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Power Industry & Economy - Environment States - Other States No new power connections without CFLs
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Anil Sasi New Delhi, July 19 Need a new electricity connection? Better buy compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). A State-owned power distribution company in Haryana has decided to give new connections to only those applicants who are ready to replace incandescent bulbs with CFLs in their homes or offices. Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) — which supplies electricity to around 18 lakh consumers in nine districts of the State, including the business hubs of Gurgaon and Faridabad — has made the switchover a norm for new domestic and commercial connections. “We have put in an elaborate verification process to check the switchover to energy efficient lamps by new applicants. The applicant will have to submit copies of the receipt showing purchase of these lamps and their warranty card before any new electricity connection is released,” the Director (Commercial) of DHBVN, Mr I S Nain, told Business Line. The distribution utility, which has been proactive in pushing energy conservation through promotion of CFLs over the last several months, is seeing a 25-30 per cent load reduction during peak evening hours besides drastic drop in the transformer failures . It aims to save around 300 MW per year once the scheme is fully in place . In the case of below the poverty line (BPL) families, DHBVN plans to provide one CFL to each household free of cost , he said. The utility has tied-up with six leading companies to make CFLs available in the zone at discounted prices. It also provides its own vans to the CFL suppliers for selling the lamps. “Our field officers have been asked to go around their respective areas after office hours to spread awareness about the energy saving potential of the CFLs on a personal level. We are also organising panchayat-level meetings in villages to persuade consumers to switch to CFL lamps,” he added. Binola, near Gurgaon, which was the first village in the country to completely adopt CFLs and Kalanwali,which was first town in the country to achieve a similar record, falls under DHBVN. “We are now aiming at having the first district in the country — Sirsa in south Haryana — to completely switch to CFLs,” Mr Nain said. Light accounts for 19 per cent of the world’s electricity use, according to the International Energy Agency. Greenpeace estimates savings of up to 12,000 MW in India by switching to CFLs, even as environmental fallouts from unsafe disposal of CFLs – which use mercury – are still being debated.
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