law: The Energy Conservation Act, 2001
  2. Definitions.-
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,-
  a.  
  
    "accredited
  
  energy auditor" means an auditor possessing qualifications specified under
  
  clause (p) of sub-section (2) of section 13;
  b.  
  
    "Appellate
  
  Tribunal" means the Appellate Tribunal for Energy Conservation established
  
  under section 30;
  c.  
  
    "building"
  
  means any structure or erection or part of a structure or erection, after the
  
  rules relating to energy conservation building codes have been notified under
  
  clause (a) of section 15 or clause (l) of sub-section (2) of section 56, which
  
  is having a connected load of 500 kW or contract demand of 600 kVA and above
  
  and is intended to be used for commercial purposes;
  d.  
  
    "Bureau"
  
  means the Bureau of Energy Efficiency established under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 3;
  e.  
  
    "Chairperson"
  
  
  
  means the Chairperson of the Governing Council;
  f.  
  
    "designated
  
  agency" means any agency designated under clause (d) of section 15;
  g.  
  
    "designated
  
  consumer" means any consumer specified under clause (e) of section 14;
  h.  
  
    "energy"
  
  means any form of energy derived from fossil fuels, nuclear substances or
  
  materials, hydro-electricity and includes electrical energy or electricity
  
  generated from renewable sources of energy or bio-mass connected to the grid;
  i.  
  
    "energy
  
  audit" means the verification, monitoring and analysis of use of energy
  
  including submission of technical report containing recommendations for
  
  improving energy efficiency with cost benefit analysis and an action plan to
  
  reduce energy consumption;
  j.  
  
    "energy
  
  conservation building codes" means the norms and standards of energy
  
  consumption expressed in terms of per square meter of the area wherein energy
  
  is used and includes the location of the building;
  k.  
  
    "energy
  
  consumption standards" means the norms for process and energy consumption
  
  standards specified under clause (a) of section 14;
  l.  
  
    "Energy
  
  Management Centre" means the Energy Management Centre set up under the
  
  Resolution of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Energy,
  
  Department of Power No. 7(2)/87- EP(Vol. IV), dated the 5th July, 1989 and
  
  registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860);
  m.  
  
  
  
    "energy
  
  manager" means any individual possessing the qualifications prescribed
  
  under clause (m) of section 14;
  n.  
  
    "Governing
  
  Council" means the Governing Council referred to in section 4;
  o.  
  
    "member"
  
  means the member of the Governing Council and includes the Chairperson;
  p.  
  
    "notification"
  
  means a notification in the Gazette of India or, as the case may be, the
  
  Official Gazette of a State;
  q.  
  
    "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  r.  
  
  
  
    ''regulations''
  
  means regulations made by the Bureau under this Act;
  s.  
  
    "Schedule"
  
  means the Schedule to this Act;
  t.  
  
    ''State
  
  Commission'' means the State Electricity Regulatory Commission established
  
  under sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Electricity Regulatory Commissions
  
  Act, 1998 (14 of 1998);
  u.  
  
  
  
    words
  
  and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Indian
  
  Electricity Act, 1910 (9 of 1910) or the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (54 of
  
  1948) or the Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 (14 of 1998) shall
  
  have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts.