חוק משק החשמל (תיקון מס' 14 - הוראת שעה), התשע"ז–2017Law Electricity Market (Amendment No. 14 - temporary provision), 2017 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law was passed in second and third reading on 25 July 2017. The purpose of the Law is to promote the production of electricity from renewable energy, by establishing provisions in primary legislation for the implementation of Government Decision No. 542 of 20 September 2015 regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the streamlining of energy consumption in the economy (hereinafter – the Government Decision). The Government Decision established, among other things, multi-year targets for the production of electricity from renewable energy, such that in 2025 electricity production from renewable energy will stand at at least 13 percent of total electricity consumption, and in 2030 – at 17 percent of total electricity consumption. Accordingly, the Law amends the Electricity Law, 1996, and establishes in it, in a temporary provision that will be in effect from the date of publication of the Law in the Official Gazette until 31 December 2030, the following provisions: 1. Explicit authorization for the Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water (hereinafter – the Minister) to formulate a multi-year plan regarding the production of electricity from renewable energy, which will include actions to be carried out each year in order to meet the multi-year targets set as stated in the Government Decision; 2. The establishment of an inter-ministerial committee on the production of electricity from renewable energy, whose role will be to submit recommendations to the Minister in order to meet the targets set in the Government Decision, including recommendations regarding the reduction or removal of barriers to the production of electricity from renewable energy and to the establishment of facilities for the production of electricity from renewable energy. Since the main role of the inter-ministerial committee is to achieve maximum coordination among the various government ministries involved in the subject, it is established that the committee will be composed of representatives of the relevant government ministries and government authorities, and will be chaired by the Director General of the Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water. The Law further establishes that the committee's recommendations will be published on the website of the Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water; 3. An obligation on the Ministry's Director General to report to the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, once a year, in a discussion held by the committee with his participation, on meeting the targets for the production of electricity from renewable energy set in the Government Decision, on the implementation of the multi-year work plan formulated by the Minister, and on the recommendations of the inter-ministerial committee submitted to the Minister as stated, whether or not he decided to adopt them.

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