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BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
                                                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Nov. 25, 2024
                                          CONTACT: Maryam Habibi, BPA, 503-230-4413 or 503-230-5131

BPA celebrates 15 years of energy efficiency with the Energy Smart Industrial Program 

Portland, OR – The Bonneville Power Administration celebrates the 15th anniversary of its Energy Smart Industrial program, highlighting its profound impact on the industrial sector and pivotal role in advancing energy efficiency across the Pacific Northwest. The program has been instrumental in helping businesses grow, compete and meet the region’s ambitious energy conservation targets.

"The ESI program has transformed how industries view and manage their energy consumption," said Jamae Hilliard Creecy, BPA's Vice President of Energy Efficiency. "Over the past 15 years, BPA has helped utilities to build strong, long-term relationships with their key industrial-end users, paving the way for sustained energy savings, operational improvements with facilities receiving several other non-energy benefits."

In the past 15 years, the program has completed over 7,000 projects focused on industrial process, system, and device-level measures, resulting in over 240 average megawatts in first-year energy savings—enough to power 175,000 Northwest homes.

As the Pacific Northwest prepares to retire over 2,000 aMW of coal generation while integrating a variety of energy resources, BPA’s commitment to industrial energy efficiency remains unwavering. By leveraging the expertise and collaboration of utilities, industries, and regional stakeholders, the ESI program is set to lead the region in achieving greater energy savings, by implementing energy management practices and supporting energy-related climate and national decarbonization goals.

Learn more about the program benefits and the exceptional participation rate in the BPA Newsroom.


About BPA The Bonneville Power Administration is a federal non-profit power marketing administration that delivers reliable, low-cost and carbon-free hydropower produced in the Columbia River Basin to communities across the Northwest. BPA also owns and operates more than 15,000 circuit miles of high-voltage transmission lines and administers one of the largest, most comprehensive fish and wildlife conservation programs in the United States. A leader in promoting energy efficiency, BPA has saved more than 2,500 average megawatts of energy since 1980. More information about these and other activities is available on our Media Relations page.

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