The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), a unit of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), was awarded the top prize in the National Energy Conservation 
Awards 2013, in recognition of ‘systematic and serious efforts made by it for efficient utilization and conservation of energy during the last two years.’
The SAIL Chairman, Mr. C.S. Verma, received the Award from the President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, in the presence of the Union Minister of State for Power, Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia, in New Delhi.
SAIL BSP was chosen for the award for achieving a savings of 2.92 per cent in electrical energy consumption, 1.74 per cent in thermal energy consumption, and an overall reduction of 3.1 per cent in specific energy consumption in 2012-13 over the previous year. Various departments of the plant came together to ensure judicious distribution of resources, maximization of internally generated by-product gases and reduction in consumption of purchased fuels.