RAJYA SABHA
The country is likely
to have the first batch of Certified Energy Auditors (CEAs) operating
under the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) by the year 2003.
The scheme regarding
conduct of energy audit by accredited energy auditors is designed
to reduce wasteful use of both thermal and electrical energy.
The objective of the energy audit is to verify, monitor and analyse
the use of energy including submission of technical reports containing
recommendations for improving energy efficiency with cost benefit
analysis and action plan to reduce energy consumption. The scheme,
inter alia, provides that the Central Government in consultation
with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency direct energy intensive industries
specified in the Schedule of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001
and notified designated consumers to get energy audit conducted
by an accredited energy auditor in such manner and such interval
of time as may be specified. Depending upon the availability of
accredited energy auditors in the country, the Central Government
proposes to introduce the scheme in phases. Initially the scheme
is proposed to be introduced in Cement, Pulp and Paper, Textile,
Fertilizer, Aluminium, Chlor Alkali industries and in Commercial
Buildings & Establishments.
The anticipated annual
savings after 5 years of the introduction of the scheme by implementation
of the recommendations of the accredited energy auditors is likely
to be 1200 MW of electric power, 15 million tones of coal and
2 million tones of furnace oil.
This information
was given by Smt. Jayawanti Mehta, Minister of State for Power
in a written reply to a question by Shri Prem Chand Gupta in Rajya
Sabha today.
