In accordance with the provisions of the Law on Energy Efficiency, public sector entities: public administration bodies, organizations, regulatory bodies, agencies, local self-governing units and public companies are required to perform energy management in the premises in which they operate. In addition to activities aimed at improving energy efficiency, energy efficiency measures shall encompass introduction of the employees to the energy efficiency measures and methods of their implementation and establishment and implementation of energy efficiency criteria in relation to procurement of goods and services.
In addition, the Law on energy efficiency for different entities prescribes certain obligations related to planning and reporting on energy efficiency.
Local self-governing units are required to prepare a three-year programs and one-year plans for improving energy efficiency that will consists of energy efficiency measures/actions in premises in which they perform functions, as well as to report to the Ministry of Economy on the achieved results on the annually bases. The content of the report on the implementation of the energy efficiency improvement plan of local self-governing units is provided by specific regulation (O.G. of Montenegro, No. 61/2011).
On the other hand, state authorities are obliged to declare on energy efficiency measures that is going to be implemented in the coming year through annual operational plan for energy efficiency improvement in public administration institutions, which is finally adopted by the Government (see menu item “Annual Operational Plan”).
In the area of reporting, public sector entities also have an obligation to submit data of the annual energy consumption in buildings and facilities that use, as well as factors affecting that consumption, to the Ministry. In order to monitor energy consumption and other relevant data in their facilities entities shall establish an information system of energy consumption. Detailed content of the information system of energy consumption and the way of reporting to the Ministry is regulated by specific regulation (O.G. of Montenegro, No. 6/2012).