 bill no  94 of  2018 the  ocean thermal energy conversion  bill, 2018 by dr shrikant e shinde, mp a billto provide for the promotion of use of ocean thermal energy to reduce carbon emission,protect environment and substitute traditional electricity generation methods offossil fuel burning and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1)  this act may be called the ocean thermal energy conversion act, 2018(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencements(3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions52 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in case of a state, the government of thatstate and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "authority" means the national ocean thermal energy authority of india constituted under section 3;5(c) "ocean thermal energy conversion" or "otec" means a process used for production of electricity by using the temperature difference between deep ocean water and warm tropical surface water; and(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government shall, as soon as may be, by notification in the official gazette, establish an authority to be called the national ocean thermal energy authority of india for carrying out the purposes of this act10establishment of national ocean thermal energy authority of india(2) the head office of the authority shall be at new delhi and the authority may establish offices at such other places in the country as it may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act(3) the authority shall consist of—15(a) a chairperson, who shall be an expert scientist having adequate knowledge and professional experience in the field of otec technology;(b) one deputy chairperson with such qualifications as may be prescribed;(c) three members of parliament of whom two shall be from the house of the people and one from the council of states to be nominated by the respective presiding officers of the houses concerned;20(d) five members to represent the union ministries of environment, forests and climate change, science and technology, new and renewable energy, planning and finance, respectively;25(e) four members to represent the non-governmental organisations working for the protection of environment and promotion of ocean thermal energy in the country; and(f) four members to be nominated by the governments of the states to be rotated amongst the states in alphabetical order30(4) the salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of office of the chairperson, deputy chairperson and members of the authority and the procedure to be followed in the discharge of the functions of the authority shall be such, as may be prescribed(5) the authority shall have a secretariat with such officers and members of staff and with such terms and conditions of services as may be prescribed, from time to timefunctions of the authority354 (1) subject to any guidelines issued by the central government under the provisions of this act, the authority shall perform and undertake such special steps in close co-ordination with concerned ministries, departments and public sector enterprises of the central and state governments for rapid and accelerated promotion and development of ocean thermal energy throughout the country as it may deem necessary and expedient to do so for the promotion of ocean thermal energy conversion40(2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the authority shall,—(a) formulate ocean thermal energy conversion policy, its goals and executionplan;(b) develop indicative standards of ocean thermal energy conversion;(c) support and encourage research and development through government andprivate sector participation involving all major research laboratories;(d) facilitate infrastructure development of ocean thermal energy conversion incoastal areas;5(e) suggest educational and other policy initiatives for ocean thermal energyconversion;(f) facilitate quick technology transfer and adoption of ocean thermal energyconversion; and(g) such other steps as the appropriate government may deem necessary10miscellaneous provisions5 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force,the appropriate government shall in consultation with the authority make it compulsory for every coastal city village including government establishments to,—(a) use the otec technology for electrification in all coastal buildings, homesand villages;15(b) make it mandatory for electricity utilities to purchase electricity fromocean thermal energy sources;(c) reserve adequate resources for setting up of ocean thermal energyconversion projects;(d) take such other steps as the appropriate government may deem necessary20(2) the appropriate government shall, as soon as may be, identify the exploitablesources of ocean thermal energy in their respective territorial jurisdictions and send project report thereon to the authority which shall depute a team of experts to verify and assess the possibility of exploiting ocean thermal energy sources25(3) the authority shall on the basis of the report submitted by the team of expertswork out the estimated expenditure on the project and recommend to the central government regarding implementation of the projectscentral government to provide funds306 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by lawin this behalf, pay to the authority in each financial year such sums as may be considerednecessary and adequate for the performance of the functions of the authority under this actannual report7 the authority shall prepare once in every calendar year in such form and at suchtime as may be prescribed an annual report giving a true and full account of its activities during the previous year and copies thereof shall be forwarded to the president of india who shall cause the same to be laid before both the houses of