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cord-324304-3hih17gk	Qarnain, Syed Shuibul	Review on government action plans to reduce energy consumption in buildings amid COVID-19 pandemic outbreak	2020-05-06		.txt	text/plain	2843	159	52	Among all these close down scenarios and locked down industries, utility companies and energy distribution sector were operational 24/7 round the clock providing uninterrupted power supply for a comfortable lockdown "stay in home". A study conducted in New York city showed that the industrial and commercial, overall energy consumption was decreased around 7% in pandemic time, But the domestic house hold consumption increased to about 23% in March and 10% in April 2020 [31] .This clearly indicated that in March 2020 and April 2020 the residential electricity consumption globally was high leading to increase in economic and financial burden of families [31] . Although the electricity demand in India will increase in years to come [13, 14, 15] and the power industry is facing huge challenges in terms of electricity pricing [16] , The Indian government announced a three months moratorium for state owned electricity distribution companies to make payments for their power purchased by them it also reduced the payment security to 50% for future power purchases , The government also waived penalties for late payment and it ensured that electricity is not disconnect round the clock in COVID-19 prevalent times [17] .	./cache/cord-324304-3hih17gk.txt	./txt/cord-324304-3hih17gk.txt