Energy Savings Action Plans

High energy users in NSW are required to prepare Energy Savings Action Plans.

The Government introduced new legislation in May 2005 to encourage a better understanding of energy use by business, government agencies and local councils and establish detailed plans of action for savings.

Who needs to prepare plans?

A list of organisations required to prepare savings action plans was published as a Savings Order in the NSW Government Gazette on Friday 28 October 2005. It includes:

businesses in NSW using more than 10 gigawatt-hours per year at a site
all local councils in NSW with populations of more than 50,000 people and
NSW Government agencies which use more than 10 gigawatt-hours per year at a site.

Organisations listed on the Savings Order are known as ‘Designated Users’. The Savings Order can be viewed on the NSW Legislation website through the link below.

Preparing plans

For information and resources on preparing Energy Savings Action Plans, including guidelines, guide notes and templates, go to:

Preparing Energy Savings Action Plans

Legislation

These initiatives are established under the under the Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987 No 103 Part 6A which commenced on 20 May 2005.

Preparing plans

Legislation

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