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Table of contents
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 3
BESCOM: ............................................................................................................. 4
Duties and Responsibilities: ............................................................................. 6
Demand Side Management (DSM): .................................................................. 11
DEFINATION OF DSM: ........................................................................... 11
Objectives of DSM: ........................................................................................ 12
Types of DSM programmes: ......................................................................... 12
Forms of DSM: ............................................................................................... 13
BUSINESS MODELS IN DSM: .................................................................... 13
Tips to save energy: ........................................................................................ 14
DSM ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY BESCOM: ..................................... 17
1. BESCOM Efficient Lighting Program (BELP): ............................................. 17
2. Bachat Lamp Yojana Scheme: - ............................................................ 17
3. Agriculture Demand Side Management, WENEXA-USAID ....................... 18
4. Lifestyle change approach to Best Energy Conservation Practices- a pilot
by M/s CSD: ...................................................................................................... 19
5. Replacement of Copper Chokes by Electronic Ballast .............................. 19
6. Usage of LED lamps in Corporate Office, BESCOM .................................. 20
7. Time of Day Tariff: .................................................................................... 20
8. Belaku Yojana scheme: - .......................................................................... 21
9. Load Research Survey under Capacity Building programme: .................. 21
10. Providing advertisements on energy savings through Digital Display
Infotainment System (DDIS) at railway reservation counters:......................... 21
11. Distribution Energy Efficiency Project (DEEP) by providing Dynamic
Reactive Compensation (DRC) for power factor improvement scheme on 11
kV feeders:........................................................................................................ 22
12. Vidhyuth Jagruthi Yojana...................................................................... 22
13. Solar DC Inverter less system by IIT-Madras, Chennai: ........................ 23
14. Intelligent Lighting Management System (ILMS): ................................ 24
15. Energy Awareness Program: ................................................................ 25
Ongoing DSM Projects: ..................................................................................... 26
1. Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP): - ........................................ 26
2. PAVAN PROGRAMME: - ........................................................................... 27
3. Surya Raitha: ............................................................................................ 28

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4. Solar off grid pump set programme:........................................................ 29

5. Vidhyuth Rakshak: .................................................................................... 29
6. Implementation of Solar Rooftop PV Programme in BESCOM ................ 30
7. Solar water heating system:..................................................................... 32
8. Capacity Building Programme .................................................................. 36
9. Earth Hour: ............................................................................................... 36
Bibliography: ...................................................................................................... 37

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INTRODUCTION
The erstwhile Mysore State had the enviable and glorious position of
establishing the first major hydroelectric generating station for commercial
operations at Shivanasamudram as early as 1902. The art at that time was
still in its infancy, even in the advanced countries. The longest transmission
line, at the highest voltage in the world, was constructed to meet the power
needs of mining operations at Kolar Gold Fields.
The State of Karnataka, with availability of cheap electric power, and other
infrastructure facilities, was conducive for increased tempo of industrial
activity. It became necessary to augment the power-generating capacity by
harnessing the entire potential of the Sharavathi Valley. The first unit of 89.1
MW was commissioned in 1964 and completed in 1977.

The demand for power saw a phenomenal increase in the mid-sixties and
onwards with the setting up of many public sector and private industries in
the State. As power generation in the state was entirely dependent on
monsoon and was subject to its vagaries, the state government set up a coal
based power plant at Raichur. The present installed capacity of the power
plant at Raichur is 1260 MW. To augment the energy resources of the State,
the Kalinadi Project with an installed capacity of 810 MW at Nagahari
Power House and 100MW at Supa Dam Power House, with an energy
potential of 4,112 Mkwh, were set up. The transmission and distribution
system in the state was under the control of the Government of Karnataka
(then Mysore) till year 1957. In the year 1957, MSEB was formed and the
private distribution companies were amalgamated with Karnataka
Electricity Board.
Till the year 1986, KEB was a profit-making organisation. However, in the
subsequent years, like other State Electricity Boards in the country, KEB
also started incurring losses, mainly due to the increase in agricultural
consumption and due to the implementation of the socio-economic policies
of the government.
To improve the performance of the power sector and in tune with the
reforms initiated by Government of India, the Government of Karnataka
came out with a general policy proposing fundamental and radical reforms

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in the power sector. Accordingly, an Act, namely the Karnataka Electricity

Reforms Act was passed by the Karnataka Legislature. The Reform has
mandated major restructuring of the Karnataka Electricity Board and its
Corporatisation. As part of corporatisation, Karnataka Electricity Board
ceased to exit and Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited was
constituted from 1st August 1999. As a part of the reforms, the distribution
sector was further divided into 4 companies viz. Bangalore Electricity
Supply Company Limited – BESCOM; Hubli Electricity Supply Company
Limited - HESCOM; Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited –
MESCOM; Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited - GESCOM.
These companies came into existence from 1st June 2002.

BESCOM:
BESCOM – Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited is responsible
for Power distribution in Eight districts of Karnataka (Bangalore Urban,
Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Davanagere, Tumkur,
Chitradurga and Ramanagara). BESCOM covers an area of 41,092 Sq.
Kms. with a population of over 207 lakhs.
The company has 4 operating Zones – Bangalore Metropolitan Area
Zone(North), Bangalore Metropolitan Area Zone(South), Bangalore Rural
Area Zone and Chitradurga Zone, 9 Circles, 32 Divisions, 136 Sub-
divisions and 510 Section Offices.

