State Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index’:
- Objective: To encourage states towards implementing national energy efficiency initiatives to ensure energy security.
- Developed by: NITI Aayog and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).
- Categories of states:
- States are put into 4 categories — front runner, achiever, contender and aspirant – on the basis of their policies towards energy efficiency.
- 5 states namely Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan are in the front runner category.
Energy Conversation Guidelines (for energy intensive industries):
- Applicability: Guidelines are for energy intensive industries (large as well as MSMEs) that are covered under the Government’s Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme.
- Objective: To help energy intensive industries in improving energy efficiency for major energy consuming utilities.
- Developed by: Energy Conservation Centre of Japan (ECCJ) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) as a part of Indo-Japan Energy Dialogue.
