Qualifications of a registrable corporation
1. A corporation is a registrable corporation if -
- It has operational control over a business activity which has attained the energy use threshold in at least 2 out of the 3 preceding calendar years; and
- the business activity is carried out at a single site and is attributable to one of the following industry sectors:
- manufacturing and manufacturing-related services;
- supply of electricity, gas, steam, compressed air and chilled water for air-conditioning; and
- water supply and sewage and waste management.
2. The energy use threshold is 54 terajoules of energy consumed per calendar year, derived from one or more types of fuel or energy commodity specified in the First Schedule of Energy Conservation (Registrable Corporations) Order 2013.
3. The energy consumed by a business activity is the total consumption of energy derived from all fuel and energy commodities used to provide or produce energy, but the total shall not include energy so produced from any fuel or energy commodity that is already accounted for in the total figure.
4. If a quantity of fuel used is to be converted to an amount of energy in joules, the conversion is to be done using -
5. If a quantity of an energy commodity used is to be converted to an amount of energy in joules, the conversion is to be done using -
6. A corporation seeking to specify the net calorific value of a fuel shall submit to the Director-General a report by a laboratory containing the results of a test conducted in accordance with the relevant ASTM International, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) or other testing standards approved by the Director-General to ascertain the net calorific value of the fuel concerned.
7. A corporation seeking to specify the energy content value of an energy commodity shall submit to the Director-General the method by which the corporation derived the energy content value.
8. The Director-General may approve or reject the net calorific value or the energy content value sought to be specified by a corporation under sub paragraph (6) or (7), as the case may be.
Application for registration
A registrable corporation shall, within 6 months after the date on which it qualifies as a registrable corporation, apply to the Director-General to be registered.
Registration of a registrable corporation
- An application to be registered as a registered corporation shall be made -
- using the relevant form provided in the electronic service provided at https://www.edma.gov.sg; and
- in the manner specified by the Director-General.
- Every application shall be accompanied by the following information and documents:
- registered name of the corporation;
- Singapore unique entity number of the corporation;
- principal place of business;
- name of the chief executive, his designation, contact details and identification number;
- name of corporation representative, his designation, contact details and identification number;
- name of energy manager(s) (if any), his designation, contact details and identification number;
- address of site of each business activity that qualifies the corporation as a registrable corporation, and that site's electricity and gas account number (if any);
- energy bills and other records (if any) of energy consumption, showing that the energy use of the business activity has attained the energy use threshold in at least 2 out of the 3 preceding calendar years;
- the business profile of the corporation (if any);
- signed statement from the chief executive, that the information submitted is accurate and complete; and
- such other information or document as may be specified in the form provided or as may be required by the Director-General.
Circumstances in which a registered corporation may apply to cancel registration
A registered corporation may apply to cancel its registration if it has ceased its business activity and has no intention of resuming its business activity within the next 3 years.
Application to cancel registration
- An application for cancellation of registration as a registered corporation shall be made -
- using the relevant form provided in the electronic service provided at https://www.edma.gov.sg/; and
- in the manner specified by the Director-General.
- Every application shall be accompanied by the following information and documents:
- registered name of the corporation;
- Singapore unique entity number of the corporation (if any);
- address of site of each relevant business activity;
- grounds for cancelling the registration;
- details of contact person (name, designation and contact details);
- energy bills and other records (if any) showing the relevant energy consumption data, if the ground for cancelling the registration is the ground referred to in section 25(1)(b) of the Energy Conservation Act;
- notice of cessation of business activity submitted by the chief executive, if the ground for cancelling the registration is the ground referred to in section 6(2) of the Energy Conservation (Energy Management Practices) Regulations 2013;
- signed statement from the chief executive, that the information submitted is accurate and complete; and
- such other information or documents as the Director-General may require.