India

Demand-side management (DSM) acquisition is a utility implemented mechanism to reduce energy consumption and peak load. The project of DSM acquisition in Maharashtra targeted both rural and urban feeders. Services provided by IIEC included feeder selection and data analysis, review of end-use applications and potential impacts of DSM, creation of DSM Bidding and Standard Offer documents for two feeders in Maharashtra, and dissemination workshops.

The ECO-II project was part of USAID's strategic objective of Improved Access to Clean Energy and Water. It provided the Government of India, through its Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), with the necessary technical assistance and training support to implement portions of its DSM and Building Codes Action Plan. IIEC conducted a study that identified the potential state level economic and fiscal benefits from creating an Energy Conservation Fund and reviewed state energy conservation funds established in other countries. As a result, the study was able to define various options for establishing an Energy Conservation Fund in Maharashtra, including energy projects that can be included in the EC fund.

The Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP), on behalf of the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), managed the Standards and Labeling (S&L) program for refrigerators and air-conditioners. The program was collaborative and consensus-based where relevant stakeholders, including manufacturers, NGOs, national and international experts, consumer organizations, and the government, were involved in the process.

The objective of this project is to provide the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) with technical assistance and training to implement the DSM and Building Code components of its Action Plan. Faced with the challenges in India’s power sector such as capacity constraints, power quality and reliability, low collection efficiency, and tariff subsidies, the BEE is determined to prove the Action Plan it has developed under USAID’s Energy Conservation and Commercialization (ECO) project. The BEE needs this technical assistance in light of the existing policy and market barriers to the widespread commercialization and large-scale implementation of end-use energy efficiency improvements in India.