TELANGANA STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION

AWARDS - 2023 (TSECA)

GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS

Background:
Under the scheme of raising awareness on energy efficiency and its conservation, BEE under the
guidance of Ministry of Power recognizes and encourages endeavors of the stakeholders in reducing
energy consumption by felicitating them with Energy Conservation Awards on the occasion of National
Energy Conservation Day, celebrated on December 14, every year. December 14 to 20 will be
celebrated as National Energy Conservation week every year. Telangana State Renewable Energy
Development Corporation Ltd. (TSREDCO) as SDA with the support of Government of Telangana
noticed the importance of recognizing the efforts taken by the stakeholders towards reducing the energy
consumption in their respective sector and awarding them the prestigious Telangana State Energy
Conservation Awards (TSECA) every year during the Energy Conservation week celebrations. This
year the Telangana State Energy Conservation Awards – 2023 is announced and awards will be
presented on 20th December 2023.

Objective
To give recognition to the stakeholders who have made systematic and serious attempts for efficient
utilization of energy, conservation of energy, research and promotion of energy efficiency during the
financial year 2022-23 in the State of Telangana.

Category of the Awards

The awards are proposed to be given in the form of a frame with appropriate citation on such award, as
may be decided by the Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation (TSREDCO) in
the following categories:

S. No Sector Category Award

1 Large Scale Industry
2 Industry Medium Scale Industry
3 Small Scale Industry
4 Commercial Buildings
5 Government Buildings Category wise Respective
Educational Institutions Plaque (Gold / Silver) along
6 Buildings Educational with Certificate (as decided
Buildings
Institutions by award Judging Committee)
7 Energy Clubs in Schools
8 Railway Station Buildings
9 Transport Transport - (TSRTC Bus Depots)
10 Urban Local Bodies
Institutions
11 Gram Panchayats

The performance would be judged through the pro forma (format enclosed) which would be evaluated
by the Committee and if needed through a visit/interview by the Award Judging Committee. The judges
reserve the right to move an entry of a participant from the category applied by to another category, at
their discretion, if the criterion of participants profile and/or Energy Efficiency & Energy Conservation
measures is found so by the Judges.

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The Committee would take a final decision depending upon the number of entries received and other
considerations. Earlier awardees can apply provided the significant improvements than previous year.
The Committee has right for not declaring any award in any category, if suitable applicants are not
identified to qualify.

The qualifying period for the award is the previous financial year from 1st April 2022 to 31st March
2023. However, as conservation efforts require longer period for implementation in some cases, the
efforts towards energy conservation and energy efficiency in immediate past three financial years would
be reviewed.

Eligibility/Categorization
The scheme is open to all enterprises in the State of Telangana, as per the categorization listed below.
• Industries
o Category 1: Large scale Industry - (Including large scale industries –All consumers in
the State with a total (electricity + fuel) annual energy consumption more than 1000 TOE
(Tonnes of Oil Equivalent) – Industrial sectors such as Thermal Power Plants, Pulp &
Paper, Cements, Iron & Steel, Chloar Alkali, Aluminum, Fertilizer & Textiles etc. may
apply under this category.)
o Category 2: Medium scale Industry - (Including medium scale industries – All
consumers in the State with a total (electricity + fuel) annual energy consumption between
200 - 1000 TOE may apply under this category.)
o Category 3: Small scale Industry - (Including small scale industries – All consumers in
the State with a total (electricity + fuel) annual energy consumption up to 200 TOE may
apply under this category.)
• Buildings
o Category 4: Commercial Buildings - (Commercial Buildings - new & retrofits- including
hotels, hospitals, IT/ ITES Office buildings, Malls, Convention centres etc. who have
implemented energy conservation/ efficiency programs may apply under this category.)
o Category 5: Government Buildings - (Government office Buildings- new & retrofits who
have implemented energy conservation/ efficiency programs implemented may apply
under this category.)
o Category 6: Educational Institutions Building - (Educational institution buildings of
Government and Private – where energy conservation/ efficiency programs implemented
may apply under this category.)
o Category 7: Educational: Energy Clubs in Schools - (Energy Clubs in the schools
established as per the BEE & TSREDCO guidelines may apply under this category.)
o Category 8: Railway Station Buildings - (Railway Station Buildings- where energy
conservation/ efficiency programs implemented may apply under this category.)
• Transport:
o Category 9: Transport (TSRTC individual bus depots may apply under this category)
• Institutions:
o Category 10: Urban Local Bodies - (Individual Urban Local Bodies such as /
Municipalities/ Municipal Corporations/ Urban Development Authorities may apply under
this category)
o Category 11: Gram Panchayats – (Individual Gram Panchayats may apply under this
category)
Note:
1. The committee reserves right in finalizing the awards based on applications received under the
respective category. If more applications received in one sector in a category, sector specific award
may be presented or as decided by the committee. Committee also reserves right in cancelling any
category based on the responses received.
2. TSECA 2022 special awardees are exempted for TSECA2023 Awards.

