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Globalcon 2013: Why Energy Efficiency is More Important Than Ever

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Gary Fromer at Globalcon 2013

According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 2012 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard, in the last decade the U.S. has made limited or little progress toward greater efficiency at the national level. The study puts the U.S. in 9th place out of 12 economies around the globe, with only Brazil, Canada and Russia lagging behind.

One reason for the limited progress in the U.S. is environmental. The EPA and federal government will continue to pass mandates to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and become more energy efficient in order to preserve our energy resources and shrink our carbon footprint.…
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5 Business Problems Load Response and Energy Efficiency May Be Able to Solve

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1) High Power Bill Costs

Every year, businesses pay capacity and transmission related charges that account for 20-30% of their total electric bill. Yet, most of these charges are due to using power during several system-wide “peak” hours each year. Your capacity and transmission charges for the following year are based on your energy usage during these system-wide “peak hours.” Wouldn’t it be useful to actually know when those system-wide peak hours occurred so that you can better manage your usage during those periods? Through the Constellation Peak Response program, our team of load response experts will predict the peak setting hours and send you day-ahead email notifications and day-of reminders when these peak hours are expected to occur. These notifications will let you know when you should curtail energy use, which is strictly on a voluntary basis.  Our success in predicting these peak setting hours has saved participating customers money since implementing this program in 2010.…
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New Offering Allows Retailers to Incorporate Load Response into Energy Management Strategies

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Retailers face unique challenges when it comes to managing energy use for distributed sites. To help ease these challenges, Constellation’s VirtuWatt™ Link web services application will now be made available with the Opus Building Automation System (BAS) by Novar, a Honeywell business unit and leading provider of multi-site energy management solutions.…
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The Benefits of Integrating Efficiency & Load Response with Electric Supply [Register Now for a Free Webinar!]

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On Thursday, February 21, 2013, join us for a free webinar and learn how our integrated energy options can help achieve your business goals.

Today’s commercial and industrial energy users are becoming more and more educated about retail electricity, Load Response programs, and implementing energy efficiency projects. Now, these customers are looking to combine these offerings in ways that bring real value to their business. We offer a suite of unique integrated energy products, giving customers more ways to save on their energy.

Register now for our complimentary webinar by clicking…
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Lower Your Power Bill with Rate Response

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Commercial and industrial customers enrolled in a Load Response program typically receive payments from their utility, ISO or curtailment service provider in the form of a check, months after an event has occurred. But, wouldn’t it be nice to see immediate benefits and be able to manage your energy strategy in a more comprehensive way?

Our latest energy option, Rate Response, does just that. By combining electricity supply with Load Response products, customers can choose to receive a reduced rate on their electricity supply throughout the year or a…
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Constellation Announces First Integrated Competitive Electricity Supply and Load Response Offering

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We’re pleased to announce the launch of Constellation Peak Response, a program which allows Constellation commercial and industrial (C&I) electricity supply customers to reduce future capacity and transmission costs by lowering electricity consumption during the hours of peak demand.

Capacity and transmission charges typically account for 20 percent to 30 percent of a C&I customer’s overall electricity cost. Capacity charges ensure that there is an adequate excess supply of electricity to meet the highest levels of grid demand, while transmission charges cover the cost of transmitting energy over the grid from a generating facility to local utility distribution facilities.  In most regions, these charges are based on several hours each year when the grid is at its highest level of demand.…
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