National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) (2019–2020)

This document sets out Georgia’s First National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) which establishes a set of investment and policy measures to be carried out in the coming period (2019- 2020) which can last up to 2022 year. The aim of NEEAP is at optimizing and reducing the use of energy resources as compared to a Business As Usual (BAU) scenario. The NEEAP has been developed in order to assist in meeting a number of strategic goals of Georgia, including: setting out energy savings targets for the coming 3 year period and beyond in order to: improve competitiveness; reduce the needs for import of energy; reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a way that is consistent with Georgia’s commitments, such as the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submission to the UNFCCC in 2015; providing a signal to the international and national community on energy efficiency priorities and plans; laying out a roadmap for implementation of priority measures – including development of the EE Law; and reporting on the plans for implementation of the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive (EED - 2012/27/EU) which Georgia has committed to under the EU – Georgia Association Agreement and also by signing up to the Energy Community. According to calculations developed for the NEEAP, in 2020 the implementation of the measures mentioned above could lead to 9% of energy saving in primary energy sources and 4% in final energy consumption. In 2025 it could lead to 13% in primary energy sources and 9% in final energy consumption; In 2030 - 14% in primary energy sources and 11% in final energy consumption, compared to the BAU scenario. Those energy-saving measures can have an important contribution to the targets set by Georgian Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). In December 2015, Georgia determined the fulfilling of this commitment on COP21Paris conference of the parties for United Nations Framework Convention of the Climate Change.