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BESCOM is headed by chairman & managing director at the corporate:

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Duties and Responsibilities:

 BESCOM is vested with the duty of distribution of power to
consumers. In this process, the following supplemental duties are
incidental to main function
 Distribution of Power to consumers at the rates approved by KERC
Tariff Regulations.
 Supply at specified voltage and frequency.
 Maintenance of 11 KV lines, distribution of transformers and
equipments to ensure reliable and quality power supply.
 Augmentation of infrastructure to meet the demand.
 Ensuring safety of Human and animal life by taking suitable actions
to minimize risk of accidents.
 Perspective planning of activities in relation to demand and supply
of Power.

Unit Office:

Operational & Maintenance Unit is the primary link between the consumer
and the company. It is the lowest office in the hierarchy, where consumer
relationship is established. It is headed by an officer of the rank of an
Assistant Engineer or a Junior Engineer. The duties of the official in charge
of an O&M Unit are as follows:

 Receiving applications of power supply from prospective

consumers.
 Preparation of estimate to assess the expenditure involved and to
obtain sanction for incurring the expenditure for releasing
connections.
 Examination of the feasibility of Power Supply from the existing
infrastructure.
 Forwarding the application of the prospective consumer with their
comments on feasibility and estimate to the sanctioning authority.
 Releasing service connection duly following the prescribed
procedure on receipt of power sanction from competent authorities.

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 Maintenance of 11 KV lines, distribution transformers, cables and

equipments to ensure reliable and quality power supply to the
consumers.
 Attending to consumer complaints regarding power supply in terms
of its quality, and other technical matters.

Sub-divisional Office:

A Sub-division consists of 3 to 5 O&M Units and headed by an officer of

the rank of Assistant Executive Engineer. He oversees the functioning of
O&M Units, so as to ensure reliable distribution of power in the
jurisdictional area. An Assistant Accounts Officer/Senior Assistant is placed
in the Sub-division to look after the Accounting and Finance related
functions. The duties of the Sub-Divisional Officers are as follows:

 Sanctioning of service connections as per powers vested with him.

 Approving works mainly in the nature of maintenance works as per
power vested with him.
 Maintenance of 11KV lines, distribution of transformers, cables and
equipments to ensure reliable and quality power supply to the
consumers.
 Attending/Monitoring of consumer complaints regarding power
supply in terms of its quality, interruption and other technical matters
and bill related issues.
 Proposition of Augmentation works to cater to the needs of public.
 Monitoring of works.
 Billing the consumers in the jurisdictional area.
 Collection of bills from consumers as per the terms and conditions
of Supply.
 Maintenance of Consumers Accounts in the prescribed manner.
 Preparation and submission of various statistical information to the
higher offices.

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 Integration of men, material and special labour in execution of

certain works which required special skills viz RMU, MT and cable
faults.
 Action for prevention of theft of power.
 Initiating criminal actions against the consumers involved in theft of
power.

Divisional Office:

A Division has 3 to 5 sub-divisions under its jurisdiction. It is purely an

administrative office and does not deal with consumers directly. It is headed
by an Officer of the rank of Executive Engineer and assisted by sub-ordinate
officers. An Accounts Officer is also placed in the Division office to look
after the Financial and Accounting functions of the Division. The duties of
the Divisional Officers areas as follows:

 Overseeing the functioning of the sub-divisions as per specified

parameters and regulations.
 Sanctioning of service connections as per powers vested with him.
 Approving works both in the nature of Maintenance and Capital
works as per power vested with him.
 Approval of Augmentation Works within the powers vested with
him.
 Procurement of men and materials within the powers vested with
him.
 Monitoring of various works being undertaken in the jurisdictional
area and ensuring timely completion of the same.
 Rendering periodical statistical information to Head office and other
offices.
 Ensuring the activities of the Company such as execution of works,
releasing of service connections, prevention of theft of power,
realization of revenue, redressal of consumer’s grievances etc.,
 Initiating disciplinary actions against the officials who found guilty
of offence, non-performing etc., within the powers delegated.

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Circle Office:

A Circle has 3 to 5 Divisions under its jurisdiction. It is also an

administrative office which does not deal with consumers directly. It is
headed by an Officer of the rank of Superintending Engineer and assisted
by sub-ordinate officers. A Deputy Controller of Accounts is placed in the
Circle office to look after the Financial and Accounting functions of the
Circle. The duties of the Circle Officers are as follows:

 Overseeing the functioning of the jurisdictional Divisions and sub-

divisions as per specified parameters and regulations.
 Sanctioning of service connections as per powers vested with him.
 Approving works both in the nature of maintenance works and
Capital as per power vested with him.
 Approval of Augmentation works within the powers vested with
him.
 Procurement of men and materials within the powers vested with
him.
 Monitoring of various works being undertaken in the jurisdictional
area and ensuring timely completion of the same.
 Rendering periodical statistical information to Head office and other
offices.
 Ensuring the activities of the Company such as execution of works,
releasing of service connections, prevention of theft of power,
realization of revenue, redressal of consumer’s grievances etc.,
 Initiating disciplinary actions against the officials who found guilty
of offence, non-performing etc., within the powers delegated.

