Energy Efficiency Capturing the Negawatt

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Energy EfficiencyCapturing the Negawatt
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Success of Efficiency Programs

• 20 years resulting in a stable, mature industry
• Have cut electric growth by 50
• Highly developed and accepted MV protocols
• Cost effective to all, highly beneficial to
  participants
• Accelerated transformation of numerous
  technologies
• Created dedicated professions, energy engineers,
  lighting specialists, ESCOs etc.

Efficiency is a Quantifiable Resource
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Efficiency Perspectives

• Customer
• Reduce energy costs
• Competitive advantage
• Volatility risk management
• Tenant comfort
• PR Go Green!
• Utility
• Customer satisfaction
• Grid efficiency
• Financial Incentives
• Society
• Lower overall costs
• Environment
• Reliance on fossil fuels

The right choice for all stakeholders
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Green Communities Act

• Capture all energy efficiency that is -
• Cost Effective
• Less cost than supply
• Budgets determined by plan not vice-versa

Limiting factor is now the opportunity not the
budget
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How Can We Help?

• Identify Opportunities Strategies
• Benchmarking
• Technical Audit
• Specifications
• Implementation
• Qualified Vendors
• Financial Incentives
• Sustained Savings
• Training
• Partnerships
• Technology Advancements

Our role is facilitation, Our value is expertise
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What are the Nuts Bolts?

• Programs
• Construction Solutions
• Business Solutions
• Compressed Air Challenge
• MotorUp, CoolChoice etc.
• Widgets Systems
• Lighting
• HVAC
• Controls
• Process

If it reduces energy usage, we can help
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Utility Criteria

• Quantifiable Savings
• Cost Effective
• Persistent
• Cannot provide incentives free-riders
• Manage funds judiciously
• Equity

Third party evaluation will confirm first 4
bullets!
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In Conclusion

• Energy is integral to our lives however -
• Energy costs
• Volatility
• Environmental impacts
• Are not going away
• Efficiency is an investment tool to mitigate
  these issues

Your utility is your energy solutions partner