Workshop on Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme was organised by MP Urja Vikas Nigam Limited in consultation with Bureau of Energy Efficiency New Delhi was organised in the state capital; 30 industries took part in the workshop.
The workshop aimed at energy consumption standards and criteria, format and certificate of energy saving for Designated Consumers and for this workshop on PAT scheme was organised. Methods and methodologies of decreasing energy consumption were shared by Urja Nigam and Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) officials. Highlight of the workshop was discussion with different industries on energy saving under PAT Cycle I and Cycle II. Principal Secretary of New and Renewable Energy department Manu Shrivastava and Executive Engineer of Urja Vikas Nigam discussed energy efficiency on PAT cycle with different industries. The target energy of saving energy under PAT cycle –I was 6.686 MTOE (Million Ton of Oil Equivalent). In 2012-2015, 8067 MTOE energy was saved which was 1.25 percent of total consumption which decreased the emission by 31 Million Tonne. In the Capacity Building Programme under PAT out of 13718 Energy Managers and Energy Auditors 219 were felicitated with accreditation. In the sequence PAT Cycle-II 2016-2019 it is estimated that 60 Million Tonne CO2 would be saved. Presentation on MP RESCO model and 750 MW Rewa Solar Power Plant was made in the workshop. For installing Solar Power Plant by Designated Consumers in their premise no capital would be required only expense would be of energy per unit utilized under RESCO model.
Industries who have failed to achieve target of energy saving have to buy E-Certs. This year Orient Paper Mills came second in National Energy Saving Awards 2018.