Zonal Office:

A Zone has 2 to 3 Circles under its jurisdiction. It is also an administrative

office which does not deal with consumers directly. It is headed by an
Officer of the rank of Chief Engineer and assisted by sub-ordinate officers.
A Controller of Accounts is placed in the Circle office to look after the
Financial and Accounting functions of the Circle. The duties of the Zonal
Officers are as follows:

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 Overseeing the functioning of the jurisdictional Circle, Divisions

and sub-divisions as per specified parameters and regulations.
 Sanctioning of service connections as per powers vested with him.
 Approving works both in the nature of maintenance works and
Capital as per power vested with him.
 Approval of Augmentation works within the powers vested with
him.
 Procurement of men and materials within the powers vested with
him.
 Monitoring of various works being undertaken in the jurisdictional
area and ensuring timely completion of the same.

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Demand Side Management (DSM):

Establishment of DSM Centre:
• For the first time in India, BESCOM started Demand Side
Management activity on 05.11.2007, vide General Manager(Tech),
BESCOM Order No. DSM/F-1/2007-08 dtd: 08.02.2008.
• M/s. International Institute for Energy Conservation(IIEC),
Washington were consultants for BESCOM.

DEFINATION OF DSM:
• Demand Side Management is a mechanism to influence customer’s CAPABILITY
and WILLINGNESS to reduce electricity consumption.
• It is a utility program aiming to fine-tune consumers’ energy consumption pattern,
according to the utility’s energy production and distribution capacity.
• DSM programme consist of the planning, implementing and monitoring activities of
electric utility that are designed to encourage consumers to modify their level and
pattern of electricity usage.
• DSM programme relies on a combination of using high efficiency equipment and
efficient use of electricity through good operating practice.
• Demand Side Management is the implementation of policies and measures which
serve to control, influence and generally reduce electricity demand. DSM aims to
improve final electricity-using systems, reduce consumption, while preserving the
same level of service and comfort.

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Objectives of DSM:
1: Reliability and Stability

 DSM provides enhanced reliability to the energy system by reducing overall

demand through energy efficiency and by reducing peak demand through
dispatchable programs.
 It also reduces transmission and distribution costs relative to a supply side
resource.
 DSM increases diversity of energy sources.

2: Low Cost / Affordability

 The cost of DSM is technology specific and varies relative to other supply side
resources.
 Dispatchable DSM programs can be called when their cost is lower than
alternative market purchases.
 Cost-effective resource planning can ensure that DSM is only procured up to
the point where it is cheaper than supply alternatives.
 DSM can also help low-income customers reduce their energy costs.

Types of DSM programmes:

The following three methods reduce energy consumption (kWh) and peak demand
(kW), however, emphasis differs

i. Energy Efficiency – emphasis is on reducing overall energy

consumption and also peak demand over several years.
ii. Peak Load Management – emphasis is on reducing peak demand
consistently over a season.
iii. Demand Response – emphasis is on reducing peak demand for short
periods of time for a few days during the year.

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Forms of DSM:
Any DSM technique implemented may result in one of the forms of demand
reduction:

Peak Clipping refers to the reduction of utility loads during peak demand
periods. This can delay the need for additional generation capacity. The net
effect is a reduction in both peak demand and total energy consumption.
Peak clipping can be achieved by direct control of customers’ appliances.
Conservation refers to reduction in consumption by consumers. There is
net reduction in both demand and total energy consumption. Strategic
conservation can be implemented by motivating customers to use more
energy-efficient appliances.
Load Shifting involves shifting loads from on-peak to off-peak periods.
The net effect is a decrease in peak demand, but not change in total energy
consumption.

BUSINESS MODELS IN DSM:

i. DISCOM Model -
DISCOM invests its own funds to replace the pump sets with support from
pump manufacturers and project contractors
ii. Energy Service Company (ESCO) Model -
Here, ESCO has a contract with the DISCOM and invests its money and
earns back from the DISCOM through Energy savings obtained or estimated
through an agreeable methodology.
iii. Hybrid Model-
The project is jointly funded by both DISCOM and ESCO and the ESCO
earns back a portion of the energy savings as per their contract.

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Based on the DPR findings, four pilot programs have already been
implemented in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Tips to save energy:

1. Lighting

 Turn off the lights when not in use.

 Take advantage of daylight by using light-coloured, loose-weave
curtains on your windows to allow daylight to penetrate the room.
Also, decorate with lighter colours that reflect daylight.
 De-dust lighting fixtures to maintain illumination.
 Use task lighting; instead of brightly lighting an entire room, focus
the light where you need it.
 Use electronic ballast chokes in place of conventional copper
chokes.
 Use LED Lamps instead of conventional incandescent bulbs. A 16w
LED bulb can be as bright as 150w halogen lamp. LED lamp
consumes 1/3rd of CFL energy and 1/30th energy of incandescent
bulbs. The lifespan of incandescent lamps is around 1000 hours
while the lifespan of CFL is 8,000 hours and lifespan of LED lamps
is around 25,000 hours. LED Lamps are Mercury free and their
lifetime cycle is unaffected by switching ON and OFF operations.

