INDIA: BEE Agricultural Demand Side Management Programme

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2008
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Programme
Economic Sector: 
Power, Other
Energy Types: 
All, Power, Other
Issued by: 
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Source: 
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
File: 
BEE Agricultural Demand Side Management Programme
Overall Summary: 
In order to accellerate DSM model in agricultural sector, BEE has initiated this Programme in which pump set efficiency upgrade would be carried out through public private partnership. The Agriculture Demand Side Management (Ag-DSM) scheme of BEE was initiated during XI plan in eleven DISCOMs of selected eight states (Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka), which are agriculturally intensive, and accounts for more than 70% of electricity consumption in this sector. The objective of the program is to create appropriate framework for market based interventions in the agriculture pumping sector and carried out pumpset efficiency upgrdation projects through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Under this scheme, 11 Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) were prepared in 8 states covering about 20,000 pump sets connected on 87 feeders and indicating saving potential of 97 million units. The Programme outlines the following aspects: Overview of India's Agricultural Sector; 2 Opportunity; 3 Dimensions of the Challenge; 4 Approach; 5 Ag DSM Programme; 6 Current Status of the Programme.
Efficiency
Energy Service Companies (ESCOs): 
Under this Programme an Energy Service Company would invest in energy efficiency on a rural pump set feeder on which supply quality enhancements [...] have already been carried out. The intervention would lead to lower energy supply on the feeder and hence could result in lower subsidy to be paid by the State Government. Part of the savings in the subsidy would be paid to the ESCO on an annual basis to pay for their investment in pump set upgradation.
Investment
Investment climate development: 
The objective of the programme is to create appropriate framework for market-based interventions on agricultural pumping sector by facilitating conducive policy environment to promote Public Private Partnership to implement the projects.