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Chief Secretary and Special CS (Energy) K. Vijayanand connected Saturday (December 20) said Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) has emerged arsenic a relation exemplary for different States successful vigor ratio and vigor conservation, driven by its forward-looking policies, effectual implementation and sustained committedness crossed industries, buildings, institutions and municipality section bodies (ULBs).
Participating arsenic main impermanent successful the valedictory relation of the National Energy Conservation Week–2025 celebrations organised by the State Energy Conservation Mission (SECM) here, Mr. Vijayanand said the State adopted a structured attack to vigor conservation from 2015, opening with the conversion of streetlights successful Visakhapatnam to LED lights aft the Hudhud cyclone. The determination resulted successful up to 45% vigor savings.
With the enactment of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), implicit 2 crore households were covered nether LED lighting. Energy savings stood astatine 30%. Energy-efficient cultivation motors and concern interventions nether the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) strategy led to the completion of 3 PAT cycles and savings of astir 1.35 cardinal tonnes of lipid equivalent.
Alongside exertion adoption, the State took argumentation measures, including mandatory energy-efficient and greenish gathering norms, starring to approvals for 2,000–3,000 greenish buildings, helium said, highlighting the Integrated Clean Energy Policy, which was aimed astatine achieving nett zero c emissions with a people of 160 GW of greenish energy, of which astir 100 GW has already been approved.
AP-Genco MD and SECM CEO S. Nagalakshmi said promotion of energy-efficient buildings, implementation of schemes specified arsenic PAT, adoption of energy-efficient devices successful authorities institutions, MSMEs and agriculture and promotion of Standards and Labelling programmes would beryllium taken up crossed the State with greater vigour, having achieved the favoritism of being No.1 successful Group-II of the National Energy Conservation Awards - 2025.
Later, Mr. Vijayanand and different dignitaries presented State Energy Conservation Awards successful golden and metallic categories.
The golden and metallic grant winners respectively are: NTPC Simhadri and Dr. Narla Tatarao Thermal Power Station successful thermal powerfulness works sector; Balaji Cement Works successful Krishna territory and Jayajyothi Cement Pvt. Ltd. successful Kurnool territory among cement industries; Divi’s Laboratories-Unit-2, Vizag, and Laurus Labs Unit-3 successful Anakapalli territory successful pharma sector; JNTU Anantapur and GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam (Vizianagaram) among engineering colleges; Welcomehotel by ITC Hotels, Guntur and Novotel Varun Beach, Vizag successful hotels category; Sattenapalli autobus depot and Razole autobus basal successful buildings - RTC autobus depots / autobus stands category; and Tirupati Municipal Corporation and Bhimavaram municipality successful institutions (ULBs) category.
