Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (No. 3 of 2012). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Legislation Date 2012 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the pension entitlements of employees of Bord Gáis Éireann who transfer to Gaslink and of employees of the electricity supply board who transfer to Eirgrid Plc and Esb Networks ltd., to amend the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 and the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, to provide for the promotion of energy efficiency, to repeal certain provisions of acts relating to gas or electricity and to provide for related matters. Subject Energy Keyword Energy conservation/energy production Institution Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Environmental standards Special fund Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act provides a legal framework in primary legislation for an Energy Demand Reduction Target Programme, which will place energy efficiency obligations on energy suppliers and distributors, and amends certain Acts relating to energy production and distribution. Those amendments concern, among other things, the regulation of the sector with the establishment of Commission for Energy Regulations (CER) as the Energy Regulator. The Act empowers the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set quantitative and qualitative multi-annual energy efficiency targets to be met by energy suppliers and distributors through the provision and promotion to their customers of energy services and energy efficiency improvement measures such as insulation, efficient boilers, renewables etc. The Minister may establish an Energy Efficiency Fund. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Amended by European Union (Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 131 of 2014). Legislation | Ireland | 2014 Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Institution, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Environmental standards, Data collection/reporting, Contract/agreement, Special fund, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX