# In Dehradun's pharma cluster electricity is 63% of the energy but 69% of the bill: how much carbon dioxide (CO2) does each rupee (Rs) of power, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carry?

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In The Energy and Resources Institute's (TERI) 2015 table, power is 63% of the energy, 69% of the bill and 83% of the CO2 at today's factors. A rupee of power carries about 0.10 kg of CO2, a rupee of diesel 0.05 and a rupee of LPG 0.05 (estimate).

## The printed table

- Electricity: 59.6 million kilowatt hours (kWh), 5,126 tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), Rs 387.4 million.
- Diesel (high speed diesel or light diesel oil): 1,573 kilolitres, 1,332 toe, Rs 81.8 million.
- LPG: 1,365 tonnes, 1,616 toe, Rs 88.7 million.
- Total 8,074 toe and Rs 557.9 million. The lines add up to both.

## Three shares side by side

- Energy: electricity 63.5%, diesel 16.5%, LPG 20.0%.
- Bill: electricity 69.4%, diesel 14.7%, LPG 15.9%.
- CO2 at today's factors: electricity 40,230 tonnes (83.0%), diesel 4,161 tonnes (8.6%), LPG 4,068 tonnes (8.4%). Total about 48,458 tonnes, or 48,459 when each line is rounded first.

## What the prices in the profile really are

The profile prints diesel at Rs 52 a litre, LPG at "Rs 65 per litre" and electricity as an "Average energy charge" of Rs 6.5 a kWh. The bill column matches units times those prices to the first decimal: 59.6 million x 6.5 = Rs 387.4 million, and 1,573,000 litres x 52 = Rs 81.8 million. For LPG, 1,365 tonnes at Rs 65 a kg is Rs 88.7 million. So the LPG price only works per kg, not per litre as printed.

Our reading: the power line is the energy charge alone, so fixed and demand charges are not in it, and a real power bill would be higher than Rs 387.4 million. The profile also says it uses the annual average landed cost of diesel and LPG.

## Carbon for each rupee

- Electricity: 0.675 kg per kWh / Rs 6.5 = 0.104 kg of CO2 a rupee.
- Diesel: 2.645 kg a litre / Rs 52 = 0.051 kg a rupee.
- LPG: 2.98 kg a kg / Rs 65 = 0.046 kg a rupee.
- So at these 2015 prices a rupee saved on power avoids about twice the CO2 of a rupee saved on diesel or LPG. Prices have moved since, so divide the factor by what you pay now.

## Electricity line, step by step

- Units: 59,600,000 kWh x 0.675 = 40,230,000 kg = 40,230 tonnes of CO2
- Bill: 59,600,000 x 6.5 = Rs 387,400,000
- Per rupee: 40,230,000 / 387,400,000 = 0.104 kg
- Share of the cluster's 48,458 tonnes: 40,230 / 48,458 = 83.0%

TERI's 2015 quantities and prices with today's factors, our arithmetic. Diesel and light diesel oil are both taken at the diesel factor.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel invoices and electricity bills into monthly records, so your own units and factors are on file for each month. The rupee ratio is a division you do on your own bills.

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Sources: [TERI, Cluster profile: Dehradun pharmaceutical industries (SAMEEEKSHA, 2015)](https://sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/Deharadun-Pharmaceuticals-Uttarakhand.pdf), [IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2 Energy (fuel emission factors)](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol2.html), [CEA, CO2 Baseline Database for the Indian Power Sector (grid factor 0.675 kg CO2 per kWh, financial year (FY) 2025-26)](https://cea.nic.in/cdm-co2-baseline-view?mappingId=234&lang=en)

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. Prices are from 2015. Replace them with your latest bills; the factors change little but check the grid factor each financial year.