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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29102025-267250
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 704]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025/KARTIKA 2, 1947
MINISTRY OF POWER
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd October, 2025
G.S.R. 788(E). — Whereas the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) was
enacted to promote and mandate efficient use of energy and its conservation across all sectors of the economy and the
said Act provides for the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (hereinafter referred to as the Bureau) as a statutory body
established under the said Act;
And whereas section 26 of the said Act provides penalty in case of failure to comply with the provisions of
sub-section (1) of section 13A, clause (c) or clause (d) or clause (h) or clause (i) or clause (k) or clause (l) of section 14,
clause (c) or clause (h) of section 15 and section 52 of the said Act;
And whereas section 27 of the said Act provides for appointment of the adjudicating officer and section 28 of
the said Act provides for factors to be taken into account by the adjudicating officer;
And whereas in order to avoid the difficulties of imposing of penalty by the adjudicating officer, it has become
necessary or expedient to empower the Bureau to detect, verify, assess and represent non-compliance matters before the
adjudicating officer appointed by the State Commission;
And whereas a draft notification to this effect was duly published in the Gazette of India on 4th August, 2025
for public consultation;
And whereas the objections and suggestions have been received from the public in response to the said draft
notification and the same have been duly considered by the Central Government.
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers conferred by clauses (e) and (v) of sub-section (2) of section 56
read with clause (u) of sub-section 2 of section 13, section 13A, section 14, clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 20
and section 52 of the said Act, the Central Government, in consultation with the Bureau makes the following rules,
namely:
1. Short title and commencement. (1) These rules may be called the Energy Conservation (Compliance
Enforcement) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Applicability. -These rules shall apply to the following entities, namely:
(a) persons referred in section 13A of the said Act;
(b) manufacturers or importers mentioned in the clause (c) of section 14, designated consumers as
specified under the clause (n) and clause (x) of section 14 of the said Act.
3. Norms and Standards. – (1) The Bureau shall be responsible for compliance enforcement with the norms and
standards as specified by the Central Government.
(2) In the event of any shortfall, the norms and standards as specified by the Central Government under
clause (x) of section 14 of said Act shall apply to the extent of such shortfall, and not cumulatively with any norms and
standards provided by any State Commission under the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003):
Provided that the penalty for any shortfall in achievement of targets by the entities as referred in rule 2, shall
be imposed in accordance with provisions of the said Act.
4. Reporting. -The Bureau shall obtain the necessary information from the entities as referred in rule 2, in
accordance with provisions of the said Act;
5. Verification. -The Bureau shall verify compliance and submit a report to the Central Government as required.
6. Process of compliance. –(1) The Bureau or through designated agencies shall verify compliance under the
said Act and shall service notices to the contravening entities for failure to comply.
(2) The Bureau or the designated agency shall authorise one or more representatives to represent the
matter before the adjudicating officer.
7. Jurisdiction of the State Commission. –The adjudicating officer of the State Commission shall be competent
for adjudging for fails to comply with the provisions of sections 13A and 14 of the said Act, as per the following
jurisdiction, namely: –
(a) in case of appliances, equipment and vehicles mentioned in clause (b) of section 14, where the registered
office of the manufacturer or importer is located;
(b) in case of industries specified as designated consumers under clause (n) of section 14, where the industry
or establishment is located; and
(c) in case of non-fossil consumption specified for designated consumers under clause (x) of section 14,
where the industry or establishment of the designated consumer is located, or the registered head office
in case where compliance is undertaken at the holding company level.
8. Penalties credited in the Central Energy Conservation Fund. – (1) All penalties payable by the entities as
referred in rule 2, shall be credited into the Central Energy Conservation Funds as referred in section 20 of the said Act,
from which ninety per cent. shall be transferred to the State Government and ten per cent. to the Central Government,
namely: -
(a) in case of appliances, equipment and vehicles as specified under clause (b) of section 14 of the said Act,
consolidated fund of the concerned State in proportion of its share of the total sales by the manufacturer
or importer of the specific appliance, equipment, or vehicle during the compliance period;
(b) in case of industries specified as designated consumers under clause (n) of section 14 of the said Act,
consolidated fund of the concerned State where the industry or establishment is located; and
(c) in case of non-fossil consumption specified for designated consumers under clause (x) of section 14 of
the said Act, consolidated fund of the concerned State where the industry or establishment of the
designated consumer is located.
(2) Any amount recovered towards compliance, not covered under section 26 of the said Act, shall be
credited to the Central Energy Conservation Fund.
9. Responsibility of Bureau. -The Bureau shall take all necessary actions as may be required, for implementation of
these rules.
[F. No. 9/2/2023-EC-Part(4)]
DHIRAJ KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, Chief Engineer
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