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Govt to replace all bulbs with energy efficient ones by 2014 (Updated)
March 18, 2010
PUTRAJAYA: The Government will be replacing all existing bulbs with energy efficient ones as part of efforts to reduce carbon intensity by 40% by 2020, said Power, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin.
He said the move would be done in stages over a three-year period and the sale of such lighting devices would be stopped in 2014.
"The new implementation will enable the use of energy more effectively and wisely as users will be encouraged to use compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and light emitting diode (LED).
"It is also part of the government's commitment to reduce carbon emission by about 40% by 2020," he told reporters at his ministry here Thursday.
He added that the implementation of the new policy would save consumers about RM336mil a year and help conserve the country's use of electricity.
Meanwhile, commenting on the protest from residents of Kampung Sungai Terentang in Rawang towards Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) Wednesday, he said he had asked TNB to hold off demolishing the houses for now until a win-win solution could be found.
Hundreds of villagers gathered at the entrance of the village Thursday, to protest the move by TNB to resume work on the Central Area Reinforcement (CAR) project to upgrade power transmission in the Klang Valley.
TNB is working on the CAR project in the area and the Federal Court handed down a judgement in its favour, deciding that TNB had the right to install the power lines. - Bernama
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