Energy Efficiency Targets in Eight Sectors Approved
The Energy Efficiency targets in 8 sectors covering 477 Designated Consumers (DCs) under Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) programme have been approved which will become mandatory after notification.
This information was given by Minister of State for Power Shri K.C.Venugopal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. He said in order to enhance the efforts to promote energy efficiency during the XI Plan period and to achieve the target of reducing consumption by 5% (equivalent to 10,000 MW of avoided capacity) by 2012, Bureau of Energy Efficiency has initiated several programmes/schemes targeting the following areas:
• Household lighting,
• Commercial Buildings,
• Standards & Labeling of appliances,
• Demand Side Management in Agriculture /Municipalities,
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Large Industries, and
• Capacity Building of State Designated Agencies (SDAs) and facilitating preparation of action plan for Energy Conservation in each State.
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