Why We Want Reduce Electricity Consumption

Every piece of equipment in the world uses electricity .Now the world is facing a serious problem of electricity deficiency. So in this situation we want to reduce our usage of electricity. Most electricity deficiency time is between 6 pm to 10 pm (Now we are facing morning peak due to the usage of induction cookers )so in this time you should reduce or avoid the usage of heavy electricity consuming equipment's like (motor iron box, water heater, ac, grinder etc…)

This will help to increase life of these equipment's and we can save electricity also. Don’t use failed/ complained electric equipment's and switch off lights and fans which are not in use in these times (I know it is impossible to live with out A/C and Fans).

When 85 millions of electricity consumers in Kerala switch off a 60 watts bulb in peak load time , then we can save 360 mega watts of electricity. if a 450 mega watts of electricity is produced then only consumer get 350 mega watts electricity , cost of production of 1 mega electric watts is nearly in 8 Crore Indian rupees . So if you switch of one bulb in peak time you can save a 3600 Crore rupees .we can use this huge amount of money of different development programs of the state and country (total Amount spend for education in a year is near 350 Crore .)

Who is usually blamed for huge current bills? No doubt it is the ‘meter’. People often complain the meter when they have to face with huge current bills. The meter in the house runs as fast as Ussain Bolt who won the gold medal for 100m race. The units get consumed at great speed. But is meter the real culprit? The real culprits are none other than all the members in a family.

Careless use of Household Appliances

The fan usually works for the furniture.
The TV is switched on for the chairs that are not occupied by anyone.
The motor continues to work even when the water flows out of the tank.

This list goes on up to the mobile charger that hangs out of the plug with the switch on.
Yet all the blames are upon the electricity meter and the electricity bill.....

It is at these circumstances that the news of a huge increase in current charges started from Jan 1^st onwards. According to the new rates a family using 100 units of electricity with a single phase connection has to pay an extra amount of Rs.64. When it comes to two months bill, this amount also gets doubled. There is also a fixed charge other than this. The increase in electricity charges has affected the budget of common man.

A great crisis to the country

It’s not a problem that is covered within a house. The electricity consumption is increasing day by day. In Kerala a great part of the electricity is used for household purposes. It is estimated that more than 70 lakhs of houses in Kerala have electricity connection. According to an Energy Management Centre with its headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram, about 400 megawatts of electricity can be saved if electricity is properly used in all these houses.

Can you guess the amount that can be saved by doing this? If we Keralites make up our mind we can save about Rs.5600 crores. You can perform this switch off at least for your family budget, along with the benefit for your country.

If there is a decrease of 20% in the usage of electricity, there will be a decrease of 30% in the electricity charges. Those who use the lowest amount of electricity have the lowest tariff charges. So you should try to maintain the use of electricity thereby control your budget.

It cannot be attained by simply switching off the lights and fans sometimes. You should be careful while working with all electrical appliances. It will help you not only to save electricity, but also increase the lifespan of your electrical appliances. Though the above stated things may find very simple to you, try them for at least one month and see the difference in your electricity bill.