1. Energy Efficiency in India – Role of CSOs Gaurav Shukla CUTS International, India Regional Training Workshop (June 27-29, 2012) Beijing, China Advanced International Training Programme 2012 on Efficient Energy Use & Planning

2. Background India has world’s 5 th largest installed electricity capacity India is world’s 4 th largest energy consumer Energy demand is growing at an average of 3.6 percent per annum Energy conservation potential has been assessed as 23 percent Of the 1.4 billion people of the world who have no access to electricity in the world, India accounts for over 300 million. 2

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4. 4 Energy Deficit Source: Central Electricity Authority as on March 2012; See also, http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/monthly/executive_rep/mar12/1-2.pdf http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/monthly/executive_rep/mar12/1-2.pdf

5. Law & Policies Energy Conservation Act, 2001 Integrated Energy Policy, 2006 Energy Conservation Building Code, 2006 National Action Plan on Climate Change, 2008 5

6. Challenges Implementation of laws & policies Financial Incentives Awareness Research & Development Others… 6

7. Challenge related to Change Project Lack of awareness among the consumers on importance of energy efficiency Consumer lack to capacity to comprehend the issues related to energy efficiency Sub-optimal representation of consumers in the regulatory process 7

8. Change Idea… Consumers CSOs Laws & Policies 8

9. To address… Bridge the gap between consumers & policymakers Capacity building of CSOs to comprehend the issues related to energy efficiency Sensitise CSOs to generate awareness among the consumers & participate in regulatory aspects 9

10. Change Project Energy Efficiency in India & Role of CSOs Objective: Develop a comprehensive view on energy efficiency status in two states in India and map the role of CSOs in its enhancement Beneficiaries: CSOs, Consumers, Utility, Regulators, CUTS, etc. 10

11. Methodology Research – Literature Review Research Activity – Baseline Survey (200 CSOs i.e., 100 CSOs Gujarat & 100 CSOs in West Bengal) Research Paper – Analysis of Literature Review & Baseline Survey 11

12. Survey to Map CSOs awareness on the regulatory aspects of EE CSOs awareness on their role in regulatory aspects including tariff application Initiatives by CSOs to conserve energy or generate awareness on EE Role Utility, Regulator, Media etc played in capacity building of CSOs Map the energy efficient practices among the CSOs 12

13. Gaurav Shukla gs3@cuts.org "one unit of energy saved at consumer end, avoids 3 units of fresh capacity addition" 13