parliament35power to remove difficulties8 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, notinconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:40provided that no such order shall be made the expiry of the period of two years fromthe date of the commencement of this act(2) every order made under this section shall as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before both the houses of parliamentpower to make rules9 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this act45(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made,before each house of parliament , while it is in session for a total period of thirty days whichmay be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the sessions immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsocean thermal energy conversion (otec) is more than just a technology that produces clean energy with otec, the goal is to create a sustainable future using the world's most abundant resource-our oceansdue to the unlimited availability of the ocean's thermal resource—the fuel that powers otec—this technology is built to produce clean energy 24 hours a day, 7 days week this provides a great advantage over intermittent (albeit important) renewable technologies such as solar and windotec also can shrug off the storage problems that are often associated with clean energy due to its ability to produce a range of secondary services, the surplus energy generated by an otec plant can be diverted to power desalination plants (removing salt and other minerals to produce drinking water) this flexibility ensures that otec produced energy never goes to waste another major competitive benefit of otec is its range of secondary services besides producing electricity and fresh drinking water, otec can support agriculture and aquaculture industries, reducing local demand on water supplies it can also slash costs of air conditioning in tropical regions by using the temperature differential between warm ocean surface water and cold deep water as a renewable energy source, otec can generate two humanity's most fundamental needs—clean drinking water and renewable base load (24x7) energy each otec plant is capable of producing voluminous amounts of drinkable water (a 10-mw otec plant can produce as much as 75 million litres of fresh drinking water a day) thus, the technology holds great potential for meeting global domestic and agricultural freshwater demands both now and in the future more than seventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water, and over eighty per cent of the sun's energy is stored within surface waters—the equivalent of 4,000 times the energy used in the world per day in just one 24-hours period, tropical ocean waters absorb solar radiation equal to the energy produced by 250 billion of oilotec's ability to help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels—one of the largest human-induce contributors to climate change—is enormous just one 10-mw otec plant has been estimated to provide reliable clean energy for approximately 10,000 people and to replace the burning of 50,000 barrels of oil and release of 80,000 tons of carbon dioxide (co2)per year into the atmosphere otec plants therefore may play a huge role in helping global communities fight pollution-related climate changeotec can also use deep water as a cooling agent for environmentally friendly air conditioning, a system known as seawater air conditioner (swac) to replace traditional electric chillers and chemicals for cooling buildings, otec plants use cold water from deep oceans and lakes their installation into airports, medical centers and holiday resorts can reduce electricity usage by up to ninety per cent compared to conventional systems, offering enormous reductions in carbon emissionsotec's unique symbiosis between clean baseload renewable energy and potable water production is a natural fit the combination addresses existing global factors that could precipitate a humanitarian crisis: the growing global need for potable water, the lack of available freshwater sources, the increased concentration of populations in coastal regions, and rising energy prices keeping all the benefits in view, china has recently installed world's largest floating otec plant many countries are already in ways to install otec plants in india's perspective, there is tremendous scope for the energy from the ocean as india has a long coastline of about 7500 kilometer and about 1200 islands in bay of bengal and arabian sea including andaman and nicobar islands and the lakshadweep islandsthe bill, therefore, seeks to constitute a national ocean thermal energy commission for the rapid and accelerated promotion and development of ocean thermal energy in the countryhence this bill new delhi;shrikant e shindefebruary  15,  2018 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the establishment of the national ocean thermal authority of india clause 5 makes it compulsory for every central government establishment to take measures for using ocean thermal energy by carrying out appropriate changes clause 6 of the bill makes it obligatory for the central government to provide necessary funds for the purpose of the bill the bill, therefore, if enacted and brought into operation will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees  one hundred crore may be involved as recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees one thousand crore may also involve from the consolidated fund of india memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the promotion of use of ocean thermal energy to reduce carbon emission,protect environment and substitute traditional electricity generation methods offossil fuel burning and for matter connected therewith or incidental thereto————(dr shrikant e shinde, mp)mgipmrnd—4277ls(s3)—16-03-2018