Lok Sabha Question No. 279 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-17
Subject: Conservation of Power
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.279 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2015

## CONSERVATION OF POWER

*279.   SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  to  conserve electricity;
- (b) whether any mechanism exists to ensure energy efficiency in domestic, agriculture and commercial sectors of our country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  energy  audit  in  the  last three years; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  to  ensure implementation of the mechanism developed to conserve electricity?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO.279  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON  17.12.2015 REGARDING CONSERVATION OF POWER.

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- (a) : The following initiatives have been taken up by the Government to ensure conservation of electricity:
- (i) Standards  &  Labeling  programme  for  appliances  to  provide  the consumer  an  informed  choice  about  the  energy  saving  and thereby  the  cost  saving  potential  of  the  relevant  marketed product. The scheme covers 21 equipment/appliances.
- (ii) Prescription  of  specific  energy  consumption  norms  for  energy intensive industries notified as designated consumers and implemented through Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme.
- (iii) Formulation  of  Energy  Conservation  Building  Codes  (ECBC)  for energy efficiency improvement in commercial buildings.
- (iv) Demand Side Management (DSM) in Municipal, Household, Agriculture    and Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) sectors.
- (v) Promotion  of  energy  efficient  LED  lamps  through  DSM  based Domestic  Efficient  Lighting  Programme  (DELP)  &  Street  Light National Programme (SLNP).
- (b)  &  (c):    There  are  several  mechanisms  that  Government  promotes  for energy  efficiency in domestic,  agriculture  and  commercial  sectors  as mentioned below:
- i. Standards and Labelling programme for promotion of energy efficiency in household appliances.
- Labelling  of  energy  efficient  agriculture  pumpsets  upto  a  connected
- ii. load of 15 KW.
- iii. Domestic  Efficient  Lighting  Programme  (DELP)  for  replacement  of inefficient light bulbs with energy efficient LED bulbs in the household sector.
- iv. Street Light National Programme (SLNP) for replacement of inefficient street lights with energy efficient LED lights in the municipal sector.
- v. Perform, Achieve and Trade scheme for promotion of energy efficiency through  regulatory  mechanism  for  energy  intensive  industries  in  the industrial sector.
- vi. Energy  Conservation  Building  Code  (ECBC)  for  commercial  building having connected load of 100 KW or above.
- vii. Design-guidelines  for energy  efficiency  in multi-storied residential buildings.

(d) & (e) : No, Madam, Government has not conducted any energy audit in the  last  three  years.  However,  the  Government  has  issued  notification  for mandatory energy audits in Designated Consumers vide S.O. 1378 (E) on 27th May,  2014  wherein  all  Designated  Consumers  are  required  to  get  energy audit of their facilities done as per the methodology specified in the Bureau of Energy Efficiency Regulation, 2010.

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