And the electricity system operator has also given more than a million homes the chance to cut their energy use in return for a discount on their bills.

It is the first time National Grid ESO has initiated its Demand Flexibility Service and comes as plunging temperatures in Britain are predicted to bite on electricity demand.

For an hour this evening, customers with a smart meter will be asked to use less power in return for a cut in their bills.

National Grid ESO said: “Our forecasts show electricity supply margins are expected to be tighter than normal on Monday evening.

“We have instructed coal-fired power units to be available to increase electricity supplies should it be needed tomorrow evening.

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“These are precautionary measures to maintain the buffer of spare capacity we need.”

However, Kelly Becker, President of Schneider Electric in the UK and Ireland, believes the Demand Flexibility Service is an insufficient quick-fix. 

“Short-term incentives to reduce consumer demand for energy may be useful as a precaution against power outages, however, they are a sticking plaster on an even bigger issue.

“Over 60% of all the energy that is produced globally is lost or wasted before it is consumed.

“If we were to approach the crisis differently and tackle just a fraction of this shocking level of waste, then we could easily reduce consumption, and keep the lights on and thermostats up. 

She said that according to figures from the Office of National Statistics, homes across England and Wales have a median EPC energy efficiency rating in band D.

“Meanwhile only around a third of owner-occupied and privately rented properties are rated C or above, which is the minimum level for new build homes.

“Most of our housing stock needs retrofitting to meet the target, bring down costs, reduce waste and go a long way to easing the energy crisis.” 

Becker said that “the digital tools and technologies already exist to give consumers unprecedented visibility over their energy habits at home and adjust their energy usage without sacrificing health and comfort”. 

“These can make a difference in a matter of days or weeks, not months and years. If we adopt them now, we can boost the resilience and stop paying the heavy price of an inherently inefficient energy system.” 

Meanwhile, Jon Hiscock, chief executive of British engineering company Fundamentals, said: “We need to remind ourselves that modern energy grids are some of the most complex man-made systems on the planet.

“And the UK’s grid is one of the most reliable. Load and demand are balanced continuously on our grid, every second of every day.”  

Hiscock said that while “action may be required on the deepest, darkest evenings when excessive demand can spike quickly, the grid is advanced enough to apply granular command and control”.

“Understanding the nuances in demand from different areas means we can predict when overloads are a danger and take steps to balance the load long before they happen.

“We may not need to turn the lights off, just to dim them. For example, we can lower the voltage being supplied to each household to help manage supply and demand.  

He added that the focus needs to be on “how we reconfigure the grid for a low-carbon future”.

“Decarbonisation will spark unprecedented changes in the way that electricity is consumed. Handling the peaks and troughs that come with a more dynamic system means that power from intermittent renewable sources, such as wind or solar, need to be carefully balanced.

“Capacity will need to be increased to ensure resilience. Technologies that increase network flexibility will be key alongside targeted reinforcement of the UK grid.

“Ultimately, we need to take practical steps to ensure our resilient grid can continue to evolve and remain a well-oiled and well-controlled machine.” 

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The seventh edition of the Global Power & Energy Elites publication features inspiring interviews with leaders of power utilities and energy businesses around the globe, discussing topics from Artificial Intelligence, lessons in leadership, to the best book they read during 2020.

Produced by Clarion Energy and Smart Energy International, this 100-page edition shines a spotlight on innovative projects that have made an impactful difference in their communities.

“Every year we endeavour to highlight leaders and projects that challenge the status quo, are stand-out performers in their field and achieve incredible project milestones,” says Ashley Theron-Ord, editor of the Global Power & Energy Elites.

“We have spread the net wide to cover a broad spectrum of the energy ecosystem from across the world. What stood out was how inclusive leadership, paired with knowledge sharing and a clear outcome, is key to navigating a team through a tumultuous phase.”

Interview and project highlights include:

Paula Gold-Williams: President and CEO, CPS Energy, San Antonio, Texas:
“What excites me most about the application of AI at CPS Energy is that we are making strikes while focusing on our customers and with a whole mentality of our culture. As a community-owned utility, we are always looking at what we are doing through the customer’s lens. This is an experience unique to public power.”

