law: The Energy Conservation Act, 2001
  Chapter V Power of
  
  Central Government to Facilitate and Enforce Efficient Use of Energy and Its
  
  Conservation
  14. Power of Central
  
  Government to enforce efficient use of energy and its conservation.-
  The Central
  
  Government may, by notification, in consultation with the Bureau,-
  a.  
  
    specify
  
  the norms for processes and energy consumption standards for any equipment,
  
  appliance which consumes, generates, transmits or supplies energy;
  b.  
  
    specify
  
  equipment or appliance or class of equipments or appliances, as the case may
  
  be, for the purposes of this Act;
  c.  
  
  
  
    prohibit
  
  manufacture or sale or purchase or import of equipment or appliance specified
  
  under clause (b), unless such equipment or appliance conforms to energy consumption
  
  standards: Provided that no notification prohibiting manufacture or sale or
  
  purchase or import of equipment or appliance shall be issued within two years
  
  from the date of notification issued under clause (a) of this section;
  d.  
  
    direct
  
  display of such particulars on label on equipment or on appliance specified
  
  under clause (b) and in such manner as may be specified by regulations;
  e.  
  
    specify,
  
  having regard to the intensity or quantity of energy consumed and the amount of
  
  investment required for switching over to energy efficient equipments and
  
  capacity of industry to invest in it and availability of the energy efficient
  
  machinery and equipment required by the industry, any user or class of users of
  
  energy as a designated consumer for the purposes of this Act;
  f.  
  
    alter
  
  the list of Energy Intensive Industries specified in the Schedule;
  g.  
  
    establish
  
  and prescribe such energy consumption norms and standards for designated
  
  consumers as it may consider necessary: Provided that the Central Government
  
  may prescribe different norms and standards for different designated consumers
  
  having regard to such factors as may be prescribed;
  h.  
  
    direct,
  
  having regard to quantity of energy consumed or the norms and standards of
  
  energy consumption specified under clause (a), the energy intensive industries
  
  specified in the Schedule to get energy audit conducted by an accredited energy
  
  auditor n such manner and intervals of time as may be specified by regulations;
  
  
  i.  
  
    direct,
  
  if considered necessary for efficient use of energy and its conservation, any
  
  designated consumer to get energy audit conducted by an accredited energy
  
  auditor;
  j.  
  
  
  
    specify
  
  the matters to be included for the purposes of inspection under sub-section (2)
  
  of section 17;
  k.  
  
    direct
  
  any designated consumer to furnish to the designated agency, in such form and
  
  manner and within such period, as may be prescribed, the information with
  
  regard to the energy consumed and action taken on the recommendation of the
  
  accredited energy auditor;
  l.  
  
    direct
  
  any designated consumer to designate or appoint energy manager in charge of
  
  activities for efficient use of energy and its conservation and submit a
  
  report, in the form and manner as may be prescribed, on the status of energy
  
  consumption at t e end of every financial year to the designated agency;
  m.  
  
    prescribe
  
  minimum qualification for energy managers to be designated or appointed under
  
  clause (l);
  n.  
  
    direct
  
  every designated consumer to comply with energy consumption norms and
  
  standards;
  o.  
  
    direct
  
  any designated consumer, who does not fulfill the energy consumption norms and
  
  standards prescribed under clause (g), to prepare a scheme for efficient use of
  
  energy and its conservation and implement such scheme keeping in view of the
  
  economic viability of the investment in such form and manner as may be prescribed;
  
  
  p.  
  
    prescribe
  
  energy conservation building codes for efficient use of energy and its
  
  conservation in the building or building complex;
  q.  
  
  
  
    amend
  
  the energy conservation building codes to suit the regional and local climatic
  
  conditions;
  r.  
  
    direct
  
  every owner or occupier of the building or building complex, being a designated
  
  consumer to comply with the provisions of energy conservation building codes
  
  for efficient use of energy and its conservation;
  s.  
  
    direct,
  
  any designated consumer referred to in clause (r), if considered necessary, for
  
  efficient use of energy and its conservation in his building to get energy
  
  audit conducted in respect of such building by an accredited energy auditor in
  
  such manner and intervals of time as may be specified by regulations;
  t.  
  
    take
  
  all measures necessary to create awareness and disseminate information for
  
  efficient use of energy and its conservation;
  u.  
  
    arrange
  
  and organise training of personnel and specialists in the techniques for
  
  efficient use of energy and its conservation;
  v.  
  
    take
  
  steps to encourage preferential treatment for use of energy efficient equipment
  
  or appliances: Provided that the powers under clauses (p) to (s) shall be
  
  exercised in consultation with the concerned State.