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EESL (Energy Efficiency Services Limited). EESL is working towards ment with public utilities, manufacturers, laboratory, and sup- Opportunities viders is not permitted. The triggering events for ancillary services
US 20 bn market that will include gas engines to produce cooling, heat ply-chain to deploy in a programmatic manner. Various consultations are Trends of load/demand met and grid frequency, Extreme weath-
and electricity to halve power costs for establishments like hotels, meetings have been carried out with MoEF&CC (Ministry of Environ- • EESL has launched SMNP (Smart Metering National Pro- er conditions (storms/cyclones, dust storms, fog, hail storms, etc.),
hospital and malls. ment, Forest and Climate Change), BEE (bureau of energy efficien- gram) to rollout smart metering solution in Uttar Pradesh, Generating unit or transmission line outages, loops flows leading to
cy), IShRAE (The Indian Society of heating, Refrigerating and Air haryana, Delhi, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh and aimed to congestion and any abnormal events (e.g. large generation outages,
Room Air Conditioners Conditioning Engineers) and its alignment with Indian Cooling deploy 250 million of smart meters in Indian utilities. This force majeure conditions, etc.).
Action Plan. Our hPMP (hCFCs Phase Out Management Plan) work rollout is proposed under the Build-Own-Operate-Transfer In 2012-13, India’s buying potential was 15.35% while the selling po-
India is projected to see the world’s fastest growing cooling demand with Ozone cell, Moreover, MoEF&CC’s potential to support EESL’s (BOOT) model, wherein EESL will undertake all the capital tential was 4.57% at the national level. With consideration of 10% load
and consequently, air conditioning market. yet, India has one of the Building EE Programme further leads to its significance & pos- and operational expenditure with zero upfront investment shedding, the potential size increases to 23.5%. This potential is only
lowest penetrations of air conditioners across the world today with itive impact. This leads to partnership and joining hands with the from states and utilities. because of co-skewness of the demand met in each state. The actual
only 8% Indian households. This is anticipated to rise to 21% and leading power distribution companies of Delhi NCR - BSES Raj- • EESL, on its investment, shall earn a nominal internal rate of potential is however higher and would be 23.5% if load shedding in
40% in 2027-28 and 2037-38 respectively. The air conditioner stock dhani, BSES yamuna and other utilities to dole out 50,000 high return (IRR) through a mutually agreed automated payback energy terms, assumed conservatively to be 10%, is addressed. The
in Indian market is close to 40 million units with approximately 7 efficiency variable speed and climate friendly air conditioners. structure during the concession period, along with payment potential would also increase if all the states were to allow their large
million units sold in Fy’2018. The electricity consumption for room EESL under component-2 for project GEF-6 called ‘Creating and security mechanism from state governments and utilities. industrial customers (greater than 1 MW) to procure from markets.
air conditioners accounts for 42% of the total consumption in space Sustaining Markets for Energy Efficiency’, focusing on identifying EESL arrange SMNP fund from the bilateral agreement with Several challenges have been faced in the implementation of the
cooling and approximately 4.3% of the country’s total electricity con- and promoting innovative technologies through Super-Efficient the financial institutes and ADB (Asian Development Bank). Ancillary services such as ‘gate closure’ in the scheduling process,
sumption. According to the “India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP)”, the Air-Conditioners. mandating the quantum of reserves to be maintained, better load &
aggregated nationwide space cooling requirement, in TR (ton of re- Government of India expanded its ambitious Standards & Label- Ancillary Service renewable forecasting, need to be addressed. CERC is planning to
frigeration), is projected to grow around 8 times i.e. from 130 mn TR ling (Star Rating) program for Energy Efficient for Appliances to cover publish a staff paper on roadmap for ancillary services market with
in 2017-18 to nearly 1000 mn TR by 2037-38. the Microwave Ovens and Washing Machines. The Star Labelling Pro- The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission notified CERC (Ancil- an objective of expanding the market, enhance liquidity, reduce un-
Within space cooling in Buildings, Room Air Conditioners (RAC) grams has been formulated by Bureau of Energy Efficiency. The pro- lary Services Operations) Regulations (henceforth, RRAS Regulations) certainty and improve price discovery mechanism. The next step
constitutes the dominant share. Currently the average efficiency level gram will now include these two appliances for grant of Star Rating on 13 August 2015. The objective of these regulations was to restore is to bring hydro power plants under the ambit of RRAS and finally,
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of room air conditioner stock in the Indian market is around 3.2 ISEER in terms of their energy performance. Initially, the program for above the frequency at desired level and to relieve the congestion in the co-optimization of day-ahead de-centralised scheduling and real time
(Indian Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) which is way below the cur- two appliances will be implemented on a voluntary basis and will be transmission network. Ancillary Services that consist of either Regula- centralized RRAS dispatch.