2. Fans

 Replace conventional regulators with electronic regulators for

ceiling fans.
 Install exhaust fans at a higher elevation than ceiling fans.
 For exhaust fans in diary/poultry industry usage of multi fan axial
fans leads to low energy consumption with low noise levels.
 Use BEE star rated energy efficient fans.
 3. Electric Iron
 Select iron boxes with automatic temperature cut-off.
 Use appropriate regulator position for ironing.
 Do not put more water on clothes while ironing.
 Do not iron wet clothes.

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 Use BEE star rated energy efficient iron box.

4. Kitchen Appliances: Use always BEE star rated efficient electrical

appliances.

a) Mixers:

Avoid dry grinding in your food processors (mixers and grinders) as it takes
longer time than liquid grinding.

b) Microwaves ovens:

 Avoid baking large sized food items.

 Unless you are baking breads or pastries you may not need to
preheat.

c) Induction Stove:

 Consumes 50% less energy than conventional electric coil/ hot plate.
 Takes less time to boil water than conventional electric stoves.

d) Electric Stove:

 Turn off electric stoves several minutes before the specified cooking
time.
 Use flat-bottomed pans that make full contact with the cooking coil.

f) Refrigerator:

 Do not open the door of the refrigerator frequently.

 Make sure your refrigerator or door seals are airtight.
 Don’t keep your refrigerator or freezer too cold.
 Avoid putting hot or warm food straight into the fridge.
 Retire old/inefficient refrigerators and buy new energy efficient star
rated energy efficient refrigerators.
 Don’t leave the refrigerator door open for longer than necessary as
cold air will escape.
 Leave enough space between your refrigerator and the walls so that
air can easily circulate around the refrigerator.
 Use BEE star rated energy efficient refrigerators.

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g) Washing Machine:

 Avoid washing with half loads.

 Use optimum quantity of water.
 Use timer facility to save energy.
 Prefer natural drying over electric dryers.
 Dry full loads or reduce drying time for partial loads.
 Use BEE star rated energy efficient washing machines.

5. Electronic Devices:

Do not switch on the power when TV and Audio Systems are not in use i.e.,
idle operation leads to an energy loss of 10 watts/device.

6. Computers:

 Turn off your home office equipment when not in use. A computer
that runs 24 hours a day, for instance, uses - more power than an
energy-efficient refrigerator.
 Optimize brightness of monitors as bright light consumes more
power. Studies have proved that minimum brightness consumes 11
Watts while maximum brightness in monitors consumes as much as
25 Watts.

7. Air Conditioners:

 Prefer air conditioners having automatic temperature cut off.

 Keep regulators at “low cool” position or in energy efficient mode.
 Make sure that the joints at windows and doors are properly sealed
and insulate the room against loss of temperature.
 Use BEE star rated energy efficient air conditioners.

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DSM ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY BESCOM:

1. BESCOM Efficient Lighting Program (BELP):
A Pilot Project was undertaken during 2005-06 for the first time in India under USAID
in Bangalore city as desired by BEE, MOP. M/s. International Institute for Energy
Conservation (IIEC), Washington were consultants for BESCOM.

CFL Purchase Options: Under this scheme consumer were encouraged to purchase
CFLs directly from suppliers or from BESCOM on a monthly instalment basis paid
through electricity bills.
Benefits derived:
Estimated that about 1.81 Lakhs additional CFLs were sold during the scheme
implementation. About 100% increase in sales of CFLs was observed compares to
the previous year which resulted in:
 Reduction in residential demand to an extent of 10.46MWs.
 This Pilot Project encouraged in formulation of Bachat Lamp Yojana in the
country. It enforced manufacturers to give one year warranty to the customers.
This scheme lead to regulation stipulating a minimum power factor of 0.85 for
CFLs.

2. Bachat Lamp Yojana Scheme: -

Bachat Lamp Yojana, a scheme to promote
replacement of CFLs in the place of incandescent
lamps under CDM project promoted by MOP, GOI,
was implemented during 2011.

• The difference amount of CFL cost to be obtained by the implementing agency

through CDM in the form of trading CERs.

• The project was implemented in two rural Circles namely Bangalore rural
Circle and Kolar Circle covering 4 districts.

• A total no. of 37,01,368 CFLs were distributed to 10,76,162 consumers during

2011.

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3. Agriculture Demand Side Management, WENEXA-USAID

 On 06.07.2009, BESCOM launched Distribution Reform Upgrades
Management (DRUM) project, Water and Energy Nexus Activity phase II
(WENEXA II) both conducted under the aegis of India’s Ministry of Power
(MOP) and United States International Development Agency (USAID) / India.

 The DRUM project established a pilot site at Doddaballapur to help BESCOM,

create of excellence which will serve as a model to be scaled up and replicated
elsewhere.

 Electricity used for irrigation pumps is highly inefficient with pump efficiencies
of 30% and less. However, farmers are unwilling to invest in these
improvements because the present tariff regime does not provide financial
incentive to do so. Therefore, BESCOM has designed and implemented an
integrated system improvement and demand side management.

 Hence, BESCOM planned an initiative called replacing inefficient irrigation

pump sets by high efficient pump sets on HVDS feeders at Doddaballapur Sub-
Division as a pilot project.

 M/s ENZEN Global Solutions, an ESCO was engaged for replacement of

existing IP sets in Doddaballapura on 11KV feeders under USAID - WENEXA.
This ESCO Agriculture Demand Side Management model was designed by
BESCOM in association with USAID-PA Consulting.

