National Development and Reform Commission: Incorporate carbon emission assessment into energy-saving review system

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission revised and issued the Measures for Energy Conservation Review and Carbon Emission Assessment of fixed assets investment Projects (hereinafter referred to as the Measures). The Measures shall come into effect on September 1, 2025. The original Measures for Energy Conservation Review of fixed assets investment Projects shall be repealed at the same time.

The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission said that the Action Plan on Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction for 2024-2025 issued by the State Council requires "to establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for the power of energy conservation review of major projects, study how to collect the power of energy conservation review of oversize projects in individual key industries according to the mechanism, strengthen the supervision of energy conservation review during and after the event, incorporate the relevant requirements of carbon emission evaluation into the energy conservation review of fixed assets investment projects, and conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the energy use and carbon emissions of projects"; The Work Plan for Accelerating the Construction of a Dual Control System of Carbon Emission issued by the General Office of the State Council proposed that "the relevant requirements of carbon emission assessment should be included in the energy conservation review of fixed assets investment projects, and the energy use and carbon emissions of projects should be comprehensively evaluated", which put forward new and higher requirements for the energy conservation review.

The energy-saving review system has also encountered some problems and difficulties in practice, and there are still some weak links in strengthening project source control and in-process and post event supervision, which urgently need to be promoted and solved through revision methods. "The person in charge introduced that the" Measures "mainly revised three aspects of content.

One is to incorporate carbon emission assessment and coal consumption management requirements into the energy-saving review system. This revision includes the evaluation of project carbon emissions, coal consumption control, and reduction requirements in the scope of energy conservation review, and conducts a comprehensive review and evaluation of project energy consumption and carbon emissions. The second is to establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for energy-saving review authority. The National Development and Reform Commission shall implement energy-saving reviews and carbon emission evaluations for major projects in key areas, and refine specific requirements such as review processes. The third is to improve the relevant regulations on the management of energy-saving review during and after the process. Require departments responsible for managing energy-saving work to strengthen supervision and management of energy-saving review implementation, clarify specific situations and disposal methods such as major changes in projects and failure to implement energy-saving review opinions, strengthen project energy-saving review and acceptance management requirements, and improve relevant legal responsibility regulations.