The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department has made savings of up to 3.74 Mwh power, including peak power demand of 75 MW, with savings in terms of money being ₹149 crore a year thanks to conversion of conventional lights to energy saving LED lights of up to 28.8 lakh till date.
It also amounts to preventing little more than three lakh tonnes of carbondioxide being released into the air. Hyderabad and environs top the list with about 14.30 lakh lights replaced, and last is Medak with about 4,800 lights changed. Adilabad with 2.37 lakh, Karimnagar 1.84 lakh, and Nizamabad with 1.66 lakh replacements are among the top as also the State power distribution firms to the tune of 4.68 lakh.
These replacements were done with the help of the Ministry of Power’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under its ‘Unnat Jyoti’ by affordable LED lights for All (UJALA) scheme launched seven years ago. Under this scheme, even energy efficient fans are also being supplied to the domestic consumers to replace the conventional and inefficient products, informed senior officials.
