Challenges of making the program and plan sof energy efficiency in final use of Osijek-Baranja County

Candidacy for full European Union membership, acceptance of Agreement on Energy Community, signing and ratification of Kyoto Protocol and United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change, but also a high instability of energy prices on world market, have set the need to accept Energy Development Strategy of Croatia. The Strategy is the result of the need for harmonization of legislation with the EU acquis in the field of energy and commitment to energy sector. According to “Adjustment and Upgrade Strategy of Croatian Energy Development” by Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship and UN Development Program, the goal of Strategy, in the time of uncertain conditions of global energy market and with limited domestic resources, is to build a sustainable energy system, balanced system of relation between environmental protection, competition and secure energy supply that will enable secure and available energy supply to Croatian citizens and its economy. National Program of Energy Efficiency (2008-2016) and National Action Plan of Energy Efficiency (2008-2010) are increasing the responsibility and obligations of local and regional governments in terms of energy savings in end -use. The Act onEnergy Efficiency in Final Consumption defines a number of obligations of public sector whereby developing of Program and plans of energy efficiency in final consumption represent the most demanding. Osijek – BaranjaCounty is amongst the first ones to accept the Program of energy efficiency in final consumption for the period of 2013-2015. The Plan of energy efficiency in the County for 2013 was passed on the 31st session of County council on 4thApril 2013. This essay presents the challenges in the making of planed documents, especially the lack of data collection system of energy consumption, incompatibility of jurisdiction of certain energy distributor with County administrative-territorial division; questionable consumption in base year to define savings; lack of overall energy balance sheet as well as indicator of energy efficiency on the local level. Professional literature, legislation and experience in collecting, analyzing data to produce these documents, were used as a background in this work.