28Civil penalty for shortfall

28 Civil penalty for shortfall S. 28(1) amended by No. 41/2021 s. 74. (1) A relevant entity which has an energy efficiency certificate shortfall for a year is liable to pay to the Essential Services Commission Enforcement Fund, as a pecuniary penalty, an energy efficiency shortfall penalty determined in accordance with this section. (2) The energy efficiency shortfall penalty payable by a relevant entity for a year is determined by multiplying the relevant entity's energy efficiency certificate shortfall (in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions) for that year by the prescribed shortfall penalty rate.