Section 6 in THE ENERGY CONSERVATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022
6. In section 14 of the principal Act,—
industrial unit, building or establishment” shall be substituted;(ii)in clause (5), after the words “class of equipment or appliances,”, the words “or vehicle, vessel, industrial unit, building or establishment” shall be inserted;(iii)for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—“(c) prohibit manufacture or import of any equipment or appliance or vehicle or vessel specified under clause (5), unless it conforms to energyconsumption standards specified under clause (a):Provided that an industrial unit specified under clause (5) shall close its operations unless it conforms to the norms for processes or energy consumptionstandards specified under clause (a):Provided further that from the date of notification of norms for processes and energy consumption standards under clause (a), no notification prohibitingsuch manufacture or import shall be issued—(4)within a period of six months in the case of equipment or appliance or vehicle or vessel; and(7)within a period of two years for closure of industrial unit:Provided also that the Central Government may, having regard to the market share and the technological development having impact on equipment or appliance or vehicle or vessel, and for reasons to be recorded in writing,extend the said period of six months referred to above, by a further period not exceeding six months;”;(iv)in clause (7), after the words “Energy Intensive Industries”, the words “and other establishments” shall be inserted;(v)in clause (/2), after the words “Energy Intensive Industries”, the words “and other establishments” shall be inserted;(vi)in clause (/), for the words “energy manager’, the words “energy auditor or energy manager” shall be substituted;(vii)in clauses (p), (4) and (७), for the words “energy conservation building codes”, the words “energy conservation and sustainable building codes” shall besubstituted;(viii)after clause (०), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—"(w) specify the carbon credit trading scheme;(x)specify minimum share of consumption of non-fossil sources by designated consumers as energy or feedstock, provided different share of consumption may be specified for different types of non-fossil sources for different designated consumers:”.
