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Energy Efficiency and Demand Curtailment
Take 2 cents kWh off of Your Current Electric Rate
Did you know a large commercial or industrial facility in Texas can substantially reduce their electric rate by 1 - 2 1/2 cents off of the best electric rate they could obtain through their own negotiations or that of an energy broker or consultant. That reduction in the kWh rate is actually below the profit margin of the actual retail electric provider's margin. How is it possible to reduce an electric rate below the retail electric providers cost? There is a program offered by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas that monetarily rewards large industrial and commercial Texas electricity customers if they agree to curtail their energy load at a maximum of 4 times a year and usually for only 2 hours or less.
You Choose What Demand you Want to Curtail
You can pick how much KW in demand you are willing to curtail and in turn you can be paid more or less just for agreeing to participate in the program. Chances are that the program will effect you 4 times a year but even during the times that demand is not curtailed you still get paid. This program pays you all year just for agreeing to participate. You will need to hire a company to setup automation equipment and safety equipment for certain machines and equipment that need to be soft landed because the time requirement to shutdown equipment is only 10 minutes. Below we have a turnkey solution with an experienced energy consulting company that can assist with the automation setup and more.
Choosing an Experienced Energy Consulting Company
By having a company who specializes in installing automation equipment in your facility as well as monitoring when it is time to turn off the equipment based on ERCOT notifications you can meet the requirements of ERCOT to be in the program and essentially leave all the hard work up to the experts. If you would like to see if you qualify for this program I recommend speaking with a qualified Energy consulting company like Eisenbach Consulting. This Texas energy aggregator and consulting company has engineers that can come into your facility and see what needs to be done to get your facility ramped up for the program. Many times the setup can be financed by the savings which pays for itself in less then 1 - 2 years.
When contacting Eisenbach Consulting be sure to give them coupon code: "TEC" so they know who recommended them.
Dec 10, 2008
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