O&R Programs Help Save Energy, Money and Environment

From Orange and Rockland: The latest figures tallied just in time for Earth Week this year show that O&R and its customers continue to enjoy lower bills, breathe cleaner air and support more reliable electric service by taking advantage of the Company’s wide array of energy-efficiency programs.

O&R’s energy-efficiency programs have provided 22,000 customers who have invested in energy-saving equipment since 2009 over $22 million in rebates. Those programs have cut energy usage by over 117,000 MWh, slashed carbon emissions by over 32,000 tons and reduced peak electric demand by over 26 MW.

That 117,000 MWh is enough energy to power over 14,000 homes, and is equivalent to taking over 5,300 cars off the road. The 26 MWs of peak electric demand savings is enough to meet the peak demand needs of four Palisades Malls.

O&R’s Section Manager – Customer Energy Services Charmaine Cigliano said, “O&R partners with its customers to help them save energy, save money and save the environment. Reducing energy use is part of a sustainable business model that helps all of our customers provide for a more secure future. Energy-efficient technology reduces both operating costs and our customers’ carbon footprint.”

She added, “Energy-efficient equipment ends up paying for itself through monthly bill savings combined with the rebates that O&R provides. And, once the energy-efficient investment is recovered, those bill savings continue year after year.”

O&R energy efficiency programs are aligned with the New York State Public Service Commission’s (PSC) “Reforming the Energy Vision” initiatives to modernize the state’s energy utility industry. Among those initiatives are programs to motivate and empower customers to better understand and take control of their energy use.

To learn more about O&R energy efficiency programs, visit us here.

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies, is a regulated utility. It provides electric service to approximately 300,000 customers in southeastern New York State (where its franchise name is Orange & Rockland) and northern New Jersey (where it’s Rockland Electric Company). O&R also provides natural gas service to approximately 130,000 customers in New York.

Photo courtesy of Rockland and Orange: O&R’s energy savings experts Diana Sefcik, left, and Chris Tofallos, second from left, show Rockland Community College (RCC) students Nadya Fitzgibbons, second from right, of Nanuet and Jake Jacobson, far right, of Stony Point the steps they can take to conserve energy, save money and preserve the environment at RCC’s annual Earth Day celebration today at the college in Suffern.