BRPL receives USD 1 million grant from USTDA for energy conservation

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has cleared USD one million grant to power discom BRPL for developing and deploying India's first behavioural energy efficiency programme, said a spokesperson of the company.
The grant will enable BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) to undertake a pilot project including its two lakh customers in south and west Delhi about verifiable energy savings, improved energy efficiency, and lower peak-hour consumption through home energy reports (HER), he said.
The discom will work with Oracle to carry out the project, he said.
Starting from April 1 this year, the pilot project will go on for 18 months till December 31, 2019.

Once rolled out, the programme will have the potential to save up to 1-2 per cent peak power demand of BRPL, he said.
BRPL is a joint venture between Reliance Infrastructure Limited and the Delhi government. Along with its sister company BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL), it supplies electricity to over two-thirds of population of the national capital.