The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a half-day workshop in Dauphin County on May 2 to help owners of small and medium-sized businesses reduce energy costs and increase profits.

The meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at DEP’s Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.

DEP’s Office of the Small Business Ombudsman is partnering with the Electrotechnology Application Center at Northampton Community College’s Center for Business and Industry to provide the energy management workshop.

The workshop will offer business owners information on energy supply options, illustrate how to identify energy cost-saving opportunities and explain how to initiate an energy management program. Particular emphasis will be given to easily implemented, cost-effective changes for small commercial and industrial facilities.

Registration for the workshop is free, and the session is open to the general public. Local government officials also are encouraged to attend.

4/28/2006