Punjab Government is making efforts to improve the overall energy efficiency in the state's urban local bodies to 35 to 40 per cent with major focus implementing energy efficiency measures in the street lighting, buildings, and water pumping.
As a part of the same efforts, the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) on Sunday organized a technical workshop on “Energy Efficient Electrical Appliances” at PEDA auditorium. The workshop was organized under Municipal Demand Side Management (MuDSM) program of Union Ministry of Power’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), with the coordination of stakeholder departments of Punjab, ULBs, Housing and Urban Development Department, Development Authorities, PWD, Water Supply and Sanitation, Mandi Board, Punjab Health Systems Corporation and PSPCL.
PEDA Chief Executive Officer Dr Amarpal Singh, addressing the workshop, emphasized on the importance of energy efficiency and implementation of new and innovative energy efficient technologies in buildings, industries and municipalities in the state.
He said that MuDSM is the program aimed at improving overall energy efficiency of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to the tune of 35-40 per cent, and the main focus is on street lighting, buildings and water pumping.
The MuDSM is described as the planning, implementation, and monitoring of utility activities (beyond the consumer meter) designed to encourage customers to amend their electricity consumption patterns, both with respect to timing and level of electricity demand so as to help the customers, to use electricity more efficiently.
The energy directly impacts the living conditions of residents and savings can be used for other purpose works, he added.
PEDA director MP Singh explained about the efforts of MuDSM being the top performer in the country for reducing transmission and distribution (T&D) losses from 14 to 12.05 per cent in the State.
He deliberated upon the continuous efforts to translate energy sector strategies into actionable low-carbon solutions driven by PEDA to increase the utilization of clean and low-carbon energy in the State.
In such a scenario, MuDSM can complement supply-side strategies to help meet electric service demands by assisting utilities avoid or delay costly capacity additions by slowing demand growth.
The Government has been continuously introducing various policies and programs to enable an appropriate institutional set up and regulatory framework, towards large scale MuDSM implementations.
During the workshop, deliberations were also held for shifting towards Energy Transition and achieving goals of Decarbonisation in the State.
