BENGALURU: Last year, Yediyur ward in South Bengaluru became the first Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM)-free ward. Run on bio-gas generated electricity, this will now soon be sold to BESCOM. The bio-methanisation unit utilises wet waste collected from residents and is currently generating 250-kilowatt per day, which is in excess.
The ward will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BESCOM to send power back to the grid. “We will sign an MoU by next week. Of the 250 kilowatt generated, we use only 140 kilowatt.We have enough to power 17 government buildings and 13 parks,” said NR Ramesh, husband of corporator Poornima Ramesh.
“The cost is working out to be `6.75 per unit. This means Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be earning `8 lakh per month. We are in talks with the legal cell of BESCOM on how to facilitate the transfer of excess power to their Jayanagar sub-division,” he said, adding that BBMP commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad will have to give his nod.
