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Operations & Maintenance Improvements

Energy Trust works with industrial customers to help reduce operating expenses, improve productivity and eliminate energy waste at industrial facilities.

Energy Trust will work with you during installation to:

  1. Provide technical assistance.

  2. Develop project specifications.

  3. Evaluate contractor bids.

  4. Complete savings verifications.

Simple changes in the operation and maintenance practices at your facility can optimize plant system operations and produce energy savings of up to 20%.

Cash incentives for custom operations and maintenance (O&M) projects are based on annual energy savings, at a rate of $0.08 per annual kilowatt hour and $0.40 per annual therm saved, up to 50% of your investment costs.

  • Scoping Studies: Energy Trust can conduct a technology-specific or facility-wide scoping study to help you identify energy and cost saving opportunities.
  • Technical Studies: Once you’ve identified an energy project Energy Trust can conduct a technical study to identify the most cost-effective and energy-efficient solution. These studies are valued at up to $20,000 and are made available from Energy Trust at no cost to your company.
  • 90 by 90 Industrial Custom O&M offer: Provides free technical assistance to identify and analyze low-cost O&M efficiency measures at your site. Complete your project within 90 days of the custom incentive offer and your cash incentive will be 90% of installation cost, with an incentive cap of $0.08 per annual kilowatt hour and $0.40 per annual therm saved. After 90 days, the incentive will return to the standard rate of 50% of installation cost.
  • Strategic Energy Management (SEM) helps industrial facilities of all types and sizes implement a holistic approach to energy management. Through SEM, manufacturers can reduce energy use immediately and provides a strong foundation for future continuous energy improvement.

Incentives are subject to funding availability and may change.

Questions

Give us a call 1.866.202.0576 or email production@energytrust.org.

Success Stories

YoCream International, Inc., Portland

YoCream International, Inc., Portland

Estimated Annual Savings: $143,000

Cash Incentives: $204,000