Read Paula Gold-Williams’ full interview here

Saurabh Kumar, Executive Vice Chairperson, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL):
“The post-COVID challenge is one we are trying to turn into an opportunity. We initiated a nationwide programme to install smart meters across India. It’s a model that doesn’t require upfront capital investment. The incremental generation of revenue that comes up is because metering more people helps in paying back the initial investment.”

Read Saurabh Kumar’s full interview here

Jàƒ¼rgen Mayerhofer, Co-Founder and CE, enspired:
“Our whole business model is based on leveraging AI, and we are already applying methods such as reinforcement learning and deep neural networks as part of our trading activities. Many people in the industry think that AI is not suitable for trading physical energy ” but we made it work!”

Read Saurabh Kumar’s full interview here

Deploying microgrids for humanitarian needs:
SimpliPhi Power, a US manufacturer of safe, cobalt-free lithium-ion energy storage systems, partnered with the non-profit organisation Footprint Project to supply and deliver a renewable energy microgrid field hospital for the Matamoros migrant camp in Mexico to power the facility’s first mobile medical ICU to treat COVID-19 patients.

Read the project feature here

Making the most of Hawaii’s sun:
The Lawai Solar project on Kauai island in Hawaii is playing a key role in transitioning the Pacific island territory away from fossil fuels and towards an all renewable future. With the goal to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels for both environmental and economic reasons, Hawaii became the first US state back in 2015 to commit to a 100% renewable goal to be achieved by 2045.

Read the project feature here

How BTM technologies will reshape the grid:
Behind-the-meter (BTM) technologies have fundamentally shifted the landscape for energy providers and network operators. A 15-year scenario analysis for Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) found that the growth in EVs and their relevant charging points will be the largest contributor to SSEN’s load growth.”

Read the project feature here

Cyber attacks
“Data and intelligent systems can help thwart one of the biggest threats to our industry: cyber attacks,” stresses Rodger Smith, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Utilities.

“The more distributed the grid gets, the more entry points exist for nefarious activity. Cyber attacks call for more focus on autonomous systems, AI and the cloud to identify anomalies and to stay abreast of weak entry points.”

Oracle Utilities is the lead partner for this edition of the Global Power & Energy Elitespublication. Greenbird, Prime Alliance and Meters and More are category partners.

The 2021 editorial features can be viewed here

Nominations for 2022 edition
If you would like to be a part of the Elites programme or nominate a visionary leader or project, the nomination process for the 2022 edition of the Global Power & Energy Elites has kicked off and the categories include:

• AMI & Smart Metering
• Customer Engagement
• Data & Analytics
• Demand Response
• Finance & Investment
• Generation Innovation and Optimisation
• Leadership
• Micro grids and DER Integrations
• Renewable Energy Innovation and Optimisation
• Smart Cities
• Technology
• Utility Transformation

Playing a part in energy transition
Ross Hastie, Group Director of Media at Clarion Energy, says the journal’s production process mirrors many of the insights held in its pages: “What I love about the Elites project is that it brings together Clarion Energy’s global network of industry experts, to ensure that every region has high-quality nominations from their part of the world.

“By helping thought-leaders share knowledge across borders and time zones, we’re playing a part in the energy transition.”

Clarion Energy runs over 40 events around the world that cover the power, energy, oil and gas sectors, making it one of largest portfolios of the UK-based Clarion Events Group.

Websites:
https://www.global-energy-elites.com/
https://www.smart-energy.com/
https://www.clarion-energy.com/

Media contact:
Ashley Theron-Ord Ashley.theron@clarionenergy.com

Partnership contact:
Errol Bryce errol.bryce@clarionenergy.com

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The initiative is designed to showcase energy flexibility and pave the way for other regions in the UK to adopt a localised, integrated approach to energy systems.

The services are being provided by ReFLEX Orkney, a à‚£28.5 million energy consortium part funded by UK Research and Innovation through the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and match-funded by private investment.

