05.07.2009
Under the new coalition agreement signed between the Likud and Israel Beitenu in March 2009 the government will set up an internal regulatory authority to examine Israel’s energy market that will be part of the MNI. The electricity authority and the natural gas authority will become part of this new regulatory body which will be known as the energy authority. The energy authority will be responsible for political matters, for providing licenses, for determining tariffs, for development plans, for setting standards and supervising the country’s electricity and natural gas sectors. IEC’s development plan will also have to receive the approval of the energy authority after its establishment
Emissions reductions generated by projects in Annex B countries that can be used by another Annex B country to help meet its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. Reductions must be additional to those that would otherwise occur.
Concept of developing electric cars that run on batteries that can be recharged
A program in which an auditor inspects a home and suggests ways energy can be saved
Any transaction in which quantities of energy are received or given up in return for similar energy products
A concept used in reference to the problem that emissions abatement achieved in one location may be offset by increased emissions in unregulated locations.