Regional Law No. 70-ZKO “On energy saving”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kostroma Document type Legislation Date 1999 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy Keyword Energy conservation/energy production Oil Inspection Financing Subsidy/incentive Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law regulates legal, economic and organizational issues originating in the process of raising energy efficiency, processing, transportation (transmission) and consumption of fuel and energy. Stimulation of energy saving shall be performed in accordance with the following principles: (a) subsidies and incentives out of regional state budget; (b) conservation of financial resources by the organizations that have performed energy saving; and (c) conclusion of energy saving contracts with payment of the contractor by finances saved in the process of energy saving. Regular energy inspections shall be performed with a view of efficiency assessment of the use of energy resources and improvement of ecological indices of energy production and energy consuming equipment. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su