Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Industrial Energy Conservation Supervision Measures” (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Order No. 58), relevant experts and local industrial energy conservation supervision institutions to understand the measures. It is reproduced here for your reference.

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Measures for Industrial Energy Conservation Supervision (hereinafter referred to as the Measures), which clarified the definition, responsibilities, content and procedures of industrial energy conservation supervision, aimed at regulating industrial energy conservation supervision, promoting enterprises to save energy and improve energy efficiency, which is of great significance to accelerate industrial energy conservation and green low-carbon development, and promote the realization of carbon peak carbon neutrality.

01 During the “13th Five-Year Plan” period, Chongqing’s industrial energy conservation supervision achieved positive results

The energy conservation supervision system covering the city, district and county levels has been established, and a series of normative documents have been issued, such as the Provisions on the Handling Procedures of Administrative Punishment Cases of Chongqing Economic and Information Commission, the Implementation Rules of Chongqing Economic Information Commission to regulate the discretion of Administrative Punishment, and the sample format of Administrative Punishment documents of Chongqing Economic Information Commission, to promote the planning construction of law enforcement. Promote the establishment of energy conservation supervision and law enforcement system with clear responsibilities, orderly connection, and efficient operation.

The regular implementation of industrial energy conservation monitoring has effectively enhanced the awareness of enterprise energy use management, promoted the quality and efficiency of enterprises, and played an important role in promoting the reduction of energy consumption in the city’s energy-consuming industries and the improvement of the quality of industrial economic operation, and helped complete the city’s energy consumption dual control goals. Since the “13th Five-Year Plan”, the city has completed the industrial energy conservation supervision task has reached 1347 / times, of which 474 national special industrial energy conservation supervision/times, municipal daily industrial energy conservation supervision / 873 / times, investigated and investigated a total of 44 enterprises that have illegal energy use, issued 42 notices of rectification, and achieved energy saving of about 1.987 million tons of standard coal.

02 Deeply understand the significance of industrial energy saving monitoring for the green and low-carbon transformation of industry

Industrial energy saving supervision is an important means to realize the green transformation of development mode. The report of the Party’s 20th National Congress pointed out that “accelerate the research and development and promotion of advanced technologies for energy conservation and carbon reduction, advocate green consumption, and promote the formation of green and low-carbon production methods and lifestyles.” One of the important measures to speed up the transformation of green development is to accelerate the promotion and application of advanced and applicable green and low-carbon technologies. Industrial energy saving supervision is an effective means to accelerate the promotion and application of energy-efficient technologies, equipment, processes and products, which can effectively promote the strict implementation of energy-saving laws and regulations, the implementation of energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation, and force the green transformation of enterprise production methods.

Industrial energy conservation monitoring is an important measure to achieve peak carbon neutrality in industrial fields. The “Carbon peak Action Plan before 2030” pointed out that “strengthen the capacity building of energy conservation supervision, improve the provincial, municipal and county level energy conservation supervision system, establish cross-departmental linkage mechanism, and comprehensively use administrative penalties, credit supervision, green electricity prices and other means to enhance the binding force of energy conservation supervision.” To carry out industrial energy conservation monitoring is an effective way to achieve peak carbon neutrality in industrial fields. The Measures, based on mandatory energy conservation standards, seek out weak links in energy management by supervising and inspecting the energy consumption of industrial enterprises, energy consumption per unit product, and energy utilization efficiency of processes and equipment, so as to encourage enterprises to save energy and improve energy utilization efficiency, continuously reduce energy consumption per unit output, and reduce CO2 emissions from the source. We will actively yet prudently promote the goal of peaking carbon neutrality in the industrial sector.

Industrial energy conservation supervision is an important starting point to ensure the completion of energy conservation goals. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, we will focus on the iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, building materials, petrochemicals and other industries to promote energy conservation, achieve a more rational allocation of energy resources, significantly increase the efficiency of their use, reduce energy consumption per unit of added value of industrial enterprises above designated size by 13.5%, and bring total energy consumption under reasonable control. The Measures clearly propose to strengthen industrial energy conservation supervision, establish an energy conservation supervision mechanism, highlight the focus on key industries, focus on key enterprises, and focus on energy conservation supervision of energy use equipment, which has an important role in promoting the completion of the “14th Five-Year Plan” industrial energy conservation goals.

03 Carefully study and grasp the main spirit and content of the “Measures”

The “Measures” is the first document issued at the national level to standardize industrial energy conservation supervision, which further clarifies the content of industrial energy conservation supervision, supervision subjects, supervision procedures, etc., and focuses on strengthening the effective connection between laws, policies, rules and regulations, the system is complete, the logic is rigorous, and provides a basis for all provinces and cities to carry out supervision work.