The Bureau of Energy Efficiency on 27th June 2022, has notified the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Particulars and Manner of their Display on Labels of Stationary Storage Type Electric Water Heater), Draft Amendment Regulations, 2022 and has invited Objections or suggestions from the public which shall be addressed to the Director-General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, 4th Floor, Sewa Bhawan, North Wing, Sector-1, R.K.Puram, New Delhi-110066 within 30 days.
As per the Draft Regulation, No star label shall be affixed on a Distribution Transformer without obtaining the prior permission of the Bureau. For the purposes of obtaining permission of the Bureau, every brand shall be registered separately as specified in Form I-A, accompanied by a label security fee of one lakh rupees, payable by electronic mode of payment:
Provided that in case of small scale industry, the label security fee shall be twenty five thousand rupees only.
Every application of the permittee shall be accompanied by an application fee of two thousand rupees per model, payable by electronic mode of payment; and documents specified in Form I – (B).
Further in case of f revision of star rating plan, an application for renewal of permission shall be made by the permittee from six months but not later than three months before its expiry and shall be accompanied by a fee of rupees one thousand payable in electronic mode in favour of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi.
In case of extension of star rating plan, the said renewal fee of rupees one thousand shall be exempted.
