Section 2 in Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (Demand Side Management) Regulations, 2014
2. Definitions.
- 2.1 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -i. "Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003);ii. "Baseline data" means the initial base level consumption and/or demand for electricity before a DSM programme begins to provide a starting point for comparison for assessing programme impact";iii. "Bureau" or "BEE" means the Bureau of Energy Efficiency established under sub-section (1) of Section 2 of The Energy Conservation Act, 2001;iv. "Commission" means the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of Section 82 of the Act;v. "Cost Effectiveness Index" means an indicator of the attractiveness of any investment in DSM programme or when compared to the costs of energy produced and delivered in the absence of such an investment.vi. "Demand Side Management" or "DSM" means the actions of a Distribution Licensee, beyond the customer's meter, with the objective of altering the end- use of electricity- whether it is to increase demand, decrease it, shift it between high and low peak periods, or manage it when there are intermittent load demands in the overall interests of reducing Distribution Licensee costs;vii. "DSM Resource Acquisition" means a mechanism to implement DSM projects through customers, Energy Service Companies, Non- Government Organizations, Manufacturers/Suppliers, or other Private Sector Organizations, with payment made to them by the Distribution Licensee for the resultant energy and load reductions;viii. "Energy Service Company" means a company which is in the business of providing energy efficient and load management equipment and/or services to endues customers and is approved by Bureau;ix. "Evaluation, Measurement and Verification" means activities which evaluate, measure and verify performance or other aspects of DSM/energy efficiency programs or their market environment; andx. "Monitoring and Reporting" means activities which monitor and evaluate the progress of DSM/energy efficiency programs of the Distribution Licensee.
