Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Street lighting National Program… one of the best in the country… Yielded excellent results…
EESL estimated to save about 227 MU by installing 5.3 Lakhs LED Street Lights in GHMC
He thanked Chief Executive Officer of EESL Vishal Kapoor for giving him opportunity to work with EESL
Hyderabad, 12-07-2023: In a significant development towards enhancement of energy efficiency, which helps for economic development and environmental protection, the EESL (Energy Efficiency Services Limited), a joint venture of Public sector undertakings(PSUs) under Ministry of Power, Government of India have taken a key decision and engaged A Chandra sekhara Reddy as senior advisor for Business Development and Government Affairs, who served in Andhra Pradesh power sector for three decades including 9 years in Chief Minister’s Office.
After putting in more than three decades of yeomen services to the state and society at large, Chandrasekhar Reddy had superannuated recently, as AP State Energy Conservation Mission (SECM) CEO. In his new role Chandra sekhara Reddy with headquarters in Hyderabad has been assigned business development activities for ongoing and for new business opportunities in South India States/Union Territories Governments/Departments of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Puducherry , Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
He would interact with local, State departments, federal legislative bodies and government agencies to represent and protect the organization’s business plans and interests. He thanked Chief Executive Officer of EESL Vishal Kapoor for giving him opportunity to work
with EESL and assured to put all out efforts to meet the organization goals. “In fact it is my
privilege to serve in such a great institution which is one of the best/premiere organizations in the field of energy efficiency and recognized at global level” he said.
During his tenure as CEO AP State Energy Conservation Mission (SECM), Andhra Pradesh has received National awards for 5 times that include most prestigious National Energy Conservation award-2022 from Hon’ble President of India for best performance in achieving energy savings.
He has played a pivotal role in identifying more than 30 energy efficiency investment projects in the State of Andhra Pradesh worth Rs. 412 Crore.
Accordingly, with the support of energy department, being CEO SECM during his tenure, he has proposed interest subvention for small scale industries in several meetings in national and international platforms. As per the indications of Union Ministry of power led Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the Govt. of India is seriously examining in providing 5 percent interest subvention for Micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for implementing energy efficiency projects.
During his tenure, SECM have continuously persuaded for interest subvention for the MSMEs in the country including Telangana that are expected to get sizable interest rebate for energy efficiency project implementation. He also played key role in penetration of energy conservation and energy efficiency programs in the State by proposing constitution of Energy Conservation cells.
While responding on his new role, he sought Government of Telangana and key departments of Telangana to continue their unstinted support to EESL for economic savings, energy savings which also helps for addressing climate change. The Street lighting National Program (SLNP) which was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India was quite successful in the country and major metropolitan cities like Hyderabad.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in co-ordination with EESL has
initiated steps to make this program a grand success and became a role model in the country.
According to EESL reports, the GHMC is estimated to save about 227 MU by installing 5.3 Lakhs LED Street Lights. The Estimated Annual reduction in carbon foot print is 0.18 million tons of CO2 and avoided peak demand is around 56.75 MW. EESL has distributed lakhs of LED bulbs under Gram UJALA in co-ordination with Telangana Govt. & program was quite successful in rural areas. Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) of Telangana has
considered being one of the best models at National level.
Till date, over 36.86 crore LED bulbs, 72.18 lakh LED Tube lights and 23.59 lakh Energy efficient fans distributed by EESL in the country. This has resulted in estimated energy savings of 48.42 billion kWh per year with avoided peak demand of 9,789 MW, GHG emission reduction of 39.30 million tonnes of CO2 per year and estimated annual monetary savings of INR 19,333 crore in consumer electricity bills and support entire country including the Telugu speaking states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Annexure:
EESL Achievements in GHMC:
Parameters
-No. of LED Street Lights Installed (Nos.)
-No. of CCMS (Centralized Control Monitoring System) Installed (Nos.)
-Estimated annual energy savings
-Avoided peak demand
-Estimated Annual reduction in carbon foot print
-Employment Generation in Nos.
Achievements
5,30,123
30,226
227.88Million kWh
56.75 MW
0.18million tCO 2
350
