A 'Conservative' Approach: How Energy Companies and the State Are Helping to Reduce Your Power Usage
New Jersey Business › Vol. 54 Nbr. 7, July 2008
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[...] financial incentives are available whether a company is: the corner grocery store that wants to replace 10 light fixtures with more energy-efficient ones; a large warehouse looking to install multiple, more-efficient conveyor belt motors; or a company desiring to save energy - and therefore money - by using the most efficient systems when constructing a new building or expanding an old one.
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A 'Conservative' Approach: How Energy Companies and the State Are Helping to Reduce Your Power Usage
As energy prices and global warming concerns continue to rise, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA), the N.J. Board of Public Utilities and energy companies are seeking ways to help businesses conserve energy. Governor Jon Corzine's proposed energy master plan, with ambitious goals for cutting energy use and greenhouse gases, is further fueling these efforts.
When the BPU's Clean Energy program began in 2001, many energy-saving initiatives were administered by the state's seven gas and electric utilities, says Ron Reisman, manager of business outreach in the BPU's Ombudsman's Office. In 2006, those programs were transferred to the BPU's market managers."What this enabled us to do is to literally operate these programs on more of a statewide basis," he explains. Previously, service availability depended upon whose utility customer you were. "What you ended up...See the full content of this document
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