Efficient Management of Electrical Energy Regulations 2008 (EMEER 2008) Regulation was enacted on 15 December 2008 by the Malaysia Energy Commission (EC) with the primary goal to improve energy management practices among large energy consumers. The EMEER 2008 Regulation 3 applies to:
* Any installation which receives electrical energy from a licensee or supply authority with a total electricity consumption equal to or exceeding 3,000,000 kWh as measured at one metering point or more, over any period of six consecutive months;
* Any installation that is used or operated by a private installation licensee with a total net electrical energy generation equal to or exceeding 3,000,000 kWh over any period of six consecutive months.
Upon receiving the EMEER 2008 notice, as the energy manager or the person in charge of managing energy/sustainability initiatives for your (organisation/company) installation, the first thing you need to do is to appoint a Registered Electrical Energy Manager (REEM) for your company. Within the first three months of the notice, you need to inform the Energy Commission of the REEM appointment, and provide data on your company’s energy policy, energy objectives and energy management planning. Thereafter, every six months, your company would need to submit a report to the Energy Commission’s Energy Management Information System (EMIS) portal, on the measures taken by your company to manage and reduce electrical energy consumption at your installation. The REEM you have appointed should be the one to guide you through this process.
A Registered Electrical Energy Manager (REEM) is a person certified under the Energy Commission as having the competency in managing electrical energy usage for an Efficient Management of Electrical Energy Regulations (2008) designated installation, and has knowledge of the Acts and Regulations that govern a designated company. Five primary key responsibilities of REEM as specified by the Energy Commission include:
* To advise in developing and implementing measures to ensure efficient electrical energy management at the installation. The advice is based on the preliminary energy audit analysis or a detailed technical energy audit report from an energy auditor.
* To monitor the effective implementation of the measures.
* To supervise the keeping of records on efficient management of electrical energy at the installation, and to verify the document’s accuracy.
* To ensure timely submission of information and reports under regulations for your company.
A REEM with experiences on actual EMS implementation within their own organisations would add tremendous value to the company hiring them. The REEM would be in the best position to advise companies on how to set up EMS such as ISO50001 and AEMAS Energy Management Gold Standard. Such REEM could offer the best value for money service because, not only can they help ensure a company’s compliance with EMEER 2008 regulation, but also assist the company sustain energy cost saving, improve profitability, project a positive image and ultimately gain a competitive edge.
For companies intending to periodically conduct a detailed energy audit, appointing a REEM that includes such audit services would be worthwhile considering, as it would be beneficial and cost effective for the company in the long run.
Your article is very useful. I come from industrial plant and notices the needs for REEM in help to draft energy policy.
Thank you