- Phase
- Energy efficiency act
- Native name
- Закон за енергийната ефективност
- Type
- Employer's obligation to improve energy efficiency
- Added to database
- 17 May 2021
Article
Art. 12, Art. 14a, Art. 57, Art. 63 of Energy Efficiency Act
Description
The Energy efficiency act (EEA) aims to enhance energy supply security, energy sector competitiveness and environment protection.
Two groups of companies are affected by the EEA - energy suppliers, defined in Article 14a (4) with regard to achieving the energy saving targets and energy consumers, defined in Article 57 (2), with regard to mandatory energy efficiency surveys. Municipalities, as actors described in Article 63 of the act, together with actors of Article 57 (2) are required to implement energy consumption management activities.
The EEA national target sets forth saving primary energy of at least 27.89% and final energy consumption of at least 31.67% of the reference scenario PRIMES 2007 for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030. The act has introduced measures including the obligation to undertake municipal energy efficiency programmes, requirements for energy efficiency labelling, the use of minimum standards for energy efficient appliances, obligatory energy efficiency surveys (audits) and amendments of the energy performance standards for existing buildings.
Other measures include the provision of energy efficiency improvement activities and measures, as well as energy services, the establishment of a national information system to ensure accessibility and availability of information on the condition of energy efficiency, the creation of funding mechanisms for energy efficiency improvement and energy savings certificates, and the introduction of energy efficiency control and administrative penalty provisions.
The regional and local governments are obliged to implement the energy efficiency policy at regional and municipal levels.
Citation
Eurofound (2021), Bulgaria: Employer's obligation to improve energy efficiency, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/employers-obligation-to-improve-energy-efficiency/bulgaria