development of proposals for investment projects in order to improve energy efficiency, including through the organization and conduct of scientific research;
development of mechanisms to stimulate the introduction of modern energy-efficient and energy-saving technologies in government agencies and organizations, in the production processes of organizations of economic sectors, as well as monitoring the efficiency of energy consumption;
organization of trainings for advanced training of specialists in the field of energy audit and energy service providers, taking into account international experience and involving, if necessary, foreign specialists;
determining the procedure for organizing the activities of energy auditors, monitoring the conduct of mandatory energy surveys of consumers of fuel and energy resources and the implementation of relevant recommendations, as well as monitoring the activities of energy service companies;
the application of economic sanctions for the inefficient use of fuel and energy resources to legal entities, regardless of their departmental affiliation and forms of ownership.
15. Create a Department for energy Efficiency and energy Conservation in economic and social sectors in the structure of the central office of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
In order to staff the newly created unit, allocate to the Ministry of Energy an additional 10 full-time units of management personnel, funded from the State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan, of which:
2 units – due to the reduction of the corresponding staffing of the territorial units of the Inspection for the Control of the Use of Petroleum Products and Gas under the Ministry of Energy (hereinafter – Uzneftegazinspektsia);
3 units – due to the reduction of the corresponding staff number of territorial units of the Inspection for Control in the Electric Power Industry under the Ministry of Energy (hereinafter – Uzenergoinspektsia);
5 units – due to the reduction of the corresponding staffing of the territorial units of the Inspection for the Control of the Agro-industrial Complex under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
16. Within two months, the Ministry of Energy should submit proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on amendments and additions to the Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Administrative Responsibility, providing for the establishment of liability for non-compliance with the instructions of the Uzenergoinspektsii and Uzneftegazinspektsii, as well as non-mandatory energy surveys and examinations.