City Development Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ12 Final Report: Thiruvathipuram Municipality
encompassing audits for energy saving performance, design & implementation of
conservation measures, maintenance, operation and management of the
introduced facilities and procurement of project funds. ESCOs conduct retrofitting
for energy conservation without damaging the environment. The ESCO will
guarantee the savings that would meet or exceed the annual payments to cover
up the entire project costs usually a period of 5 to 10 years. The savings can be
shared proportionately with the institution for which the project is designed and
implemented for.
The salient features of performance contracting for energy savings through ESCO
based business model are as under:
1 'Nil' investment by customer.
2. ESCO to identify Energy Efficient Measures (EEMs) to replace / modify existing
in efficient systems.
3. ESCO supplies, installs and maintains the Energy Efficient Measures (EEMs)
during the contract period.
4. Contract period could be 3-5 years or as mutually agreed upon.
5. Energy saving is shared between ESCO and customer as per agreed terms.
Total project cost is funded by ESCO. The O & M expenses will be met by the
Municipality.
6. Guarantee Energy savings and recover its investment including interest &
other costs out of generated energy savings.
Sl.No Reforms
1 Energy audit
Table 12-5: Road Map for Energy and Resource efficiency
i Leak detection study √
ii Fixing of bulk water meter √
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Year of Implementation
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
iii Fixing flow control values and meters √
iv
Implementing energy saving
measures on street lights and
pumping machineries (ESCo)
12.4.6 ACTION PLAN: COMPUTERIZATION AND E-GOVERNANCE
Strategy options
1. Launch data warehousing on a large scale, which would avoid cross-
reference to paper record, which are time consuming and also preservation
of paper media, which occupies space, could be avoided.
2. Computerization of bill payment and facilitation of on line payments
3. Computerisation of registration of land records within Municipal limit
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