The Energy Conservation (Form And Manner And Time For Furnishing Information With Regard To Energy Consumed And Action Taken On Recommendations Of Accredited Energy Auditor) Rules, 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (h) of sub-section (2) of section 56 read with clause (k) of section 14 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001), the Central Government, hereby makes the following rules, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement .—(1) These rules may be called the Energy Conservation (Form and Manner and Time for Furnishing Information with Regard to Energy Consumed and Action Taken on Recommendations of Accredited Energy Auditor) Rules, 2008.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions .—(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Act” means the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 ;

(b) “Form” means the forms specified under rule 3;

(2) Words and expression used herein and not defined, but defined in the Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.
3. Form and time limit for furnishing of information by the designated consumers with regard to energy consumed and action taken on the recommendations of the accredited energy auditor .—(1) Every designated consumer within three months of the submission of energy audit report by the accredited energy auditor shall, furnish in electronic form as well as in a hard copy, to the designated agency,—
(a) details of information on energy consumed during the year preceding to the year for which energy audit was undertaken as verified by the accredited energy auditor, in Form 1;

(b) details of specific energy consumption product-wise for the period referred to in clause (a), in Form 1;

(c) details of the action taken on the recommendations made by the accredited energy auditor in the energy audit report submitted under the Act, in Form 2;

(2) Every designated consumer shall furnish to the designated agency every year, the details of progress made in consequence of the action taken by it as per clause (c) of sub-rule (1) of rule 3 together with the details of energy efficiency improvement measures implemented and consequent savings achieved in Form 3, within three months of the close of that year.
4. Manner of furnishing information .—(1) Every designated consumer shall furnish the information under rule 3 after getting the same authenticated by its energy manager appointed or designated in terms of notification number S.O. 318(E), dated the 2nd March, 2007.
(2) The information under sub-rule (1) shall be strictly in accordance with the energy audit report of the accredited energy auditor.

FORM 1

Details Of Energy Consumed And Specific Energy Consumption, Product-Wise, Based On Verified Data

[See rule 3 (1) (a) and (b)]

