If you answer "yes" to three or more of the following questions, your facility may be a good candidate for onsite energy solutions:
- Do you pay more than $.06/kWh on average for electricity (including generation, transmission and distribution)?
- Are you concerned about the impact of current or future energy costs on your business?
- Are you concerned about power reliability? Is there a substantial financial impact to your business if the power goes out for 1 hour? For 5 minutes?
- Does your facility operate for more than 3,000 hours per year?
- Do you have thermal loads throughout the year (including steam, hot water, chilled water, hot air, etc.)?
- Does your facility have an existing central plant?
- Do you expect to replace, upgrade, or retrofit central plant equipment within the next 3-5 years?
- Do you anticipate a facility expansion or new construction project within the next 3-5 years?
- Have you already implemented energy efficiency measures and still have high energy costs?
- Are you interested in reducing your facility's impact on the environment?
- Do you have access to onsite or nearby biomass resources (i.e. landfill gas, farm manure, food processing waste, etc.)?
If you answered "yes" to three or more of these questions or would like more information on onsite energy technologies, we encourage you to get in touch with the Onsite Energy TAP serving your state to inquire about a free site screening.