The project consortium includes the European Marine Energy Centre, which has been based in Orkney for many years, Community Energy Scotland and Heriot-Watt University.

Orkney lies off the north of Scotland and already generates all of its annual electricity demand from renewables.

The project now wants to help the community take full advantage of the renewable energy on the island and demonstrate how to reduce carbon, abate climate change, and protect wellbeing, livelihoods and the ecosystem.

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Technologies like batteries, electric vehicles, smart chargers and smart meters are being made available via lease and other financing to help islanders access clean energy without large upfront costs.

ReFLEX has also introduced new 100% renewable electricity tariffs for Orkney residents and is also creating initiatives around electric buses and the integration of green hydrogen for storage and transport.

ReFLEX Orkney managing director Gareth Davies said: “We are pioneering an integrated, affordable, low-carbon energy system in Orkney which can then be used as a blueprint for other locations.

“A key aim for ReFLEX is to encourage early adoption of these technologies, as well as inspiring community participation in the drive to decarbonise Orkney.

He said that by becoming a member of ReFLEX, “the community can help us shape it and demonstrate how communities can create smart local energy systems”.

“In return we will help the community access affordable low carbon technologies and services, and better understand and manage their energy use.

“This is very timely as the UK government has just announced an end of the sale of diesel and petrol cars by 2030 as part of an ambitious plan for green industrial revolution, and yet again Orkney is ahead of the curve, ready to demonstrate to the nation how it can be done.”

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One of the world’s largest utility companies, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) knows that maintaining a competitive edge requires adapting to global changes, in particular digitalisation, decentralisation, and decarbonisation.

So how exactly does PLN plan to do this? What are the strategies for the state utility ” and how can they be realised?

Darmawan Prasodjo, PLN’s Vice President Director, discussed these issues as part of Enlit Asia’s digital series, Indonesia’s New Energy Paradigm.

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He explained how PLN has introduced four core strategies to evolve its business: lean, green, innovative and customer focus.

Pak Prasodjo said that by going ‘lean’, PLN will focus on driving efficiency and reliability, with digitalization of its major business processes at its heart. Trend analysis, demand forecasting, cost estimations, tender analytics, e-procurement (currently being installed) and e-contracts will all be rolled out in an effort to maximize efficiency.

He stressed that a heavy emphasis on green initiatives is at the core of this transformation agenda. Reducing the country’s dependence on fossil fuels is critical, with PLN working to double the current 7.8 GW renewable energy capacity by 2025. While coal will remain an important part of the energy mix, clean coal and emission control technologies will come to the fore.

Prasodjo said that PLN recognizes that the need to diversify from its core energy business increases as the energy transition accelerates. Therefore, the third pillar, innovation, refers not to technology, but the need for PLN to explore revenues from other sources beyond power generation, or “beyond the kilowatt-hour”.  

Adapting to the demands of the era, PLN will begin to explore such opportunities as the shift to EVs.

“The customer is king,” said Prasodjo, as he outlined the importance of customer focus, the fourth underlying pillar of the New Energy Paradigm.

He said placing the customers’ needs at the centre of everything PLN does is vital to the company’s continued success in a changing power market.

“Achieving a 100% electrification ratio for Indonesia is hugely important to the business, and the economic development of the country and will go a long way to reinforcing PLN’s commitment to the people of Indonesia.”

PLN is also relaunching PLN Mobile to improve their customers’ experience, specifically on payment and communication, the programme is already underway and PLN’s expectation is that facilitating these processes will improve the customer experience.

Prioritising renewables
PLN is set on its transition to cleaner energy. In fact, the state utility plans to accomplish this goal through achieving its current target of an additional 5 GW of renewable energy to realise the 12.8 GW goal by 2024, launching “green boosters” by implementing co-firing biomass, and building large scale renewables like hydro and geothermal.  

Prasodjo also outlined the important role of energy storage to provide renewable electricity access to remote areas through microgrid development.

Challenged on the fact that a huge 27 GW of coal-fired electricity is due to come on line by 2028, he argues that PLN, at the moment, is trying to “balance growth and environmental sustainability”.