1. Name of the Unit
2. The sector in which unit falls (Refer Annexure 1)
3 (a) Complete address of Unit's location (including Chief Executive's name and designation) with mobile, telephone, fax nos. and e-mail.
(b) Year of establishment
4. Registered office address with telephone, fax numbers and e-mail
5. Name, designation, address, mobile, telephone, fax numbers and e-mail of energy manager
6. Production and capacity utilization details
Year	Main products	Units (Please specify)	Installed capacity (a)	Actual production (b)	% Capacity utilisation (b/a) x 100		Specific energy consumption
200-200	Product 1
	Product 2
	Other products
					Year 200-200
7.0 Energy consumption and cost
7.1 Electricity consumption and cost
(A) Purchased electricity
(i) Units (millions kWh/year)
(ii) Total cost (Rs. millions/year)
(iii) Plant connected load (kW)
(iv) Contract demand (kVA) with utility
(v) Connected load (kW)
(B) Own Generation
(a) Through Diesel Generating sets
(i) Annual generation (millions kWh/year)
(ii) Total cost (Rs. million/year)
(iii) Fueal used (HSD/LDO/LSHS/LSFO-(Refer Annexure 2)
(vi) Total annual fuel cost (Rs. million)
(b) Through steam turbine/generator
(i) Annual generation (millions kWh/year)
(ii) Fuel used state which type of fuel was used (C=coal, B=biomas, E=electrifity). If coal was used, state which grade, i.e., C/I=Imported or, C/F=Coal of grade F
(c) Through gas turbind
(i) Annual generation (millions kWh/year)
(ii) Fuel used (state which type of fuel was used Natural Gas (NG), Piped Natural Gas (PNG), Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Naphtha)
(iii) Gross calorific value (kCal/SCM)
(iv) Annual fuel consumption (SCM)
(v) Total annual fuel cost (Rs. million)
(C) Total generation of electricity (millions kWh/year) 7.1 (B) [a(i)+b(i)+c(i)]
(D) Electricity supplied to the grid/others (specify million kWh/year)
(E) Total Electricity consumed (millions kWh/year) 7.1 [A(i)+C-D]
7.2 Fuel consumption and % cost for process heating
(A) Coal
(i) Gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(ii) Quantity purchased (tonne/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (tonne/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (tonne/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (tonne/year)
(vi) Total coal cost for process (Rs. million/year)
(B) Lignite
(i) Gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(ii) Quantity purchased (tonne/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (tonnes/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (tonne/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (tonne/year)
(vi) Total used for process heating (tonne/year)
(C) Biomass other purchase solid fuels (please specify) bagasse, rice husk, etc.
(i) Average moisture content as fired (%)
(ii) Average gross calorific value as fired (kCal/kg)
(iii) Quantity purchased (tonne/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (tonne/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (tonne/year)
(vi) Total baggase cost for process (Rs. million/year)
7.3 Liquid
(A) Furnace Oil (F.O.)
(i) Gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(ii) Quantity purchased (kL/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (kL/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (kL/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (kL/year)
(vi) Total F.O. cost for process heating (Rs. million/year)
(B) Low Sulphur Heavy Stock (LSHS)
(i) Gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(ii) Quantity purchased (tonne/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (tonne/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (tonne/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (tonne/year)
(vi) Total LSHS Cost for process heating (Rs. million/year)
(C) High Sulphur Heavy Stock (HSHS)
(i) Gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(ii) Quantity purchased (tonne/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (tonne/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (tonne/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (tonne/year)
(vi) Total HSHS cost for process heating (Rs. million/year)
(D) Diesel Oil
(a) High Speed Diesel (HSD)
(i) Gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(ii) Quantity purchased (kL/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (tonne/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (kL/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (kL/year)
(vi) Total HSD cost for process heating (Rs. million/year)
(b) Light Diesel Oil (LDO)
(i) Gross calorific value (KCal/kg)
(ii) Quantity purchased (kL/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (kL/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (kL/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (kL/year)
(vi) Total LDO cost for process heating (Rs. million/year)
7.4 Gas
(A) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
(i) Gross calorific value (kCal/SCM)
(ii) Quantity purchased (million SCM/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (million SCM/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (million SCM/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (million SCM/year)
(vi) Total cost of natural gas for process heating (Rs. Million/year)
(B) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
(i) Gross calorific value (kCal/SCM)
(ii) Quantity purchased (million SCM/year)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (million SCM/year)
(iv) Quantity used as raw material, if any (million SCM/year)
(v) Quantity used for process heating (million SCM/year)
(vi) Total cost of LPG for process heating (Rs. million/year)
(C) Gas generated as by product/waste in the plant and used as fuel
(i) Name
(ii) Gross calorific value (kCal/SCM)
(iii) Quantity used for process heating (million SCM/year)
(iv) Total cost of by product gas for process heating (Rs. Million/year)
7.5 Solid waste
Solid waste generated in the plant and used as fuel
(i) Name
(ii) Gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(iii) Quantity used for process heating (tonne/year)
(iv) Total cost of solid waste for process heating (Rs. Million/year)
7.6 Liquid waste
(A) Liquid effluent/waste generated in the plant and used as fuel
(i) Name
(ii) Gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(iii) Quantity used for process heating (tonne/year)
(iv) Total cost of liquid effluent for process heating (Rs. million/year)
7.7 Others
(i) Name
(ii) Average gross calorific value (kCal/kg)
(iii) Quantity used for power generation (tonnes/year)
(iv) Quantity used for process heat (tonnes/year)
(v) Annual cost of the other source

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Signature						Signature
Name of the energy manager,						Name of the accredited energy auditor
Name of the company						Accreditation details
Full address						Seal
Seal

ANNEXURE I - Name Of Sectors

Aluminum, cement, chemicals, chlor-alkali, fertilisers, gas crackers, iron and steel, naphtha crackers, pulp and paper, petrochemicals, petroleum refineries, sugar, textile.

