ENERGY EFFICIENCY


ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Will using Energy Efficient gadgets reduce your Electricity Bill ?

The government is going all out to push energy efficient electrical appliances, and is serious about it. All of us wished to use these LED bulbs but were slow about it, due to their high cost.

During the past year (2015-2016) it has sold directly to consumers excellent LED bulbs at less than market prices. It is now doing the same with ceiling fans, which every household uses in good numbers. The fans offered are of 5 star rating.


Those of us who have gotten these bulbs are glad they did so. This has started reducing our electricity bills to an extent which is visible to us and the public is happy. But it shall be affecting the Electricity Organisations of every State (going under different names in each state) in at least two ways …


(1). Demand for electricity shall gradually reduce, with the use of such energy efficient gadgets. But the population is increasing; living standard of the public is going up. People using only fans start using air-coolers. Those using coolers install an AC. Those having an AC get two more for the other rooms. People buy a bigger refrigerator; buy newer electrical gadgets and so on. So the reduction in demand by using energy efficient gadgets shall take care of the increase in demand by increased living standards only for a few months or a couple of years . This means that by pushing energy efficient gadgets, the government is only gaining time towards an increase in  the production of electricity by the generating plants. The capacity increase of power plants across India shall get a respite of an year or so by this exercise. Of course the respite shall only be for a few years, because electrical consumption shall gradually outstrip the saving, and ultimately we shall have to increase electrical production.


(2) When our electricity bills start going down – it results in the Electricity Organisation getting a DECREASED income. This is not welcome by the organisation, as it has to pay annual increments to its employees, pay out increased salary every couple of years due to wage revision (either taken by striking employees, or sanctioned by a wage commission). The Electrical Organisation does not want to get the same income, but wants to get its income increased every year to take care of its salary and other bills.


So you see, your electricity bill may reduce for a few months, but as soon as the financial year ends and the electrical organisation see the reduced income, it shall increase the rates. And you are going to pay the same amount you were paying before the bills came down.


One consolation may be that although you may be paying the same amount as earlier (through using energy efficient things) you may console yourself that you are now getting to keep two or three more bulbs switched on more than you used to do earlier.

Some small consolation indeed !!!

Comments

  1. Anonymous23 August 2016 at 13:10

    sir, i think you ignored that the govt is increasing production and the rate at which discoms are buying electricity has reduced too!

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