New Delhi : Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has distributed 25.28 crore LED bulbs and the private sector has also sold 41.44 crore LED bulbs up to June, 2017, to domestic consumers throughout the country, against Government’s target to replace 77 crore incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs by March, 2019. This information was given by minister of state for power, coal, new and renewable energy and mines, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
Further, the minister informed that this distribution resulted in estimated energy savings of more than 32.84 billion kWh per year with avoided peak demand of 6,575 MW and GHG emission reduction of 26.60 million tonnes CO2 per year. In addition, there are savings due to sale of LED bulbs by the private sector.
Goyal stated that EESL’s procurements conform to BIS specification IS 16102 (Part 2): 2012 for performance requirements of self-ballast lamps. Further, these bulbs carry a 3-year free replacement warranty against technical defects. There are stringent quality checks to ensure the quality of LED bulbs. No specific complaints have been received regarding excessive charging and lack of interest by distributing agencies under UJALA scheme. EESL has deployed field monitoring staff to take care of such issues, if any, the Minister added.