ANNEXURE 2

HSD	High Speed Diesel
LDO	Light Diesel Oil
LSHS	Low Sulphur Heavy Stock
LSFO	Low Sulphur Furnace Oil
C	Coal
B	Biomass
E	Electricity
C/I	Coal Imported
C/F	Indian Coal grade F
NG	Natural Gas
PNG	Piped Natural Gas
CNG	Compressed Natural Gas
FO	Furnace Oil
LPG	Liquefied Petroleum Gas
SCM	Standard Cubic Metre (15°C and 1.01325 bar)
KL	Kilo Litre
Million	Ten (10) lakh

FORM 2

Details Action Taken On Recommendations Of Accredited Energty Auditor For Improving Energy Efficiency

[See rule 3(1) (c)]

Sl. No.	Energy efficiency improvement measures - (Suggested categories of areas of energy efficiency improvement for obtaining details of energy savings - See Annexure 3)	Investment Millions Rupees	Reasons for not implementing the measure	Date of completion of measure/likely completion	Life cycle years	Annual energy savings
						Oil		Gas	Coal	Electricity	Other
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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Signature							Signature
Name of the energy manager							Name of the accredited energy auditor
Name of the company							Accreditation details
Full address							Seal
Contact person
E-mail address
Telephone/Fax numbers
Plant address

1. Estimate the predicted life of the measure, meaning the number of year the level of first year energy savings or even larger amounts will materialise.2. Life commercial units of litre, kg, tonnes, normal cubic meter, kWh or MWh and Indicate the unit. Indicate the anticipated potential in energy savings.

ANNEXURE 3

Suggested Categories Of Areas Of Energy Efficiency Improvement For Obtaining Details Of Energy Savings

1. Better house keeping measures2. Installation of improved process monitoring and control instrumentation, or software3. Fuel Handling System4. Steam Generation System5. Steam Distribution System6. Electricity Generation System7. Hot Water System8. Compressed Air System9. Raw/Process Water System10. Cooling Water System11. Process Cooling/Refrigeration System12. Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning System13. Electrical System14. Lighting System15. Melting/Heating/Drying Equipment (e.g.) Furnaces, Heaters, Klins, Ovens, Dryers, Evaporators, etc.16. Heat Exchangers17. Pumps, Compressors, Fans, Blowers, Piping, Ducting18. Process Equipment (e.g.) Reactors, Separation Equipment, Material, Handling Equipment, etc.19. Transformers20. Electric Motors and Drives21. Process Technology22. Process Integration23. Process Control and Automation24. Other Non-equipment Measures (e.g.) Plant Operation/Scheduling, Tariff Schedule, etc.25. Recovery of waste hear for process heat or power generation26. Retrofitting, modification or sizing of fans, blowers, pumps, including duct systems27. Other

FORM 3

[See rule 3(2)]

Details Of Energy Efficiency Improvement Measures Implemented, Investment Made And Savings In Energy Achieved And Progress Made In The Implementation Of Other Recommendations

A. Implemented:

Sl. No.	Description of energy efficiency improvement measure	Category	Investment (Rupees)	Verified savings (Rupees)	Verified energy savings	Units	Fuel	Remarks
1
2
3

B. Under implementation:

Sl. No.	Description of energy efficiency improvement measure	Category	Investment (Rupees) estimated	Verified savings (Rupees) estimated	Verified energy savings estimated		Units	Fuel	Status of implementation
1
2
3

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Signature						Signature
Name of the energy manager						Name of the accredited energy auditor
Name of the company						Accreditation details
Full address						Seal
Contact person
E-mail address
Telephone/Fax numbers
Plant address

1. Use "C.No" column of Form 2 as reference - See Annexure "3" for adoption2. First year

3. Use conventional energy, volume or mass units with proper prefix k=10_3,M=10₆, G=10₉