Brewery Client Realizes Value Across All Parts of Energy Equation

Through active energy management, CE was able to drive energy budget predictability and year-over-year savings.
Customer Challenges

The brewery client was experiencing 25%+ monthly and annual energy budget fluctuations. As a cost of goods sold, managing energy spend to a 5% variance, and executing strategies to improve efficiency of spend, were vital to ongoing success.

 

Supply Fulfillment Improvements
  • Hedging of natural gas supply costs to protect profitability
  • Strategic planning that resulted in a reduction of natural gas procurement by 9.4% over two years
  • Annual entry in Direct Access lottery and evaluation of Community Choice Aggregation for electricity procurement
Delivery Optimization Improvements
  • Converted natural gas and electricity meters to optimal rate categories resulting in $33,872 in annual savings
  • Provided performance reporting to validate ongoing savings as part of annual budgeting cycle
Demand Management Improvements
  • Managed efficiency projects resulting in annual electricity savings of $101,316
  • Completed feasibility studies for onsite generation solutions including battery storage, solar, and cogeneration
  • Implemented CE360 InSite monitoring platform to identify inefficient operating patterns and energy "leaks"
Tailored Solutions Provided

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Energy is one of our largest operating costs and we depend on Commercial Energy to guide us through its complexities. Their proactive engagement and industry expertise has proven them to be a true partner"

Food-Beverage-CE-BlueBrewmaster
California Brewery