Coal-fired power plants were installed from 2014 to 2020 to “become the foundation of a stable baseload while keeping production economic, just like what China did.”

Prasodjo underscores that PLN isn’t looking at adding fossil fuel capacity as its focus is primarily on prioritising green energy. The ongoing plant constructions are only those for which contracts had already been signed.

Its electricity supply business plan (RUPTL) supports this goal, with Indonesia pushing to double renewables capacity in the coming years, specifically to include 23% new and renewable energy in the country’s primary energy mix by 2025.

PLN has invested considerable time and effort to fully assess the energy supply and demand in the country, finding that 5200 diesel engines are still used in 2,130 locations across the country, thus, planning to convert roughly 2 GW capacity from diesel fuels to renewable energy.

It has also examined the renewable energy potential of each region to understand what works best for the area and the community.

Rationalising the transition
PLN dreams of having renewables being able to compete head-to-head with fossil fuel energy, especially in terms of pricing so they could be the first choice in power generation.

Consequently, the utility keeps on innovating “to ensure that renewable energy is going to be the workhorse for the future.”

“History in the making” is how Prasodjo describes the aggressive move to promote renewables in Indonesia, aimed at providing “cleaner energy not only for the current generation but for the future generations”.

Prasodjo is at pains to highlight that PLN is not allowing distractions to block its path forward. Even when the ongoing pandemic resulted in a slowdown of PLN’s revenue due to declining energy demand and sales, the state utility turned the negative into a positive.

Prasodjo even believes that COVID-19 is a “blessing” for PLN as it pushed them to map out the challenges, be innovative in mitigating impacts, and understand and find new potential markets in each sector and each region.

We cannot do this alone 
PLNs goals are ambitious and Prasodjo realises that achieving their vision is only possible through collaboration: “Let me emphasise that we cannot do this alone.”

This he said can be national, regional, and international collaboration, and can be in the form of sharing technical know-how, assisting PLN to expedite capacity building, and making investment in projects.

Underlying all these, however, is the spirit of fairness, says Prasodjo, explaining that Indonesia must ensure that the cost of investment can be recouped, the risk is well-managed, and the return on investment is fair.

The country is designing a conducive environment for investors, focussing on government regulations that have too often discouraged lenders.

“Indonesia is a developing country. Investors understand this, and therefore, become part of its development through long-term collaboration. With this kind of collaboration, PLN is confident that it will be able to build an expedited process of development of national capacity and realise its goals.”

To hear a full recording of the interview with Darmawan Prasodjo, clickà‚ here.

Jessica Dogaojo is Content Manager at Enlit Asia.

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The Technology Investment Roadmap is a framework to prioritise the government’s investment in new and transforming technologies.

The framework will help Australia to attract new investments, strengthen the economy and create jobs.

The roadmap has five priority areas namely clean hydrogen, energy storage, low carbon steel and aluminum, carbon capture and storage and soil carbon.

The plan will help create export opportunities while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The plan will be updated each year with the help of industry stakeholders, the private sector and government agencies.

The plan sets out:

• Priority technologies and economic stretch goals
• Australia’s big technology challenges and opportunities
• Technology Investment Framework
• Monitoring, transparency and impact evaluation

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ARENA CEO Darren Miller said the agency looks forward to contributing to the goals and opportunities outlined in the first Low Emissions Technology Statement.

“There are a number of priority technology stretch goals and emerging and enabling technologies outlined in the Low Emissions Technology Statement where ARENA can hit the ground running and build on our considerable body of work and knowledge. Continuing this momentum is important for the market and for the Australian economy.

This follows the government announcing $1.62 billion in funding to support the plan through ARENA.

“We look forward to building on a strong project portfolio and established stakeholder relationships to help unlock the next generation of low emission technologies,” reiterated Miller.

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Nigel Blackaby: We talk about a ‘Just Transition’, but is it possible to retrain everybody or do we have to accept that some people are going to be left behind?

