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GovXContentSection The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources is responsible for the energy economies and national resources of the State of Israel: electricity, fuel, cooking gas, natural gas, energy conservation, water, sewer mains, oil exploration, ores, scientific research of soil and the sea and more.
The Ministry supervises the public and private entities involved in these fields and acts to ensure an adequate solution to the changing energy and infrastructure needs of the national economy, today and in the future, while regulating the market and protecting the consumer and the environment.
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The challenges of Israel’s infrastructures
GovXParagraph1 The mission that the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources faces is highly complex, due to Israel’s unique energy and infrastructure challenges. The country’s geopolitical situation makes it a “solitary island” with regard to infrastructures, and prevents it from relying on the energy infrastructures of neighboring countries, which is common practice internationally.
The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources copes with these challenges in a number of ways, including import of energy sources by sea, generation of energy from renewable sources and diversification in the supply of energy sources, to avoid dependence on limited supply sources. At the same time, the ministry is acting to reduce and intelligently manage demand to achieve savings and efficiency, while considering the needs of the national economy that require an increase in available energy and water sources.
The Vision of the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources
GovXParagraph2 The vision of the ministry includes a number of objectives, from which operative and regulatory steps are derived that will help Israel cope with tomorrow’s challenges for advancing a beautiful, efficient and environmentally friendly country, which is also capable of providing its citizens a reliable, effective infrastructure in the energy and water fields.
- Securing a supply of energy at a level of reliability, availability, efficiency and quality needed for a highly developed, modern national economy, at an optimal economic, social and environmental cost.
- Intelligent, effective exploitation of natural resources, which will secure sustainability for an extended period and correct preparation for natural risks, with long term planning of sustainable development, by creating a scientific technological basis and using it.
GovXParagraph3 The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources has defined a number of key objectives in the national energy economy, based on a strategic view that aims at reducing the dependence on crude oil imports, both because of the geo-political situation and economic and environmental cost.
In order to meet these objectives and allow the country to realize its objectives in the energy and infrastructure fields, the Ministry encourages R&D for the development of renewable energy sources, oil alternatives, smart grids and water desalination, using novel, efficient technologies.
Multi-annual goals
- Expansion of the supply and diversification of energy sources for the national economy and consumers.
- Advancement of the well-being of the national energy and mining economy, while improving product quality and prices and the service provided.
- Minimization of environmental effects created by energy facilities in the national economy.
Aiming to satisfy demands reliably and stably while conducting activity to reduce demand through economizing in the use of energy resources.
- Analysis of opportunities in natural resource inventories in Israel and securing their availability while conducting licensing processes and encouraging exploration and excavation activity.
- Activity for securing Israel’s social, economic and physical strength, which will allow for coping with the inevitable occurrence of strong earthquakes, while minimizing possible loss of life, reduction of the extent of damage to property and infrastructures and rapid transition to an ordinary life routine.
- Promotion and support of studies for expanding knowledge in soil and sea scientific fields.
Multi-annual objectives by divisions
GovXParagraph4 Natural Resources Administration
- Exploitation of fossil energy sources
- Sustainable exploitation of raw materials for construction, paving and industry
The Natural Gas Authority
- Advancement of the physical structure of the supply, conduction and consumption system of natural gas in the most reliable and economical manner
- Laying of the transmission system that will enable gas consumption by most major consumers and connection by distribution concessionaires
- Laying of distribution lines in Israel
- Setup of an information system
- Instructing and training of personnel
The Electricity Administration
- Planning of the national electricity economy
- Regulating the national electricity economy
- The Electricity Law
- Advancement of outline plans
The Energy Conservation Division
- 20% reduction in energy consumption by the end of 2020
The Water Economy Advisory Division
- Development of water utilities in accordance with the development needs of the State of Israel
- Creating an infrastructure of data on the issue of water as accessory means for the implementation of policy
- Definition of future activity platform for the division
Chief Scientist
- Development of the scientific and technological infrastructure in the energy field
- Leverage of the comparative advantages to achieve maximum result with minimal investment
- Promotion of national projects
The National Fuel and Gas Economy
- Civil reserves and preparations for emergency
- Regulation and monitoring of the national fuel economy
- Promotion of competition in the national fuel economy
- Promotion of infrastructures in the national fuel economy
- Sustainable development in transportation energy and promotion of alternative fuels
The Supervision and Safety Division in the Fuel and Gas Administration
- Securing the safety and quality of the infrastructures and products for national energy economy consumers
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