 This pilot is the first of its kind in India to undertake Agriculture Demand Side
Management under ESCO model.

 A total number of 277 inefficient Pump sets at metered locations in

Doddaballapura Sub-Division were replaced by High Energy Efficient Pump
Sets.

 BESCOM has saved 6.73 Million units (36%) from this project between April
2011 to June 2015 at Doddaballapura.

 BESCOM was able to successfully establish a system of appointing ESCO and

has been awarded with “National Power Award-2009” under category
“ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CONSERVATION AND DEMAND SIDE
MANAGEMENT”

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for agriculture demand side management initiative.

4. Lifestyle change approach to Best Energy Conservation

Practices- a pilot by M/s CSD:
• M/s. Centre for Sustainable Development were engaged for bringing in
awareness among residential / commercial customers for adoption of Energy
Efficient methods in their daily lifestyle as a pilot project in Brigade Road, M.G.
Road, Residency Road and Halasur.

• About 1601 customers have participated in this project.

• M/s CSD have submitted the final report and the results are encouraging which
indicate a saving of an average 8-10% of energy by all participating customers
in this scheme.

• BESCOM has conducted a public campaign on pilot basis and NGO is the first
kind in India

5. Replacement of Copper Chokes by Electronic Ballast:

• BESCOM has undertaken replacement of existing Copper chokes in

Fluorescent tube light fittings of BESCOM buildings by energy efficient
electronic ballast through M/s. KEONICS a State Government undertaking.

• During 2011– 2012, BESCOM has replaced 5,298 nos. of existing 50

Watts copper ballast by 28 Watts electronic ballast chokes (with 8 years
warranty period) in various BESCOM building. This resulted in saving of
energy to the tune of 0.35 million units per year considering average usage of
TL fittings of 10 hours per day for 25 days in a month.

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6. Usage of LED lamps in Corporate Office, BESCOM

 BESCOM undertook replacement of existing tube lights and CFLs as detailed
below:

Sl. No. 2*18W LED Light in place of 2*36W CFL in 2'*2' fixture With Milky Qty

Acrylic sheet for Recess mount with SMD LEDs. Lumen output:3000

Lumens

1 9 W LED Tube Light in place of 18 W T8/14W-T5 cool white light 47 Nos

Retrofit at existing 2 feet fixture with SMD LEDs. Lumen output :800 Lumens

2 2*18 W LED Light in place of 2*36 W CFL in 2'*2' fixture with 28 Nos

Milky Acrylic sheet for Recess mount with SMD LEDs. Lumen output :3000

Lumens

3 9 W LED Tube Light in place of 18 W T8/14W-T5 cool white light Retrofit 44 Nos

at existing 2 feet fixture with SMD LEDs. Lumen output :800 Lumens

4 2*18 W LED Light in place of 2*36 W CFL in 2'*2' fixture with Milky 32 Nos

Acrylic sheet for Recess mount with SM LEDs. Lumen output :3000

Lumens

7. Time of Day Tariff:

 TOD Tariff is applicable to HT 2(a)(i) & HT2 (b) category.

 KERC has decided to make Time of Day Tariff compulsory for HT2(a) and
HT2(b) consumers with a contract demand of 500 KVA and above.

 Further, the optional TOD would continue as existing earlier for HT2(a) and
HT2(b) consumers with contract demand of less than 500 KVA.

 Also, the TOD for HT1 consumers on optional basis would continue as existing
earlier.

 Details of TOD tariff are indicated under the respective tariff category.

 BESCOM has replaced all the 1278 nos of TOD feature meters for HT2(a) and

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HT2(b) consumers with a contract demand of 500 KVA and above as on 30th
September 2012.

TOD tariff applicable to LT5(a) & (b): At the option of the consumer as
follows.

Increase (+) / reduction (-) in energy

Time of Day charges over the normal tariff

applicable

22.00 Hrs to 06.00 Hrs. (-)₹2 rs per unit

06.00 Hrs to 18.00 Hrs. 0

18.00 Hrs to 22.00 Hrs. (+)₹ 1 rs per unit

8. Belaku Yojana scheme: -

Belaku Yojana scheme, an initiative by Government of Karnataka, aims at large
scale replacement of 2 no. of Incandescent lamps with 2 no. of CFLs for Anthyodaya
Anna Yojane (AAY) households. KREDL is the nodal agency for implementing the
scheme & distributed 10.45 lakhs of CFL bulbs to 2.46 lakh consumers resulted in 28.6
munits of energy savings

9. Load Research Survey under Capacity Building programme:

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has launched a programme for capacity
building of DISCOMS based on the dialogue with Forum of Regulators (FOR) and
provisions of the National Electricity Policy. The objective of the programme is
capacity building of DISCOMS for load management, energy conservation, load
growth programme, Development of DSM action plan and implementation of DSM
activities.

10. Providing advertisements on energy savings through Digital

Display Infotainment System (DDIS) at railway reservation
counters:
• BESCOM has initiated to advertise DSM measures through DDIS system
coming under jurisdiction of BESCOM at Railway reservation/ticketing
counters through LED TV screen spread in all the major passenger reservation

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systems (PRS) and un-reserved ticketing systems (UTS) Railway stations for a
period of one year.

