MoP - Ministry of Power

Prize Winning Painting by Yeerina Debnath, West Bengal, on the
occasion of Energy Conservation Day, 14th December, 2007
students in year 2006 and 2007 respectively. This
competition is aimed at motivating the children towards
energy conservation and offers them a chance to explore
their creativity. The Hon'ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha
Devisingh Patil presented the awards to the winning children
of painting competition on 14 th December 2007.
Certification of the Energy Professionals
Fourth & fifth National certification Examination for Energy
Managers and Auditors were conducted on 21-22nd April
2007 and 17-18th November 2007. From the Iast 4 National
Certification Examinations, 883 Certified Energy Managers,
1188 Energy Auditors candidates certified as Energy
Managers and 2986 Certified Energy Managers-cum-
Auditors are in place.
Energy Efficiency in existing and New Buildings
Existing Buildings
There is a huge scope of energy savings in the existing
buildings. Energy audit studies conducted in several office
buildings, hotels &hospitals indicate energy saving potential
of 23% to 46% in end uses like lighting, HVAC etc. Under
the first phase of energy efficiency in the government
building program, 9 government buildings were covered
and the identified energy efficiency measures were
implemented through the ESCO route. In Phase-2 of the.
Programe, 17 Government Buildings have been identified
and taken up for implementing Energy efficiency measures
by CPWD.
Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC) was
launched on May 27,2007 on a voluntary basis for new,
commercial buildings having connected load of more than
500 kw. These codes define norms of energy requirement
per square meter of area and takes into consideration, the
climatic regions of the country where the building is located.
The major components of the building which are being
addressed through this code are walls, roofs and windows;
lighting systems, HVAC systems, electrical distribution
systems, water heating and water pumping systems.
Mandatory compliance of the ECBC is expected to yield
annual saving of approximately 1.7 billion units.
Strengthening of the State Designated Agencies (SDAs)
SDAs are the statutory body setup under the Energy
Conservation Act 2001. These were set up to implement
the Act at the state level. The bureau in order to enforce
and regulate provisions of the Energy Act 2001 will help in
strengthening and capacity building of the SDAs.
A comprehensive action plan has been evolved and most
of the SDAs are in advanced stage of formulizing it.
Under the Xl five year plan, BEE would set up an Energy
conservation information cell (ECIC) to analyze and monitor
the energy consumption trends and energy conservation
achievements in the country.
BEE is implementing web based online system for
seamless filing of returns by the designated consumers as
required under the Energy Conservation Act 2001.
This would facilitate low transaction cost for filing of returns
by the Designated consumers before the SDAs .
Demand Side Management
Demand side management has emerged from the supply
scenarios and is further underlined by rising energy prices.
BEE has evolved a strategy to achieve the Demand side
management which includes establishment of DSM cells
in the states, Training and technical assistance to the DSM
cell staff & regulatory commissions, project development
& implementation through the private sector initiative,
Implementation of Pilot Projects in selected states &
recommendation for tariff, driven as well as non-tariff
Prize Winning Painting by Sanpreet Singh, Punjab, on the
occasion of Energy Conservation Day, 14th December, 2007
regulatory mechanism to provide incentives for the utilities.
BEE has also proposed measures like ToD (Time of Day)
Tariffs, power factor incentives and incentivizing of electricity
purchase from the captive generation by the grid.
COM CFL Scheme
The Hon'ble Minister of Power announced the Bachat Lamp
Yojana on 28th May, 2007. The basic tenet of the scheme
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