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The republic implements long-term strategies for the development of the oil and gas, electric power, coal, chemical, and construction industries aimed at ensuring dynamic economic growth and improving the welfare of the population, uninterrupted satisfaction of demand for fuel and energy resources.

At the same time, the existing capacities of the fuel and energy industry do not fully meet the growing demand for energy resources, the energy intensity of the domestic economy significantly exceeds the average of developed countries.

The share of renewable energy sources generated mainly by hydroelectric power plants currently accounts for only 10 percent of the total electricity produced in the country. Despite the huge potential available, the possibilities of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind are not fully used.

In this regard, one of the urgent directions of state policy at the present stage should be to increase the energy efficiency of economic and social sectors, the widespread introduction of energy-saving technologies and renewable energy sources.

In order to comprehensively organize work to improve energy efficiency, widespread introduction of energy-saving technologies and renewable energy sources, radically reduce the energy intensity of economic and social sectors by involving existing resources and untapped potential, taking into account advanced foreign experience, as well as ensuring rational and efficient use of fuel and energy resources:

1. Take note that:

a) The Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Use of Renewable Energy sources" provides for benefits and preferences in the field of the use of renewable energy sources, including exemption from payment of:

all types of taxes for a period of five years from the date of state registration of producers of renewable energy installations;

property tax for installations of renewable energy sources and land tax on the sites occupied by these installations (with a nominal capacity of 0.1 MW or more) for a period of ten years from the date of their commissioning;

land tax by persons using renewable energy sources in residential premises with complete disconnection from existing energy networks, for a period of three years, starting from the month of use of renewable energy sources;

b) the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated November 8, 2017 No. PP-3379 "On measures to ensure the rational use of energy resources" established the procedure according to which from January 1, 2018:

during the design, reconstruction, construction and commissioning of buildings and structures of state bodies and institutions, as well as multi-apartment housing stock, they are checked for compliance with urban planning norms and rules regarding the use of energy-efficient and energy-saving technologies;

when designing, reconstructing and constructing all buildings and structures, except for individual housing construction, it is mandatory to install certified solar water heating installations for hot water supply, as well as energy-saving lamps.

2. Recognize the unsatisfactory work of ministries and departments, enterprises and organizations of economic and social sectors to improve energy efficiency, introduce energy-saving technologies and develop renewable energy sources.

3. Indicate the personal responsibility of the first heads of state and economic management bodies, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the khokims of regions, Tashkent, districts and cities for taking comprehensive measures to improve energy efficiency, the widespread introduction of energy-saving technologies and the use of renewable energy sources in administrative buildings, settlements and industrial facilities.

4. To approve the Comprehensive Program developed by the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Ministry of Innovative Development and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan for further improving the energy efficiency of economic and social sectors, the introduction of energy—saving technologies and the development of renewable energy sources in the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2019 – 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the Comprehensive Program), which provides:

a) approval:

target parameters for the further development of renewable energy sources according to Appendix No. 1 with bringing their share to more than 25 percent of the total electricity generation by 2030;

The Roadmap for further improving the energy efficiency of economic and social sectors, as well as the development of renewable energy sources according to Appendix No. 2;

See the previous edition.

b) measures to ensure uninterrupted supply of energy resources to social facilities (educational organizations, including preschool, healthcare facilities) in the regions, as well as to reduce energy consumption in the city of Nukus, regional centers and cities of regions due to:

(first paragraph of subparagraph "b" of paragraph 4 as amended by the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 8, 2020 year No. PP-4857 – National Database of Legislation, 09.10.2020, no.07/20/4857/1357)

phased installation of modern solar photovoltaic plants and solar water heaters (with the exception of facilities connected to centralized heat supply systems) to provide hot water and electric energy, as well as energy-efficient heating systems, including bivalent, including the introduction of modern heat pumps and recuperators;

improvements to the thermal protection system of buildings, installation of two-chamber and energy-efficient window units, sensor sensors combined with LED sources, as well as air recuperators and other systems;

c) installation of solar photovoltaic plants (on average 2 kW) and solar water heaters (on average 200 liters) in private households;

d) replacement of non-standard gas-burning devices with modern and energy-efficient gas-burning devices for household consumers, as well as legal entities;

e) approval of the List of administrative buildings of state bodies and organizations, as well as infrastructure facilities that are recommended to be equipped with solar photovoltaic stations and solar water heating installations, according to Appendix No. 3.

