Lok Sabha Question No. 1869 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Replacing Street Lights with LED Bulbs
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1869 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2015

## REPLACING STREET LIGHTS WITH LED BULBS

1869.  SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any proposal to replace all street lights of the country with LED bulbs;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  funds  for  implementation  of  the  said  programme  have  been allocated for States;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  funds  so  far  released  and utilized, State-wise; and
- (e) the time by which the targets of the said programme will be achieved?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : The  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  launched  the  Street  Lighting  National Programme (SLNP) on the 5 th   January,  2015  to  convert  all  the  conventional  street lights with smart and energy efficient LED street lights. Energy Efficiency Services Ltd  (EESL)  has  been  designated  as  the  nodal  agency  for  the  execution  of  this National level initiative.

## Details about the national level initiative is detailed as under:

| No of street lights to be replaced                  | 3.5 crore (approx.)                  |
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Expected annual energy savings                      | 9000 million KWh (approx.)           |
| Expected reduction of installed street light load   | 1500 MW (approx.)                    |
| Estimated capital investment(excluding O&M)         | Rs. 35,000 crore (approx.)           |
| Annual estimated greenhouse gas emission reductions | 6.2 million tonnes of CO 2 (approx.) |

About  303  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)  from  various  states  across country  have  enrolled  for  SLNP  and  LED  street  light  installation  in  23  ULBs  have been completed in the States of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Tripura. As of 30 th November, 2015, about 4.71 lakh LED street lights have been installed. EESL  Service  Model  for  SLNP:  EESL  replaces  the  conventional  street lights with LEDs at its own costs (without any need for municipalities to invest) and the consequent reduction in energy and maintenance cost of the municipality is used to  repay  EESL  over  a  period  of  time.    The  contracts  that  EESL  enters  into  with Municipalities  are  of  7  years  duration  where  it  not  only  guarantees  a  minimum energy saving but also provides free replacements and maintenance of lights at no additional cost to the municipality.  The service model enables the municipalities to go in for state of the art street lights with no upfront capital cost and repayments to EESL  are  within  the  present  level  of  expenditure.    Thus,  there  is  no  additional revenue expenditure required to be incurred by the municipality for change over to smart and energy efficient LED street lights. (c) & (d) : As  indicated  in  the  answer  above,  EESL  implements  the  projects  on commercial basis without any recourse to Central or State Government funding.  The investments made by EESL in replacement of street lights  are  recovered over the project period through savings of energy and maintenance cost. Target is to replace 3.5 crore street lights in the country with LED by

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(e) : March, 2019.