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Customer Spotlight: How McCormick & Company Achieved Net-Zero Energy Use in Belcamp, Md.

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Solar has become an economic and practical way for businesses and organizations to achieve their sustainability goals and control their electricity costs. And, through conservation measures, which are essential to any effective energy management strategy, businesses can further maximize savings.

McCormick & Company and Constellation Energy, a business unit of Exelon, announced today that McCormick has been operating its 363,000 square-foot distribution center in Belcamp, Md. as a net-zero facility for more than a year. This was achieved through a combination of energy conservation measures and the installation of a 1.8-megawatt…
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Constellation Energy Officially Joins Exelon Corporation

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Constellation Energy was welcomed into the Exelon family of companies, creating the nation’s leading competitive energy provider with one of the industry’s cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. This combined company’s substantial, low-cost, and environmentally friendly generation fleet and industry-leading customer-facing business creates a platform for continuing growth and innovation.  

The combination will integrate two complementary upstream and downstream businesses, giving us the potential to optimize value throughout the company. Both Exelon and Constellation have demonstrated their commitment to sustainability and competitive markets, helping drive innovation, efficiency, customer choice and better rates. Together, we will be…
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Trends in Sustainability Planning

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Businesses that are looking to incorporate robust sustainability plans into their energy strategies have a lot to consider. Energy costs, current and future legislation, a growing need for environmental responsibility are just the beginning….

Businesses of all sizes can choose whether to approach developing a sustainability plan on their own or by utilizing the various resources available, including competitive energy suppliers and environmental non-governmental organizations. Companies that choose to work with outside organizations are executing sustainability plans more quickly according to a recent study by David Hyatt of the University of Arkansas featured on the DC Velocity website…
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Video: Vineland, New Jersey’s Third Solar Project Now Online

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Last month we celebrated the completion of our recent 7.8 MW DC solar installation for the city of Vineland, New Jersey, interconnected with the Vineland Municipal Electric Utility.  This is the most recent of three projects now online in Vineland. The projects are part of a larger plan by the city to produce about 20 percent of the city’s energy from renewable energy sources by 2015.

Vineland has agreed to purchase all of the electricity generated from the solar panels under a 25-year power purchase agreement. Over the term of the contract, more than 250 million kWh of electricity…
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GreenGov 2011: The Future of Sustainability for Government Agencies

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It can be challenging for federal agencies to determine which energy management solutions will most effectively help them meet the performance goals set by the Congress in the 2007 Energy Bill and by President Obama in his Executive Order 13514 on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.

Earlier this month, my colleague Jim Connaughton, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Public and Environmental Policy, and I were thrilled to discuss both tried and true, as well as dramatic new energy management, financing and contracting innovations with a distinguished gathering of more than a thousand leaders from…
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Solar Power in Session: Maryland’s Largest Solar PV Installation Begins Construction

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An aerial view of the 16.1MW solar system under construction in Emmitsburg.

Do you know where the soon-to-be largest Maryland solar PV system is being built? If Mount St. Mary University in Emmitsburg was top of mind, then maybe you heard about the 16.1 MW system that we recently started building on Mount St Mary’s campus. We are thrilled to be a part of this project, which will help the state meet renewable energy goals and bring more green jobs to…
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