Lok Sabha Question No. 1074 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Energy Consuming Industries
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: TATHAGATA SATPATHY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1074 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## ENERGY CONSUMING INDUSTRIES

1074.  SHRI TATHAGATA SATPATHY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified high energy-consuming industries in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State and industry-wise;

(c) whether Government has put any norms in place to restrict the consumption of energy by these industries and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the said criteria is being followed by all the industries;

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(f) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  the  mandatory  energy consumption norms are followed by industries?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (f) : Under clauses (g)  and  (n)  of  Section  14  of  the  Energy  Conservation  Act, 2001  (52  of  2001),  the  Central  Government  is  empowered  to  establish  and  prescribe energy consumption norms and standards for designated consumers (DCs)  and to direct every  DC  to  comply  with  prescribed  energy  consumption  norms  and  standards. Accordingly, Government has notified 737 high energy consuming industries, refer to as DCs,  in  11  sectors  under  the  Perform,  Achieve  &  Trade  (PAT)  Scheme.  The  specific energy consumption reduction targets given to the DCs under PAT are to be achieved during a cycle of 3 years.

PAT is a regulatory instrument to reduce specific energy consumption in energy  intensive  industries,  with  an  associated  market  based  mechanism  through certification of excess energy savings, which can be traded.

The State wise details of DCs covered under PAT are given in Annexure.

..........2.

Out of the 737 DCs notified so far, 478 DCs were covered under the PAT cycle-I (2012  to  2015),  which  has  already been  completed.  Under  PAT  cycle-I, approximately 38.25 lakh Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts) were issued to 306 DCs while 110 DCs have been entitled to purchase approximately 14.25 ESCerts. 3 DCs have earned zero ESCerts and out of the remaining 59 DCs, 21  DCs are defaulters, 30 DCs have  been  shut  down  or  are  below  the  threshold  level  of  PAT,  7  DCs  have  gone  for litigation and one DC in Iron and Steel sector did not submit Performance Assessment Document to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).

BEE  has  developed  a  robust  monitoring  and  verification  mechanism  to ensure  mandatory  reduction  in  energy  consumption,  which  is  being  followed  by  the industries. The DCs covered under PAT scheme, have to carry out the monitoring and verification  audit  of  their  plants/processes  as  per  the  prescribed  methodology  and formats by a third party auditing agency,  if the DCs do not meet the prescribed norms, they can make up the shortfall by purchase of ESCerts, failing which they are liable to be penalized under the relevant provisions of Energy Conservation Act,  2001.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1074 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.12.2017.

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| Name of State    | Aluminum   | Cement   | Chlor- Alkali   | DISCOMs   | Pulp & Paper   | Fertilizer   | Iron & Steel   | Textile   | Thermal Power Plants   | Refinery   | Railways         | Railways              | Total   |
|------------------|------------|----------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------|------------------------|------------|------------------|-----------------------|---------|
| Name of State    | Aluminum   | Cement   | Chlor- Alkali   | DISCOMs   | Pulp & Paper   | Fertilizer   | Iron & Steel   | Textile   | Thermal Power Plants   | Refinery   | Railways (Zonal) | Railways (Production) | Total   |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 0          | 21       | 2               | 2         | 3              | 2            | 1              | 0         | 14                     | 1          | 0                | 0                     | 46      |
| Assam            | 0          | 0        | 0               | 1         | 2              | 2            | 0              | 0         | 4                      | 2          | 1                | 0                     | 12      |
| Bihar            | 0          | 1        | 0               | 2         | 0              | 0            | 0              | 0         | 2                      | 1          | 1                | 0                     | 7       |
| Chhattisgarh     | 1          | 9        | 0               | 1         | 0              | 0            | 29             | 0         | 17                     | 0          | 1                | 0                     | 58      |
| Delhi            | 0          | 0        | 0               | 2         | 0              | 0            | 0              | 0         | 5                      | 0          | 1                | 0                     | 8       |
| Goa              | 0          | 0        | 0               | 0         | 0              | 1            | 4              | 0         | 0                      | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 5       |
| Gujarat          | 0          | 9        | 10              | 4         | 2              | 6            | 4              | 21        | 22                     | 4          | 0                | 0                     | 82      |
| Haryana          | 0          | 0        | 0               | 2         | 1              | 1            | 1              | 2         | 6                      | 1          | 0                | 0                     | 14      |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0          | 5        | 0               | 1         | 1              | 0            | 0              | 7         | 0                      | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 14      |
| Jharkhand        | 1          | 3        | 1               | 1         | 0              | 0            | 3              | 0         | 8                      | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 17      |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | 0          | 0        | 0               | 1         | 0              | 0            | 0              | 0         | 0                      | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 1       |
| Karnataka        | 1          | 6        | 0               | 4         | 1              | 1            | 9              | 3         | 5                      | 1          | 0                | 1                     | 32      |
| Kerala           | 0          | 1        | 1               | 1         | 1              | 1            | 0              | 0         | 3                      | 1          | 0                | 0                     | 9       |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 1          | 13       | 1               | 3         | 1              | 2            | 0              | 12        | 5                      | 1          | 1                | 0                     | 40      |
| Maharashtra      | 1          | 5        | 0               | 1         | 2              | 4            | 12             | 17        | 19                     | 2          | 2                | 0                     | 65      |
| Meghalaya        | 0          | 5        | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0            | 1              | 0         | 0                      | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 6       |
| Odisha           | 7          | 2        | 1               | 4         | 3              | 2            | 27             | 0         | 4                      | 0          | 1                | 0                     | 51      |
| Punjab           | 0          | 1        | 2               | 1         | 3              | 2            | 0              | 19        | 5                      | 1          | 0                | 2                     | 36      |
| Puducherry       | 0          | 0        | 1               | 0         | 0              | 0            | 0              | 0         | 1                      | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 2       |
| Rajasthan        | 0          | 19       | 1               | 3         | 0              | 3            | 0              | 31        | 12                     | 0          | 1                |                       | 70      |
| Tamil Nadu       | 0          | 14       | 3               | 1         | 4              | 2            | 2              | 18        | 21                     | 1          | 1                | 1                     | 68      |
| Telangana        | 0          | 8        | 0               | 2         | 0              | 0            | 1              | 0         | 2                      | 0          | 1                | 0                     | 14      |
| Tripura          | 0          | 0        | 0               | 0         | 0              | 0            | 0              | 0         | 3                      | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 3       |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 1          | 3        | 1               | 5         | 4              | 8            | 1              | 1         | 19                     | 1          | 2                | 1                     | 47      |
| Uttarakhand      | 0          | 0        | 0               | 1         | 1              | 0            | 0              | 1         | 0                      | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 3       |
| West Bengal      | 0          | 0        | 0               | 1         | 1              | 0            | 5              | 1         | 14                     | 1          | 3                | 1                     | 27      |
| Total            | 13         | 125      | 24              | 44        | 30             | 37           | 100            | 133       | 191                    | 18         | 16               | 6                     | 737     |

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