TheAndhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission(APERC) has asked power utilities to study the on-bill financing model to encourage the usage of modern energy-efficient appliances by domestic consumers. According to the officials, the opportunity in transitioning to brushless direct-current motor (BLDC) fans is huge.
As per the initial estimates,Andhra Pradeshcan save energy worth almost 7,000 million units (MUs) by facilitating the market transition to BLDC fans through demand aggregation-based price reduction and upfront rebates. This implies monetary savings of 4,500 crore for the State Government, discoms and consumers combined. This will also reduce about 3.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
CEEW representatives in their presentation said the Andhra Pradesh power sector is among the best performing sectors in the country, comprising around 1.5 crore domestic consumers with 92% of satisfied grid users as compared with the national Average of 77%.