5. Determine the sources of financing for the activities of the Comprehensive Program from the republican budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the republican budget of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, local budgets of regions and Tashkent, own funds of individuals and legal entities, as well as preferential credit resources of international financial institutions and foreign government financial organizations, technical assistance funds (grants) from foreign donors.

The Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, together with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, will hold negotiations with international financial institutions, foreign government financial organizations and foreign donors within a month in order to attract credit resources and technical assistance funds (grants) for the implementation of a Comprehensive program.

6. Introduce the procedure according to which, from January 1, 2020, the following activities are financed from the State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan within the annually approved parameters:

a) providing compensation to individuals in the amount of 30 percent of the costs of purchasing solar photovoltaic plants, solar water heaters, as well as energy—efficient gas-burning devices, but not more than:

3 million soums – for solar photovoltaic plants;

1.5 million soums – for solar water heaters;

200 thousand soums – for gas-burning devices;

b) providing compensations to individuals and legal entities to cover interest costs on loans from commercial banks for the purchase of renewable energy installations, energy—efficient gas burners and boilers, as well as other energy—efficient equipment:

to individuals – on loans whose amount does not exceed 500 million soums – in part exceeding the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan, but not by more than 8 percentage points;

to legal entities – on loans, the amount of which does not exceed 5 billion soums – in the part exceeding the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan, but not more than 5 percentage points;

c) development and adoption of international standards that establish requirements for energy-efficient, energy-saving technologies and equipment, as well as methods of their testing.

The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan within two months to determine the mechanism for financing the activities provided for in this paragraph.

7. Establish that annually:

Until September 15, state and economic management bodies, as well as territorial commissions on energy efficiency and the development of renewable energy sources, submit proposals to the Ministry of Energy for inclusion in the List of facilities to be equipped with renewable energy installations, other energy—efficient and energy-saving equipment in the coming year, as well as work to improve thermal protection (hereinafter – the List);

Until October 1, the Ministry of Energy, together with the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services, the Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the khokimiyats of the regions and the city of Tashkent, forms a list by sectors of the economy and social sphere, as well as districts and cities, indicating specific volumes and sources of financing;

Until October 15, the Republican Commission on Energy Efficiency and Development of Renewable Energy Sources considers and approves the List;

The amount of funds provided in the List is included by the Ministry of Finance in the parameters of the annually approved State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

8. To determine that from January 1, 2020:

a) when designing, reconstructing and constructing all buildings and structures, except for individual housing construction, it is mandatory to provide for:

ensuring energy efficiency of buildings in accordance with building codes and regulations;

provision of a section of energy efficiency indicators of buildings and structures taking into account the requirements of building codes and regulations during the examination of project documentation;

b) state bodies and organizations are obliged to install sensor sensors combined with LED sources for lighting systems, energy-efficient gas-burning devices in buildings and structures on their balance sheet;

c) determination of the class or technical indicators of energy efficiency of products (equipment, goods) and technologies is mandatory when they are certified by accredited bodies in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Ministry of Construction, together with the Ministry of Energy and the Uzstandart Agency, until November 1, 2019:

to review urban planning norms and rules for radically increasing the energy efficiency requirements of newly constructed and reconstructed buildings and structures;

develop and approve regulatory documents for determining energy efficiency classes of buildings and structures (classes A, B, C and others).

9. Agree with the proposal of the Uzstandart Agency, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the phased implementation of the system from December 1, 2019 to January 1, 2023 energy management in accordance with the international standard (ISO 50001) at domestic enterprises and organizations according to the list according to Annex No. 4, which provides:

transparency and objectivity of energy efficiency assessment, reduction of energy intensity of enterprises, as well as reduction of emissions into the atmosphere;

efficiency of energy consumption management with minimal expenditure of resources, primarily financial, increasing the capitalization of assets of enterprises;

improving the competitiveness of manufactured products and services.

