New Delhi: As India swelters under severe power crisis and demand-supply gap swells, state governments are talking about energy responsibility and conservation issues.
While residents in Delhi have been asked to limit their use of air conditioners, in Lucknow too people have been asked to pitch in for saving energy.
Other states are imposing weekly off days on the industry besides putting regulatory measures in place to that end.
The appeal for energy responsibility comes as residents face cuts lasting up to 12 hours in metros like Mumbai while those in rural areas get as little as four to six hours of power.
The installed energy capacity in the country is 125,000 mw and there is a shortfall of 11 per cent.
Overdrawl by some states from the grid, lack of grid discipline and peak management are emerging as major issues in the reeling power crisis," says a FICCI energy expert.
In such a scenario, it has become important to create awareness among state governments and the people about energy conservation issues.
"Through demand side management alone, we can save nearly 40 per cent energy," he says.
Agrees a Haryana government official, "By imposing regulatory measures on industrial and domestic comsumers so as not to overdraw from the grid, the power situation in the state has been kept under control."
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