INDUSTRIAL AND LOCAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Conforming to Law 121/2014, with subsequent modifications and amendments, operators who consume more than 1,000 tep annually are required to appoint an energy manager, either through an individual employment contract or by entering into a contract with an energy services provider company that employs an energy manager. The energy manager is a qualified person who ensures energy management within a commercial energy-consuming company, at the level of a group of energy consumers or at the level of an administrative-territorial entity. Energy management is a complex process of decision-making regarding the reduction of energy intensity and the increase of economic performance at the level of energy consumers and/or at a zonal level.
The energy manager provides services for the following categories of beneficiaries:
• Large commercial energy-consuming companies in the industries, transportation, and services sectors, where they are usually an employee of the company, but it can also be a service contracted with an authorized external company.
• Local councils of administrative-territorial entities (commune, city, etc.) with over 20,000 residents.
The role and activities of the Energy Manager include:
– Creating energy balances and completing the “Energy Consumption Declaration and Energy Analysis Questionnaire”.
– Centralizing and processing information from the metering and monitoring system.
– Preparing the specifications for the energy audit and accepting the audit work.
– Reporting the “Energy Consumption Declaration and Energy Analysis Questionnaire” by June 30th each year.
– Preparing the “Energy Efficiency Improvement Program”.
– Updating the “Energy Efficiency Improvement Program” by September 30th each year and reporting to the ministry.
– Representing the beneficiary in relation to the Ministry of Energy – Energy Efficiency Department, regarding energy efficiency matters.
– Providing consultancy on the application of current legislation and regulations regarding energy efficiency, as well as conducting necessary energy analyses for the beneficiary’s activities.
Obligations of Economic Operators for Reporting and Deadlines under Law No. 121/2014 on Energy Efficiency
In order to comply with the reporting obligations and deadlines stipulated in Law No. 121/2014 on Energy Efficiency, with subsequent amendments and additions, economic operators are required to submit the following documents to the Directorate of Energy Efficiency within the Ministry of Energy, at the email address secretariatdee@energie.gov.ro:
• Statements on the total annual energy consumption and energy analysis questionnaires of energy consumers used by economic operators consuming more than 1,000 toe per year must be submitted by June 30, 2021, in accordance with Article 9(4) of Law 121/2014. These documents should cover the data for 2020.
• Statements on the total annual energy consumption by economic operators using less than 1,000 toe per year must be submitted by June 30, 2021, as per Article 9(7) of Law 121/2014. These documents should cover the data for 2020.
• Energy efficiency improvement programs prepared by economic operators consuming over 1,000 toe per year must be submitted to the Ministry of Energy by September 30 of the year in which they were developed, in accordance with Article 9(3) of Law 121/2014.
• Energy efficiency improvement programs prepared by local government authorities in localities with a population of over 5,000 inhabitants must be submitted to the Ministry of Energy by September 30 of the year in which they were developed, as specified in Article 9(22) of Law 121/2014.