The PSEB is planning to extend cash rewards to the panchayats of those villages that have achieved full conversion to compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). At the same time, the board is likely to give a little relaxation in time to over 10 lakh farmers, who have been told to switch over to CFLs by April 15. The board was likely to extend the deadline by June 30. Though the reward amount is yet to be decided, the board is contemplating giving Rs 1 lakh each to the panchayats achieving full conversion to CFLs, sources said. With each of he 10 lakh tube well connections in Punjab having two lamps, the board estimates switching over to CFL lamps at tube wells alone could save about 150 MWs, almost equivalent to power generated by a unit of a thermal plant. Board chief Y.S. Ratra, the sources said, was more in favour of creating awareness among people on the use of the CFL technology than on imposing any stern restrictions. Experts of the board have estimated that at least another 600 MWs of power can be saved if about 45 lakh domestic consumers in the state use CFLs in their verandahs, bathrooms and kitchens. The board's CFL Committee, headed by the member (Finance) Anurag Aggrawal, it was learnt, had proposed to extend the deadline of tube-well disconnection from April 15 to May 15. But, the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti polls' code of conduct prevented it from doing so. Interestingly, the deadline passed quietly or was allowed to pass so, as the government could not have afforded to annoy the dominating farming community ahead of the elections. Now, it could be extended up to June 30, the sources said.