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Criteria for Judging the Merit
The Committee will decide the recipient of the awards on the basis of outstanding achievements and
contribution in the field of energy conservation and management. The Award may not necessarily be
decided on the basis of only quantitative achievements but also considering the various other factors
such as innovative techniques and technologies adopted, commitment of the management, environment
friendliness organizational set-up to promote energy conservation in the unit, Capacity Building, RE
Generation/ Purchase etc. The applicants will have to bear all the expenditure relating to the
development and submission of application to TSREDCO.

The members of the Award Committee or their nominees may visit participating enterprises/
organizations for verification of data supplied, if felt necessary, and it will be obligatory on the part of
the participating units to provide necessary assistance and co-operation for such visits. The Committee
may invite some of the shortlisted enterprises/organizations for presentation before finalizing the list of
Award-winning units, if necessary. The applicants will have to bear all the expenditure in this
connection. The Committee’s decision would be final and no appeal for re-consideration shall be entertained.

Instructions for filling up the ‘Award Proforma’

The data required for the proforma pertains to the accounting years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23.

The proforma could be downloaded from the website of Telangana Renewable Energy Development
Corporation Ltd (https://tsredco.telangana.gov.in/ ) or filled

1. Certificates to the effect that the enterprise/organization is presently following all the statutory
requirements pertaining to the safety and pollution control wherever applicable should be
attached along with the pro forma.
2. The organizations should be in operation for at least for more than three years.
3. Important: Annual reports for last three years are required to be attached along with the “Award
Proforma” in the case of large-scale energy consumers.
4. The answers to the questions should be precise and specific and should be supplied in total
compliance with the pro forma format.
5. Additional information so as to support the case may be included referring to the criteria of
evaluation as specified above.
6. The deviations may lead to improper evaluation or the rejection of the application.
7. Each and every query mentioned in the proforma needs to be answered.
8. Even, if answer is ‘NO’ or ‘NOT APPLICABLE’ the same may be stated, instead of ignoring
it.
9. The Chief Executive / head of the enterprise/organization should sign the duly filled-in
proforma.

Submission of Nomination
The applicants have to fill the applications as per the proforma, attach all the relevant documents, neatly
bound the same and should reach below address on or before 05:00 PM, November 25, 2023. The
documents must be enclosed with a covering letter addressed to the Vice Chairman and Managing
Director, TSREDCO mentioning the subject and the category of application in bold.

Vice Chairman & Managing Director

Telangana Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd - TSREDCO,
D.No.6-2-910, II floor, Visheswarayya Bhavan, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India – 500 004
www.tsredco.telangana.gov.in

The applicants may also submit the filled applications through email to [email protected] as per
the proforma with all the relevant supporting documents, zipped and sent on or before November 25,
2023, 11:59 PM. A scanned copy of covering letter addressed to the Vice Chairman and Managing
Director, TSREDCO mentioning the subject and the category of application in bold also to be

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submitted. The category of application shall be mentioned in the subject of the email. Applicants are
requested to submit both signed scanned copy of the filled application and the editable soft copy of the
same (for editable version of soft copy no signature is required)

For any queries, please write to us at [email protected] or contact us at 040-2320 1502/ 03 or

+91-9573757845 (Mr. Sai Kumar Kadali)

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