Energy - IUCN

9. Government alone cannot implement these hydel projects through its limited
resources, there is therefore an urgent need that incentives are given to private
sector to come forward to work as joint venture with the Govt, undertake
projects either on BOT or BOO basis. For this an area specific power generation
policy needs to be evolved on priority.
10. The energy policy for NA should be self-contained providing quick and easy
decision making opportunities for attracting the private Investors. For this an
independent power infrastructure board to deal with the energy development
affairs needs to be constituted on high priority.
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11. Energy demand forecast for the Northern Areas was carried out by WAPDAin
the year 1996. The entire area was divided into thirteen regions depending on
their socio-economic condition energy use pattern and demand. The total
demand of the area based on that survey was 52 MW. The projected demand
for the year 2001 is worked out to be 83 MW and that projected till the year 2016
is estimated out to 206 MW. Adding 355 MW exclusively for cooking and
heating, the total power demand of the area by the year 2016 will be 579 MW .
The total power from all the eighty-one currently operative hydel power
stations in NAis only 46 MW. There is a short fall of 39 MW to meet the present
demand of 83 MW. The energy strategy for NA therefore needs to cover shortterm
measures to meet the immediate demand and long-term measures to meet
the exhaustive demand by the year 2016. Identification of more than hundred
hydel potential sites has been already made by WAPDA out of which fifteen
most promising potential sites have been selected for an installed capacity of
635 MW. These proposed projects are listed in annexure-v. The most promising
sites for implementation to meet the immediate power demand of the area are
also listed in annexure-v. These projects need to be implemented on high
priority to meet the immediate energy demand of various regions in NA. The
proposed order of priority for implementation of these projects to meet the
short term and long term energy demand is also given in of annexure-III .
Implementation of the rest of the identified projects needs to be considered
once the area specific energy policy for the Northern Areas is introduces and
institutional reforms for the capacity building of the stockholders like Planning
& Development Department and NAPWD are made and an area specific power
policy for Northern Areas is introduced.
12. Energy development in NAneeds to be included in social development sectors,
so that financial resources for its implementation could be arranged through
interest free soft or commercial loans from foreign funding agencies. The NGOs
may also come forward to join hands with the Government agencies to
undertake development projects in energy sector to meet the increasing
demand of NAfor this will have a positive impact on the development of other
social sectors like health, education and environment. Supply of adequate
energy will add to improvement of economic growth through establishment of
small and cottage industries and bringing huge tracts of barren lands under
cultivation through lift irrigation.
13. The conservation of heat in building has become more important of recent
years because of the great increase in cost of fuels and the improved standards
of comfort that people expect. Northern Areas fall in a meteorological region