This presentation, made at the ‘National workshop on use of CFLs for energy conservation and better load management’ highlights the huge potential for CFLs in low consumption, poor consumer category. It also demonstrates that due to low paying capacity and high discount rates, poor consumers from this category (around 140 million) are unlikely to shift to CFLs, and in the process a peak load saving potential of over 10,000 MW, will not be realised. To achieve the significant peak load reduction potential from this category, the presentation suggests, among other measures, need to integrate CFLs in the upcoming rural electrification program. This workshop, held in August 2005, at New Delhi, was jointly organised by BEE, IEEMA, ELCOMA, PFC and Prayas.