Question raised in Lok Sabha on Energy Efficiency, 04/08/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Energy Efficiency, 04/08/2016. Government has specified norms and standards for reduction in specific energy consumption (SEC) for energy intensive sectors. In cycle-I (2012-13 to 2014-15) of Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme, 478 industries of eight sectors were given targets to reduce their SEC. The cumulative target for energy saving for the cycle-I was 6.68 Million Tonnes of Oil Equivalent (MTOE) to be achieved by the end of 2014-15, against which energy saving of 8.67 MTOE have been achieved which is about 30% more than the target. In PAT cycle-II (2016-17 to 2018-19), 621 industries from eleven sectors has been given the SEC reduction target of energy saving of 8.869 MTOE by the assessment year 2018-19. PAT Cycle-II has been initiated from 1st April, 2016 and the achievement of the cycle will be assessed during 2019-20. Hence, the achievement of the current year, covered under PAT Cycle II, will be known only after 2018-19. The state wise achievement under PAT cycle-I is given at Annexure.