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Need Help to Get Control of your Electricity Costs ?

Our 2022 Programs Serve RURAL Businesses and FARMS...Especially Small-Businesses. 


If you own a FARM or a Main Street Service Business ...or a Manufacturing Business...

We'd like to hear from you! 


In the Forestry Business?  Aquaculture? Fiber, Food or Wine Producer? Give us a call...

Beauty Salon?  Wellness Center? Dairy Farmer, Poultry Farmer?  Grain Grower/Processer?  

Send Rebecca a note! 



Contact Rebecca

FIRST THINGS FIRST...KNOW WHAT YOU NEED

Energy Audits

(For Industrial/Manufacturing Businesses -- Special Services May Be Available)

- Farms & Retail

  1.      Desk Audits 
  2.      On-Site, Full Energy Plans 
  3.      Consultative
  4.      All Types of Agricultural Businesses and Projects 

Technology Solutions and Vendor Selection

What do you need to purchase and what will it cost? 

  1. New Freezers and Refrigerated Showcases?
  2. Fans, Cooling Plates? Curtains?
  3. Building Insulation?
  4. Lights? Controls?
  5. Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning? 


You'll need to get written estimates from licensed contractors in Maryland, for new furnaces, grain dryers, air conditioning systems and lighting, for instance. 

Ask Your EmPower Utility about their "Trade Allies"

Maryland Empower Utilities are responsible to Evaluate, Measure and Verify (EMV) Energy Savings Projects...and to do so, many Utilities provide lists of businesses licensed in Maryland who are deemed "Trade Allies".  NOTE:  Your company's electrician can become an "Ally" for your project.


Show Them the Money

Getting your project completed may require up-front costs, to buy and to install these new assets.

LOAN FUNDS: Start with Your Own Bank...

"Your Bank" already knows you...and can coach you through making good choices,.based on the Energy Audit!


Maryland Energy Administration (Jane Lawton Loan Fund), MARBIDCO, and the Natural Capital Investment Fund...may have loan funds...for validated Energy Efficiency Improvement Investments. 

Grants & Incentives

Your EmPower Utilities may have Incentives for certain Energy Efficiency Investments, and, 

Energy Efficiency Improvement GRANTS may be available at certain times of the year through: 

  1. US Department of Agriculture (REAP)
  2. Maryland Energy Administration(C&I&A)
  3. MARBIDCO 

SIMPLE RETURN ON INVESTMENT

A basic calculation to make is "ROI" which estimates, based on your last Twelve Months of Electric Bills, how much TIME it will take you to be "even". 

SIMPLE ROI:

Divide Total Investment Cost / BY First Year  Energy Saved Result is Number of Years to "breakeven" without other benefits (ignore tax credits, other incentives, for this one, etc.) 

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INTRODUCING A NEW, SPECIALLY-QUALIFIED LENDER (MD-PACE) Property Assessed Clean Energy Loans

THANKS TO OUR NON PROFIT COLLABORATORS, ADVISORS AND ADVOCAT

SMART ENERGY INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

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