Understanding West Bengal’s DSM and RE Policy

Transcript:Understanding West Bengal’s DSM and RE Policy:
Understanding West Bengal’s DSM and RE Policy vis-à-vis DREC Project Presentation by – Arnab Ganguly Project Officer CUTS International Scheme of the Presentation About the DREC Project Advocacy Issues that emerged from the DREC Project Advocacy Issues pertaining to DSM Advocacy Issues pertaining to RE An overview of West Bengal’s RE Policy Revisiting the advocacy issues in the light of the RE Policy 2 Objectives of the DREC project Overall Objective – To increase long-term capacity/awareness of consumer groups to demand for DSM and RE initiatives, and also to understand, document and communicate their specific needs to relevant policy makers. Specific Objectives To gauge the level of awareness among various stakeholders on RE and DSM To understand consumers’ willingness to pay for RE To understand the various roadblocks to effective implementation of initiatives pertaining to RE and DSM 3 Major Activities undertaken so far..… Baseline survey of 513 respondents in the selected 4 territories in West Bengal 20 Consumer Interface Meetings with different stakeholder categories (approximately 550 consumers) Details…. Major Advocacy Issues – Related to DSM West Bengal need a DSM Policy to promote efficient generation, distribution and use of electricity Any DSM initiative should be evaluated based on feedback from consumers. BEE / SDA should use the existing CSO network to reachout to the consumers at the grassroots. Need to generate greater awareness about Energy Efficient Technologies (EETs) among different category of stakeholders Need for appropriate DSM measures in areas of Sunderban where grid has reached very recently viz. Gosaba 5 Major Advocacy Issues – Related to RE Need to Strengthen the after sales service for RETs by training local youth Need to revive the existing off-grid projects Need for regulations to ensure long term sustainability of RE based off-grid projects – metering facility should be introduced Need for financial incentives (viz. soft loans, rebates on electricity bills etc.) to motivate grid-connected consumers to use RETs (especially hotels, government buildings etc.) Grid connected rooftop solar to be encouraged through popularising net-metering system Incentives need to be provided to the DISCOMs who exceed their RPO targets 6 Major Highlights of West Bengal RE Policy Identification of appropriate technologies Implementation and Monitoring Financing Regulatory Issues Social and Environmental Issues 7 Policy Targets 8 Implementation Strategies (Page 12-18) Nodal agency to undertake RE resource assessment study Existing tariff structure for RE to be revisited Nodal agency to guide developers to get all