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Getting In with the Grid
Some companies are cutting energy costs by dealing directly with the electric grid.
December 16, 2011
Short of turning off the lights at night, few CFOs get involved with corporate energy management efforts. At EnerNOC, which recruits companies to participate in demand-response programs and become more energy-efficient in other ways, only 2% of the firm's 50,000 customer contacts have "finance" in their title, EnerNOC CFO Tim Weller notes. That surprises him to some extent, he says, "because you learn a lot about your business from that energy data," including things like which facilities are least efficient and who may be sneaking in extras shifts to make production quotas. Read more...
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