Cascade Energy helps deliver unprecedented energy savings in industrial sector

PORTLAND, USA: Cascade Energy Inc. announced unprecedented energy savings in the Pacific Northwest industrial sector. As the program partner for Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA’s) Energy Smart Industrial (ESI) program, Cascade Energy helped deliver more than 40 average megawatts (aMW) in verified energy savings in 2010-2011.

“The success of the ESI program is largely unheard of in the industrial sector, and we take great pride in being a driving force behind these remarkable results,” said Marcus Wilcox, President and Founder of Cascade Energy. “In 2011 alone, Cascade helped BPA achieve more than 28 aMW in energy reductions. This represents greater than triple the savings that BPA attained on an annual basis in the industrial sector prior to the ESI program launch in late 2009.”

Public utilities in the Pacific Northwest serve more than 2,400 MW of industrial load each year. The ESI program works with industrial facilities and their local utilities to deliver cost-effective energy savings in a variety of market segments, including pulp and paper, wood products, food processing, high technology, water/wastewater, mining and others.

In addition to assisting in the redesign and implementation of the ESI program, Cascade Energy has worked closely with industrial companies, utilities and BPA program representatives—facilitating energy savings projects and providing technical consultation—to not only achieve, but surpass program goals.

“Cascade Energy has brought unparalleled experience and knowhow to the ESI program, from strategic planning to industrial process optimization to system fine-tuning,” said Jennifer Eskil, Industrial Sector Lead at BPA. “We had energy savings targets of 12 aMW in fiscal year 2010 and 15 aMW in fiscal year 2011. Attaining more than 40 aMW in energy savings during that span is an incredible achievement.”

Wilcox credits BPA’s foresight, leadership and dedication to industrial energy efficiency as critical success factors of the ESI program, contributing to an unprecedented level of awareness and participation from northwest utilities and their industrial customers. BPA has also supported and promoted a diverse portfolio of program offerings that are tailored to a variety of customer types, sizes and situations.