10. To the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Agency "Uzstandart" together with the responsible ministries and departments:

within a month to conduct an inventory of the existing regulatory documents on standardization, establishing requirements for energy-efficient, energy-saving technologies and equipment;

within two months to approve the network schedule for the adoption in the period 2019-2020 of the necessary international standards establishing requirements for energy-efficient, energy-saving technologies, equipment and methods of their testing;

within two months, develop and approve a Roadmap for the creation of modern laboratories for testing energy-consuming equipment for compliance with energy efficiency and energy saving indicators by August 1, 2020.

See the previous edition.

11. Prohibit from January 1, 2022 the import into the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan of used generating equipment, power step-down transformers, electric motors, as well as energy-intensive household electrical appliances of the energy efficiency category "D".

(the first paragraph of paragraph 11 as amended by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated September 9, 2022 No. UP-220 – National Database of Legislation, 09/10/2022, No. 06/22/220/0812)

See the previous edition.

To approve the list of household electrical appliances of energy efficiency category "D" and below, the import of which into the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan is prohibited, according to Annex No. 4a.

(paragraph 11 was supplemented with the second paragraph by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated September 9, 2022 No. UP-220 – National Database of Legislation, 09/10/2022, No. 06/22/220/0812)

To establish that the purchase of electrical equipment and installations, as well as components and materials for enterprises of territorial electric networks is carried out centrally by JSC "Regional Electric Networks".

12. Approve:

the updated composition of the Republican Commission on Energy Efficiency and Development of Renewable Energy Sources (hereinafter – the Republican Commission) according to Appendix No. 5;

standard composition of territorial commissions on energy efficiency and development of renewable energy sources according to Appendix No. 6.

Republican Commission (A. N. Aripov):

by October 15, 2019, to approve the methodology for determining indicators for improving energy efficiency and saving fuel and energy resources;

by October 20, 2019, to form a list of economic sectors in the context of energy-intensive enterprises for further assessment of their energy efficiency and saving of fuel and energy resources;

by December 20, 2019, to approve targets for improving energy efficiency and saving fuel and energy resources by sectors of the economy, providing for savings of at least 2.4 billion kWh of electric energy, 2.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 20 thousand tons of petroleum products in 2020 – 2022;

make, if necessary, changes and additions to the parameters of the Integrated Program;

to carry out effective organization and coordination of work on the fulfillment of the tasks defined by this resolution.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall approve the regulations on the Republican Commission within a month.

13. Determine that:

a) The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

is the authorized body for the implementation of a unified state policy in the field of ensuring energy efficiency in economic and social sectors, the introduction of energy-saving technologies for all categories of consumers, regardless of ownership and departmental affiliation, as well as the development of renewable energy;

acts as the responsible executive body for the coordination and management of projects in the field of energy efficiency improvement of economic and social sectors, the introduction of energy-saving technologies and the development of renewable energy sources in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as monitoring and reporting during their implementation;

It is a working body of the Republican Commission;

It is the national coordinating body of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

b) draft regulatory legal acts and programs for the introduction of renewable energy sources are subject to mandatory coordination with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

14. Assign the following additional tasks to the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

implementation of a unified state policy in the field of improving the energy efficiency of economic and social sectors, reducing the energy intensity of the economy, as well as stimulating the active introduction of advanced energy-saving technologies;

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.

17. The Uzeltehsanoat Association, together with the Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Ministry of Innovative Development and industry enterprises, should take measures to master the production of reactive power compensating devices (capacitor banks), microprocessor relay protection units, frequency converters, soft-start devices and other energy-saving products by the end of 2020.

18. The National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan within a week to approve a media plan for wide coverage among the population of the advantages of solar water heaters, energy-efficient gas burners and other types of energy-saving equipment, including information on state support measures, equipment costs and savings of consumers.

19. To amend some resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with Annex No. 7.

20. Within two months, the Ministry of Energy shall submit proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on amendments and additions to the legislation arising from this resolution.

21. Control over the implementation of this resolution shall be entrusted to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A. N. Aripov, Deputy Prime Minister D. A. Kuchkarov, Adviser to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan R. A. Gulyamov.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. Mirziyoyev