following the request of the Energy Agency. The building or renovation work shall not be continued until further clarification is provided.
More detailed provisions on the content of the cost-benefit analysis and of the notification thereof may be made by the Government Decree.
The role of the Energy Agency is to monitor compliance with this law and the provisions adopted pursuant to it.
The Energy Agency may intensify its decision under this law with a penalty payment. The imposition and sentencing of a periodic penalty payment shall be laid down in the (1113/1990) .
The Energy Agency's decision under this Act shall be subject to appeal by the appeal to the administrative court, as in the case of administrative law (18/06/1996) Provides. An appeal against a decision other than that referred to in Article 17 of this Act shall be subject to appeal only if the Supreme Administrative Court grants an appeal.
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2015. However, Articles 22 to 24 shall apply only from 1 January 2016.
This law repeals the law on energy efficiency services for companies operating in the energy market (1211/2009) . However, Article 3 (1) (2) to (4) and (2) and (3) of the repealed Law shall apply until 31 December 2015.
A large undertaking shall make a mandatory energy review pursuant to Article 6 by 5 December 2015.
The person to whom Motiva Oy has granted competence for energy audits before the entry into force of this Act shall be deemed to comply with the qualification requirements laid down in Article 13 until the end of 2016.
THEY 182/2014 , TaVM 23/2014, EV 226/2014, Directive 2012 /27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (32012L0027); OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1
