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Energy Efficiency Act of 15 April 2011

Source: International Energy Agency
Last updated: 14 September 2020
The Energy Efficiency Act from 2011 includes the introduction of white certificate system. From 1 January 2013, obligations to hold white certificates will be imposed inter alia on utilities selling electricity, natural gas and heat to customers. Starting in late 2011, energy utilities will be required to provide customers with a comparison of current electricity consumption with the same period in the previous year. They will also be required to provide information on the average electricity consumption of other, similar customers, energy efficiency measures and technical characteristics of energy-efficient appliances.

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