Constellation
and the Town of Essex, Mass., today announced the completion of an
energy efficient lighting project designed to reduce the town’s
electricity consumption by an estimated 85,266 kilowatt-hours (kWh)
annually, more than 14 percent of the town’s usage.
Energy efficient lighting was installed in Essex’s town hall, police and
fire station, senior center, water filtration plant and department of
public works facility. The upgrades required no upfront investment from
the town as part a 48-month electricity supply contract through
Constellation’s Efficiency
Made Easy program for commercial, industrial and municipal customers.
Additionally, Constellation worked with local utilities to incorporate
all eligible rebates into the project. Lenox, Mass.-based ESCO installed
the lighting upgrade, which is estimated to avoid the creation of more
than 130,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.
“Like many municipalities, Essex was struggling to fund
critically-needed capital improvements for our buildings,” said Brendhan
Zubricki, Essex town administrator. “Constellation’s creative solution
allowed us to roll project costs into future power bills and install
lighting upgrades before our contract renewal in 2015. As a result, we
estimate we’ll save an additional $19,000 in energy costs while staff,
residents and visitors now enjoy a greatly improved lighting
environment. Constellation’s joint effort with ESCO resulted in a very
efficient and minimally disruptive installation. Overall, this has been
a very effective solution to the challenges we are facing.”
The town also adopted a flexible
electricity procurement program to achieve its energy budget goals.
Rather than purchasing all of its power needs at a single point in time,
the town will make multiple purchases for various percentages of its
future energy usage when market conditions are favorable.
Essex is the first town in Mass., to utilize Constellation’s Efficiency
Made Easy through the Massachusetts
Municipal Association’s (MMA) MunEnergy
program, a collaboration established in 1998 between Constellation
and the MMA.
Paul Bockelman, director of administration & finance for the
Massachusetts Municipal Association and former town administrator for
Manchester-by-the-Sea, added, “This project speaks to how the MunEnergy
program is customized to meet the specific challenges facing
Massachusetts towns and cities. With Constellation the Massachusetts
Municipal Association has an energy partner who can bring its
considerable resources to solve budgetary challenges like this one.”
“Constellation is pleased to help the town of Essex meet its
environmental goals and reduce energy costs through new, efficient
lighting systems coupled with a more forward-thinking electricity
purchasing strategy,” said Chris Cantone, vice president and general
manager of Constellation’s energy solutions group. “Energy efficiency is
essential to any effective energy management strategy. When it comes to
managing energy costs the cheapest kilowatt hour is the one that’s never
used.”
As a NAESCO-accredited energy services provider, Constellation has
helped commercial customers and public agencies throughout the United
States to implement energy efficiency programs. Customers interested in
energy efficiency and environmental solutions may contact Constellation
at 1-866-237-7693 or EfficiencyMadeEasy@Constellation.com.
About Constellation
Constellation is a leading competitive retail supplier of power, natural
gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses across the
continental United States. Constellation’s family of retail businesses
serves more than 100,000 business and public sector customers, including
more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100, and more than 1 million
residential customers. Baltimore-based Constellation is a subsidiary of
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy
provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately $24.9 billion, and more
than 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s
cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. Learn more at www.constellation.com
or on Twitter at @ConstellationEG.
About ESCO Energy Services Company
Since 1992, ESCO has been an industry leader in delivering turnkey,
energy-efficient lighting products via individualized retrofit
solutions. Based in Lenox, Mass., ESCO maximizes energy savings and
improves light quality with minimal operational disruption. ESCO
services include presentations and educational seminars, building
surveys, design engineering, savings and rebate analysis, light-level
verification and turnkey installation with professional project
management. Exclusively for Amerinet members, ESCO will process Free
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) tax incentive paperwork. To learn
more, visit www.goesco.com.
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