CHANDIGARH: Energy efficiency measures will be implemented in six more municipal council areas of Haryana through the Energy Service Company route, State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati said on Tuesday after presiding over a meeting of the State level monitoring committee for implementation of energy conservation measures and Energy Conservation Act-2001.

Refrigerators, transformers, ACs and tubelights would be brought under the mandatory labelling of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) from January 7, a top BEE official said on Friday.

While the Kashmir valley is facing power shortage, the government plans to launch a vigorous campaign to check the loss of electricity ahead of winter coupled with lesser generation of power from hydel projects due to a decline in the water level.

California regulators have adopted the nation

There will be a different light in every house in the New Year!
Under a central government scheme, every house will get compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) at a subsidized rate.
Power Minister Aleixo Sequeira said the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi, has extended the Bachat Lamp Yojana Scheme to Goa.

Faced with concerns of the presence of mercury in the CFL bulbs, Delhi government is now making attempts for environment-friendly and energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs in the city. Environment activists have been raising concerns on the mode of disposal of compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs containing toxic mercury.

At a time when the Indian power sector is facing a funding shortage of over Rs 5 lakh crore, the government has said that saving of power through the energy-efficiency route could save investments of up to Rs 1.2 lakh crore in the sector.