11. Distribution Energy Efficiency Project (DEEP) by providing

Dynamic Reactive Compensation (DRC) for power factor
improvement scheme on 11 kV feeders:
BESCOM has implemented Distribution Energy Efficiency Project (DEEP) by
providing Dynamic Reactive Compensation (DRC) for power factor
improvement scheme on selected 11 kV feeders on pilot basis. DEEP system
consists of Multifunction Measurement and Control unit (MFM), GSM/GPRS
modem, capacitors, capacitor-duty contractors, isolation transformers and
associated. The DEEP systems address the following functional need:

 DTR metering towards energy audit and accounting.

 Dynamic Reactive Compensation to improve power factor to > 0.95 lag &< 1.0
for all normal operating conditions of DT towards line loss reduction.

 Programmable threshold limit alerts to eliminate DT burnouts due to

overloading.

 Load balancing opportunity towards enhanced performance.

A pilot project consisting of 1x25 KVA, 1x63 KVA and 1x100 KVA is
implemented through EESL (M/s OAS, Chennai) on F-6 feeder of
Thenganayakanahalli of 66/11 kV V.R. Doddi substation of Sathnur (O&M)
sub-division in Kanakapura division.

12. Vidhyuth Jagruthi Yojana

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“Vidhyuth Jagruthi Yojane”, an awareness program introduced for school

children to bring in awareness among the children. On energy efficiency
measures and demand side management awareness activities in selected 100
schools/colleges in Bangalore Urban/Rural District and to sensitize
approximate fifty thousand students and to bring down energy consumption on
contract period of two academic years.
The agency has to collect RR Nos. of selected schools and from fifty thousand
students (preferably). The agency has to achieve 5.2 MU of energy saving for
two academic years.
Objectives of the project:
• To reduce real time energy consumption in schools and households
• To establish energy resource classrooms and energy clubs in schools
• To implement school specific –energy savings programme to ensure project
sustainability.

13. Solar DC Inverter less system by IIT-Madras, Chennai:

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Features:

 Integration of DC power from solar, AC power from the grid, DC

power from the battery and provide output power at 48V DC
 Power consumption, load usage and system performance at each
home can be monitored remotely
A pilot project implemented for 215 households in Belagavadi
village, Magadi taluk, Ramanagara District.
 The Scheme provides 2 Nos. LED bulbs, 1 No LED tube light, 1 No
DC fan and 2 Nos. DC sockets for mobile charging.
 Remote monitoring of power consumption, load usage and system
performance

14. Intelligent Lighting Management System (ILMS):

 A pilot project implemented in projects section, Corporate Office,
BESCOM.
 “Intelligent Lighting Management System” (ILMS) will automate
switching ‘ON’ and switching ‘OFF’ office lighting system by
movement and daylight sensing.

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 Energy savings will be between 30-50%.

 Zero manpower cost and increase in life of the equipment

15. Energy Awareness Program:

• Energy Awareness programs are being conducted regularly on the
following issues:

• Necessity of energy saving and energy conservation.

• Benefit of using energy efficient appliances.

• Use of 5 star rated CFLs / LEDs.

• Use of Solar Water Heaters.

• Do’s and Don’ts

• Climate change – reduction of Carbon print.

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Ongoing DSM Projects:

1. Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP): -

Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) is a Demand Side
Management (DSM) based programme developed by EESL to promote high quality
LED bulbs in the domestic sector by overcoming the high cost barrier. DELP will
enable distribution of LED bulbs at a cost that is much less than the market price as
replacements for Incandescent Lamps (ICLs) and Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)
for energy savings.

EESL will distribute 9W LED bulbs to the domestic consumers having

connected load of upto 2kW-5 Nos and 10 Nos for more than 2kW to registered
consumers of BESCOM at an upfront cost of Rs.10 each and the balance cost will be
recovered from the consumers’ electricity bill over a period of 10 months under On-
Bill Financing methodology. Consumers can also have an option to pay upfront
payment to purchase LED bulbs. An awareness campaign will be run by BESCOM,
BEE and EESL to enhance the awareness about the programme and the benefits of the
use of LEDs in households.

It is estimated to distribute 2.95 Crores of LED bulbs in BESCOM operational

area and the total annual saving of energy estimated is around 725 Million KWh which
at the average power purchase cost of Rs. 3.89 per kWh, will lead to annual cost
reduction of Rs. 282 crores to BESCOM and reduction in evening peak load of 690M

 Replacement of conventional incandescent bulb by 9W LED bulb

under Hosa Belaku.
 Replacement of fluorescent tube lights by 20W T8 LED tube lights
under Phase-2 of “Hosa Belaku”.
 M/s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) (a Joint Venture of
PSU’s of MOP, GOI) is the consultant and implementing agency.

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2. PAVAN PROGRAMME: -
 Replacement of conventional Ceiling Fans by BEE 5 star rated
Ceiling Fans powered by AC induction motor
 M/s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) (a Joint Venture of
PSU’s of MOP, GOI) is the consultant and implementing agency.
 A typical ceiling fan runs for about 10-12hours in a day (including a
few hours of night). So if we look at the below table we can find out
the savings by using BEE 5 star rated fan,

Regular fan 5 star rated fan

Wattage 75W 50W
Units consumed per
day(assuming 12hours 0.9 0.6
usage)
Units consumed in a
27 18
month
Units consumed in a
328 219
year
Cost of using fan in a
year(at approximate 1312 876
Rs.4 per unit)
BEE 5 star rated Ceiling Fan powered by AC induction motor

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Replacement of conventional Ceiling Fans by BEE 5 star rated Ceiling Fans

powered by AC induction motor.