Roberto Zangrandi: It is a re-training that becomes automatic with the evolution of the grids. There will not be any DSO that will give up retraining and re-skilling that enables its activity to develop. Of course, you will have some companies that will be faster. But since the transition is a pervasive concept, every DSO will have any way to face the retraining. No, there will not be anybody left behind.

And I don’t see any anybody in our sector choosing to ‘stay behind’. It’s like the evolution of the credit card or bank card for cashless payments. It was quite difficult at the beginning and there were early adopters ” but now it is it is universal. It is the same thing: once you see what the benefit of that kind of progress ” which is digitalization ” then you go for it.

Nigel Blackaby: What would you describe as the most important attribute required for somebody who wants to come into the energy sector? What would you be looking for from tomorrow’s DSO engineer or employee?

Roberto Zangrandi: Energy has always been seen as an attractive job and it is becoming even more attractive because you can experiment, and the result of the experiment is immediate. What you propose as a technician or an engineer can dramatically improve the performance of a grid.

The grid is one of the most the simple concepts in the world ” but also one of the most delicate systems in the world. So every improvement and every addition, or even subtraction, can change and improve the management of the grid itself and the system as a whole.

And the challenges are daily ” this is the exciting part. And the other exciting part is that the new generation of technicians, engineers and other employees must consider the role of artificial intelligence and other digitalized tools at their disposal.

Read part one of our exclusive interview here.

To learn more about this topic, tune in to the Enlit Europe webinar,
Re-skilling the Power Sector Workforce for Tomorrow’s Challenges, which airs live on September 30 and will be available on-demand thereafter. To register, click here.

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Conlog, the global leaders in prepayment solutions, strives to be at the forefront of technological innovation, constantly looking at ways of providing our dedicated customer base with products that feature the latest in industry standards. 

Currently, we hold an excess of 200 patents and trademarks, and our engineers and developers have been working tirelessly to produce our latest offering.  

Join our sister publication, ESI Africa and Conlog for this special Product Launch, as we pull off the covers on our latest product offering, as well as a few innovative solutions and services to optimise the end-user experience.

Speakers:

Logan Moodley, Chief Executive Officer | Conlog
Viven Perumal, Marketing Executive | Conlog
Martin Keyter, Product Development Lead | Conlog
Lance Hawkins-Dady, Research & Development Manager | Conlog
Sibusiso Skosana, Commercial Director | Conlog
Jethro Badenhorst, Systems Software Team Leader | Conlog
Bianca Gulston, Services Team Leader | Conlog

Host: Ross Hastie, Group Director: Media | Clarion Events-Africa

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Launching the Expert Talk series, this live interview with EESL’s Managing Director, Mr Saurabh Kumar will provide a detailed insight on the biggest impact areas, roadblocks & emerging opportunities for the Indian Power & Utilities industry in the post COVID world.

Mr Kumar joins Mr Gaurav Bhatiani, Director (Energy & Environment), RTI International India to discuss how the crisis has affected ongoing projects, the measures industry has taken to mitigate their business & operational risks, the availability of capital for decarbonisation and the emerging bright spots in India’s power sector for both domestic and international stakeholders.

The Expert Talk Series is brought to you by POWERGEN India & Indian Utility Week in association with Smart Energy International & Power Engineering International. The series aims to provide industry leaders and their extended teams regular insights, expert viewpoints and thought leadership content from not just government and financial institutions but also their counterparts from global utility industry; helping them navigate this current socio-economic upheaval.

Each episode would feature key insights and expert opinions on what’s ahead for energy markets, geopolitics and the global economy, helping professionals stay in touch with the industry and its global developments.

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Together, they will provide customers access to distributed energy solutions via a flexible ‘Energy-as-a-Service’ (EaaS) model, allowing customers in the Asia Pacific market to pay for energy services without the need for any capital investment. This will address customers’ energy cost and sustainability challenges.

Under the agreements, Siemens’ financing arm ” Siemens Financial Services (SFS) ” becomes a major shareholder in BECIS.

