The current Act stipulates that any person who intends to execute a project or install facilities using energy of not less than the specified amount shall formulate an energy use plan and submit it to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, who may request or advise the project supervisor to adjust or supplement the energy use plan.
Under the current Act, however, examinations and ascertainments by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy to determine whether an energy use plan and its adjustments or supplementations have been fulfilled are only discretionary, and measures to address non-fulfillment are prescribed in the Enforcement Decree. As a result, critics have pointed out a lack of follow-up on energy use plans.
Accordingly, the Amendment requires public project supervisors to submit a results report on energy use plan fulfillment to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy accompanied by evidence. It prescribes that the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy shall demand any public project supervisor who has failed to fulfill his or her energy use plan and its adjustments or supplementations to fulfill the said plan and adjustments or supplementations and, in the event that he or she fails to comply, shall request the head of the administrative agency in charge of the project to take necessary actions (Article 12, paragraphs 2 through 4 newly inserted).
The Amendment also newly inserts an administrative fine on public project supervisors who fail to comply with the discussed matters, thereby aiming to compel voluntary fulfillment by public project supervisors and strengthen the effectiveness of energy use plan fulfillment (Article 78, subparagraph 6-2 newly inserted).

Follow-up on energy use plans (Article 12)