M/s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) (a Joint Venture of PSU’s

of MOP, GOI) is the consultant and implementing agency.

3. Surya Raitha:

 Govt. has announced “Surya Raitha” a novel scheme on 24.09.2014

for the welfare of farmers.
 The scheme promotes for harnessing solar power by installing SPV
panels in the farmers land to run IP sets and feed-in excess energy to
grid.

 The scheme is proposed for IP sets on the dedicated agriculture

feeders.

 This is applicable for IP sets < 10 HP.

 Promotion of solar pump under net metering concept.

 KERC tariff for SRTPV will be adopted.

 Net meter will register both import and export energy.

 The billing will be settled as per meter readings.

 Farmer can avail soft loan from banks and subsidy from MNRE.

Benefits of the scheme

Reduction in realizing of subsidies by Govt. to ESCOMs.

Reduction in peak load and energy consumption.

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Assured quality of power supply to farmers during day time.

Improvement in water table.

Reduction in green gas emissions and global warm issues.

Assured income to the farmers apart from income earned through

crops.

To implement “Surya Raitha” scheme a pilot project is proposed.

F-2 feeder from Harobele station (Kanakapura taluk in

Ramanagara district) is identified and selected.

4. Solar off grid pump set programme:

The Government of Karnataka through Karnataka Renewable Energy
Development Limited has initiated implementation of Solar off grid pump
set programme for the benefits of the farmers.

The GOK has allotted 234 nos., 410 nos. & 175 nos. solar off-grid IP sets to
BESCOM jurisdiction under Phase-I, II & III respectively. Identification of
beneficiaries is under progress.

Under this scheme, the beneficiary has to apply the application in the
concerned sub division. The eligibility criteria for the scheme is motor pump
set capacity shall be 5HP, the water depth shall be within 70 mtr or 233 ft.
If beneficiary comes under general category, beneficiary shall pay
Rs.1,00,000/- DD in the name of Managing Director, KREDL.

5. Vidhyuth Rakshak:
VidyutRakshaka(VR) is a citizen-led energy saving or demand side
management project taken up by an NGO viz, TIDE, Bengaluru. It attempts
to engender a culture of saving energy by combining energy efficiency and
energy conservation. VR attempts to upgrade the knowledge of participants
regarding their own consumption patterns by analysing their consumption
data and providing them with bi-annual reports. VR is also providing
knowledge pertaining to renewable energy in order to assist participants in
making a more informed choice that can lead to sustainable energy
consumption.

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There have been two phases of VR; VR1(2016) and the currently ongoing
VR2 (2017). A pilot study (VR1) was undertaken during 2016 for 500
households in Malleshwaram and RBD Layout by collecting requisite data.
VR1 has shown savings of 17% among the savers.

6. Implementation of Solar Rooftop PV Programme in BESCOM:

 Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on 10.10.2013 in its

order on Determination of Tariff for Grid Connected Solar Roof Top power
plants has fixed following Tariff:

Rs. 9.56 per unit (without subsidy) &

Rs. 7.20 per unit (with MNRE subsidy)

 On Net Metering basis with a tenure of Power purchase agreement up to 25

years.

 The Government of Karnataka has announced the Solar policy 2014-21 for grid
connected solar rooftop system under net-metering basis on 22.05.2014 and set
up an SRTPV Target of 100 MWs per year from the year 2014-15 to 2017-
2018.

 BESCOM online application for grid connectivity, KERC approved guidelines,

timelines and standard format of application, power purchase agreement and
other formats for SRTPV plants are made available in the BESCOM website.

Technical Workshop:

 One-day workshop at Bangalore on 09.10.2014 was arranged for a discussion

on Solar Rooftop PV Programme where in lot of Technical issues were
deliberated.

 Chairman and Members of KERC, Addl. Chief Secretary to Govt, Energy

Department, MD’s of KREDL, MESCOM, CESC, GESCOM, HESCOM, CEI,
and Engineers deputed from ESCOMs, along with Experts from GERMI,
USAID Agency were participated in the discussions.

 On 07.11.2014 Hon’ble Minister for Energy, GOK, Sri. D.K Shivakumar has
launched grid connected Solar Rooftop programme (On Net metering basis) in
BESCOM Which was extended to entire Karnataka State.

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 Under this facility, the consumers can setup solar PV plants at unutilized places
on rooftops of buildings of individual households, industries, offices,
institutions, residential complexes, etc.

 The grid connected rooftop solar photovoltaic power generation plants from
1kWp to 1MWp capacity per project/system to generate electricity/power
would be eligible under the Programme.

 The programme is being implemented in Urban and Rural Areas as well.

The programme encourages installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic power

generation plant for self-consumption as well as supply/sale of electricity to the
grid.

Benefits of the installing solar roof top system:

 Solar power generation environment friendly.