rent efficiency levels of 4.5 ISEER (Indian Seasonal Energy Efficiency valid up to 31st December 2020. tion down Service or Regulation up Service have been defined as “Re-
Ratio) available in the Indian room air conditioner market. Therefore, serves Regulation Ancillary Services or RRAS”. All the four pillars of
the efficiency intervention for room air conditioners presents a huge Smart Meter the market design i.e. imbalances, congestion management, ancillary
potential for electricity savings and use of environment friendly re- services and scheduling and dispatch have been implemented in the
frigerants. The super-efficient air-conditioner program is one such In August 2013, Ministry of Power released a vision document titled India. All the Generators, that are Regional Entities, and whose tariff
initiative of EESL that aims to make super-efficient air conditioner af- “Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap for India” to provide a roadmap for for the full capacity is determined or adopted by the CERC (Central
fordable for the masses and in doing so minimize the cooling related setting up smart grids in India by the year 2027 with the objective Electricity Regulatory Commission) have been mandated to provide
electricity demand and associated climate threats. of access, availability and affordability of power for all. In progress Ancillary Services as RRAS Providers. There are approximately 67
To achieve this ambitious target, innovative solutions and sustain- of smart grid, The Government of India had formed NSGM (Nation- such power plants spread across India currently.
able market transformations are the need of the hour. As also listed in al Smart Grid Mission), to facilitate formulation of state/utility spe- NLDC,(National Load Despatch Centre) through the RLDCs (Region-
the Indian Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) goals, the adoption of innova- cific Smart Grid roadmap, regulations and implementation plan, Net al Load Despatch Centers), has been designated as the Nodal Agency
tive and climate friendly solutions would lead to reduction in cooling Metering policy, Model Smart Grid Regulations and specification of for Ancillary Services Operations. The Nodal Agency prepares the
energy requirements and refrigerant demand. Better integration and smart meters (IS16444). Merit Order Stack based on the variable cost of generation. Separate 1 UN: World Urbanisation Prospects : 2018
implementation of the existing strategies (viz. bulk procurement and Government of India has decided to make all meters smart prepaid stacks are prepared for Up and Down services. The RRAS (Routing 2 “Demand Analysis for Cooling by Sector in India in 2027”, AEEE
utility-based mechanism) taking into consideration both the Energy in three years from 1st April, 2019. This step is likely to bring revolution and Remote Access Service) Energy Accounting is being done by the 3 Bloomberg : A behind the scenes take on Li-ion battery prices.
4 Energy Storage System: Roadmap for India:2019-2032
Efficiency and GWP of refrigerant can significantly reduce the adverse in power sector by way of reduction in AT&C losses, better health of respective RPC (Regional Power Committee) on weekly basis along
5 https://about.bnef.com/blog/behind-scenes-take-lithium-ion-battery-prices/
impacts and help India to meet the objectives under the Paris Agree- DISCOMs, incentivisation of energy conservation, ease of bill payments with DSM Account, based on interface meters data and schedule. A
6 The demand figure will obviously include the component coming from EVs and
ment and Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol. and doing away with the paper bills. Manufacturing of smart prepaid separate RRAS statement is being issued by RPC along with Regional stationary storage (excluding consumer electronics)
EESL introduce the Super-Efficient AC program through engage- meters will also generate skilled employment for the youth. DSM Account. Any post-facto revision in rates/charges by RRAS pro- 7 https://www.eeslindia.org/content/raj/eesl/en/Programmes/Trigeneration.html

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