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PA Foundry Association Partners with Groups to Reduce Energy Costs

The Pennsylvania Foundry Association this week announced a partnership with EnergyConnect, Inc., Powerweb, Inc. and the Pennsylvania Automated Load Management Initiative to help their members reduce energy costs.

“PFA is pleased to form a partnership with EnergyConnect Inc. and Powerweb Inc. to promote the PALM initiative and PJM Economic Demand Response programs,” said Chris Moyer, PFA Executive Vice President. ”This is a partnership that can provide both energy revenue and reduced energy expenditures to PFA members. PFA is a statewide trade association representing approximately 95 percent of the 150 foundries operating in Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1974 to serve the business interests of the industry, representing its members in the areas of insurance, training, taxation, environmental, energy, safety and occupational health.”

ECI was selected to be the PJM Demand Response Program Curtailment Service Provider enabling PFA members’ access both to PJM Economic Real-Time and Day-Ahead Programs, and to the PALM initiative.

The PALM initiative, funded by a grant from the PA Energy Development Authority, is designed to educate, promote, and provide incentives to commercial consumers of Pennsylvania to reduce energy consumption.

The PALM initiative provides commercial consumers a means to harness and trade renewable energy credits while also providing rebate dollars of up to 50 percent for the costs of installing “real-time” equipment that monitors and controls electricity usage via the Internet.

The PALM initiative, managed and administered by Powerweb Inc., seeks to create an energy consumption reduction of 10 percent in Pennsylvania and, according to the PALM website, is “saving the environment one kilowatt at a time!” Pennsylvania is one of only two states in the U.S. that enables consumers to trade energy efficiency credits for measures performed at their facilities.


6/2/2006

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