 Generate own power for the installation.
 Earn money by exporting excess solar Energy generated into the grid
after self-consumption.
a. Installation of 50kWp Solar RTPV grid connected power plant in the
premises of Corporate Office, BESCOM, Bangalore (as a Pilot scheme
to promote large scale grid connected rooftop solar photovoltaic
projects in Bangalore):

Before After

b. No. of grid connected solar RTPV applications registered across

BESCOM are 815 and the proposed capacity is 85MW

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135 nos of Solar RTPV system installations are commissioned and the capacity
is 2.3 MWp.
c. Installation and Commissioning of Solar RTPV grid connected power
plant at various locations of BESCOM:
Tender called for 54 nos of offices at various identified locations in BRAZ and
CTAZ area for Installation and Commissioning of Solar RTPV grid connected
power plant on net metering basis of 214kWp capacity.

7. Solar water heating system:

Government of Karnataka has issued the notification no: EN 396 NCE 2006 dtd:
13.11.2007 wherein the solar water heating system is mandatory for categories of
buildings mentioned below:

i. Industries where hot water is required for processing or

for auxiliary purposes.

ii. Hospitals and Nursing homes including government

hospitals.

iii. Jail Barracks, Canteens.

iv. Housing complex set up by Group housing societies/

housing boards/other developers.

v. All residential buildings with built-up area of 600 Sq.

feet and above constructed on sites measuring 1200 Sq.
feet and above falling within the limits of Municipalities/Corporations and
Bangalore Development Authority sectors.

vi. All Government buildings/Residential schools/All educational

institutions/Technical/Vocational Education Institutions/ All training
institutions/ Hostels/ Tourism complexes/ Universities/ Community centers/
Kalyana Mantapas where facility for stay is provided.

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Solar Water Heaters

 Government of Karnataka has made mandatory

for the use of Solar Water Heaters for the
buildings constructed in sites measuring more
than 1200 sq. ft area, during 2007
 The guidelines for the installation of Solar Water
Heaters is detailed below:
 A rebate of 50 paise per unit of electricity consumed subject to a maximum of
Rs.50/- per installation per month will be allowed to Tariff schedule LT 2(a), if
solar water heater is installed and used. Where bulk solar water heating system
is installed, solar water heater rebate shall be allowed to each of the individual
installations, provided that, the capacity of solar water heater in such
apartment/group housing shall be a minimum capacity of 100 Ltr. Per
household.

Sl. Area of the Recommended capacity

No. Rooftop in Sq.ft of Solar Water Heater
in Ltrs

1 1200 Sq.ft-1500 Sq.ft 200 Ltrs

2 1501 Sq.ft-2400 Sq.ft 300 Ltrs

3 2401 Sq.ft and above 100 Ltrs per one house

(Dwelling unit) (can be installed in Bulk)

 The public are being enlightened on this in various forums especially in

Janasamparka Sabhas, Customer meets etc., through Meter Readers and the
Linemen who are visiting the customer premises during the meter readings and
while attending to the customer complaints to explain about the advantages of
Solar Water Heating systems in the form of saving energy and consequential
reduction in the electricity bills.

 We have issued strict directions to the field officers to adhere to the notifications

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issued regarding mandatory use of Solar Water Heating systems by the

customers as per the guidelines of Government of Karnataka.

Net metering and Gross metering:

Fig1: Net metering

Fig2: Gross metering

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Net Metering:

What is Net Metering?

Under net metering, electricity generated by the Solar Rooftop System is

first utilized by the consumer to meet their internal/captive requirements.
Excess electricity, if any, is exported to the grid. Subsequently, when the
consumer imports power from the grid, the exports are adjusted against the
imports, lowering the electricity bill.

What is a Net Meter?

A net meter (bi-directional meter) records the energy imported from the grid
to meet the load and surplus energy exported to the grid after self-
consumption. Both energy import and export are recorded in the net meter.
The difference between export and import readings is the actual energy
consumed/delivered.

The concept of net metering is as shown in figure 1.

Gross Metering:

What is Gross Metering?

Under gross metering, all the electricity generated by the Solar Rooftop
System is exported to the grid and all the electricity required for
consumption by the consumer is imported from the grid. The consumers are
paid a feed-in tariff (FIT) for the electricity exported to the grid.

The concept of gross metering is as shown in figure 2.

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8. Capacity Building Programme

 Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) had initiated a capacity building
program on DSM and Energy Efficiency in 34 utilities known as
“Training-of-Trainers (ToT)” program during FY 2014-15.
 Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) intends to further propagate the
knowledge of DSM at the circle level as a second phase of this
Capacity Building program.
 Four Training programs for the circle level officers of BESCOM
were conducted by M/s.TERI during January-2018 and February-
2018.

9. Earth Hour:
 Earth Hour-2018 was celebrated on 24th March 2018 by switching
‘OFF’ the unnecessary lamps by BESCOM Officers/Employees and
the consumers.
 BESCOM observes earth hour every year during 3rd week of march
by switching off the power supply for one hour between 8.30pm to
9.30 pm.
 In SCADA system, it is observed that there was drop in load of
around 43 MW during earth hour which works out to be 43,000 units
of energy saved during 2018

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Bibliography:
 https://bescom.org/
 http://www.ticbescom.org/ticweb/tichome.jsp
 google & Wikipedia

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