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Asia Pacific
Distributed energy

At the same time, Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) will contribute technical expertise from its existing footprint in energy and performance services (EPS) projects to BECIS, complementing the latter’s experience in distributed energy generation solutions.

BECIS will act as the investor, developer and operating partner, holding the assets on the balance sheet, while SI will be the technology provider.

EaaS is a business model that allows customers to partner with a solutions provider such as BECIS and pay for an energy service over time, without the need for any upfront capital investment.

The long-term asset ownership resides with the solutions provider in this business model, in addition to the responsibility of deploying, constructing, operating and maintaining the assets. This offers the ability for end-to-end management of a customer’s energy infrastructure, typically utilizing a variety of elements, including renewable energy resources, waste heat recovery, storage systems, energy metering and beyond.

Cedrik Neike, managing board member of Siemens AG and CEO of Siemens Smart Infrastructure, said: “Energy systems are changing along with the business models that underpin them. We want to accelerate more sustainable and distributed systems. Together with BECIS, we can support our customers with cutting-edge technology and flexible financing solutions.

“We’re creating a solution that mitigates risks, reduces operating costs, while driving adoption of sustainable energy options.”

Headquartered in Singapore, BECIS provides distributed energy solutions to
commercial and industrial customers globally with a substantive footprint within the Asian market. It currently operates a large portfolio of distributed energy solutions assets across countries such as India, Indonesia and Thailand with teams to serve customers based in Delhi, Pune, Bangkok and Surabaya.

The partnership with Siemens will support further growth in BECIS’s current markets, as well as immediate expansion into other markets in the region, such as the Philippines, Vietnam, China and Malaysia.

TC Kundi, CEO of Berkeley Energy and Chairman of the Board of BECIS, adds: “BECIS has been successfully supporting customers’ energy transition by offering distributed energy solutions. Together with Siemens we will be able to significantly expand our integrated solution offerings including renewable energy, combined heat and power, storage systems, hybrid solutions and energy management solutions to better support our customers to meet their key energy challenges of reducing costs,
improving security of supply and enhancing their sustainability credentials.”

The agreements will also see the formation of a ‘Solutions Forum’ where SI and BECIS convene to explore business opportunities and technology to drive forward distributed energy solutions, energy optimization and EaaS.

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The electricity consumption in April 2020 was 18.1% less than in February 2020 and 15.1% less than in March 2020. Although consumption picked up towards the latter part of May, the scenario is expected to remain the same at least for the next couple of months.

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Impact of COVID-19

As a result, the Indian government needs to come to the rescue of the beleaguered distribution companies (DISCOMs), says data and analytics company GlobalData.

Somik Das, Senior Power Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “During the countrywide lockdown, a shift in electricity demand was experienced from the commercial and industrial sectors towards the residential sector. This, however, failed to offset the decline in the overall electricity demand. The shutting down of the industrial and the commercial sectors has lead to a fall in the electricity demand which may continue for some time until the pandemic ceases.

“Along with providing attractive tariffs to the industrial sector, the cost of electricity has to be managed carefully. This year, coal is expected to form 65%-75% of the electricity generation, hence reducing the coal prices will have a likely effect on the cost of electricity.”

With the existing cash crunch in the economy, the residential and agricultural sectors are unable to pay for the electricity bills. Furthermore, the closure of the commercial and industrial sector, which accounted for 52% of the power consumption, meant that the revenues of the DISCOMs were greatly reduced, especially as these sectors paid the highest tariffs.

However, it is expected that a re-structuring of the tariffs might greatly support industry and provide a stimulus to the stagnant economy.

Das concludes: “In 2019, India saw a 5% rise in electricity consumption to 1,063TWh. However, due to the impact of the pandemic and reduced activities, this year great uncertainty prevails over electricity consumption patterns.

“Against this backdrop, providing electricity to industries at the actual cost, providing incentives to the medium and small enterprises that were badly impacted by the pandemic, and shifting to manufacturing in India instead of procuring from or manufacturing in China, might provide an immediate and appropriate boost to the economy. If implemented carefully, these measures are expected to stimulate economic activities, which inturn will eventually step up the electricity consumption.”

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