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By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
27th July:- A structured consumer participation in
managing power needs of the city would be the next step where the Chandigarh
Administration is working to optimize and make city energy efficient, said
Mukesh Anand, Chief Engineer, UT, who was the special guest at the roundtable
discussions held at PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry today.
PHD Chamber had organized the
interactive session on “Demand-side Management and Energy Efficiency Options”
with Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation and MP EN Systems Advisory of Mumbai
as knowledge partners.
Senior representatives of state
electricity departments and regulatory authorities from Himachal Pradesh,
Haryana and Punjab along with officials of energy development in Chandigarh
were present here. Other stakeholders included state designated agencies,
technocrats, energy auditors, and industries association.
UT Chief Engineer Mukesh Anand
reiterated Administration’s initiatives to setup a robust smart power-grid
system for optimum utilization of energy in the city including replacement of
50,000 street lights with LED bulbs, and supply of LED bulbs, tube-lights and
fans to the people, which has contributed to energy savings.
A Rs.2500 crore project has been
approved for the city to replace all electricity meters with smart meters with
interactivity with utilities so that the consumption could be monitored and
peak-hour issues could be resolved, he said.
Even the old water pumps that bring
nearly 80mld of water
to the city from Bhakra canal were being replaced with more energy-efficient
star-rated equipment, and in order to further contain the transmission losses,
all overhead power cables would be put underground for which Government of
India grant is expected, he informed.
Er H S Bedi, Joint Director of Punjab
State Electricity Regulatory Commission emphasized the need for more effective
community-based involvement in managing peak load requirements and avoid losses
incurred by power grids through outrages and equipment breakdown.
Mahesh Patankar, Managing Director of MP
EN Systems, suggested the proactive engagement with the end-users of power
through awareness campaigns so that collectively they can contribute to the
optimum utilization of resources.
PHD Chamber’s Punjab Committee chair
Rupinder Singh Sachdeva said that energy-efficiency initiatives and use of
non-conventional sources of energy would benefit the large section of MSMEs in
the region who would be willing to come forward to assist in this initiative.
PHD Chamber’s regional director Madhu
Pillai announced the formation of a special task force which would regularly interact with all
the stakeholders and provide a platform to suggest measures to help build the
smart cities through smart utilization of resources by the citizens.
Ravinder Shan of solar energy providers
HARTEK, Viney Bhim from UHBVN, Vikas Kadian of Haryana Energy Regulatory
Commission, S.K. Sen of HP State Electricity Board, Shimla, Anil Gupta of
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Patiala, Balkar Singh and Sanjay Bansal
from Punjab Energy Development Agency, Sukhchain Singh from Haryana Energy
Development Agency, amongst others participated in the discussions.
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