Description: The Energy Roadmap: A Water and Wastewater Utility Guide to More Sustainable Energy...
The Energy Roadmap presents six interrelated energy management topic areas:
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It is important to start with clear and specific energy goals and integrate them to a utility’s strategic planning and policy-setting process. Goals should be used to create key performance indicators (KPIs) that can be measured and tracked. Accurate and effective branding through policy statements conveys the benefits of this focus on sustainable operations to the public and policymakers.
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Utility managers should use a utility’s energy goals and policy to define an “energy vision” that can be integrated throughout the organization. Specific, supporting, measurable actions should be included in each employee’s performance plan. Staff involvement and investment are best achieved when a cross-functional “energy team” is established and an individual is designated to be an “energy champion” responsible for a variety of energy management tasks.
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Successful projects often require coordination with, and support from, a variety of stakeholders. Indeed, it is important to proactively reach out to the stakeholders that are likely to be most affected by an energy program. Key stakeholder groups typically include one or more of the following external entities:
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Often, the most cost-effective efforts are simple operational changes that can significantly reduce energy use. There are several steps that can be taken to identify such measures. One practical approach is to start by analyzing the energy bill. For example, utility managers should determine whether the current electrical utility rate schedule best meets a utility’s needs and analyze whether demand charges or energy use charges represent a significant component of costs. Key elements of an energy bill include the billing period and rate schedule, demand charges, energy charges and time of use, and total electricity costs.
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Investing in on-site renewable energy achieves multiple goals, including increased operational reliability, reduced power costs and increased power revenue, and reduced operating cost variability linked to energy prices.
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Section 9 presents two types of case studies. “Global Successes” (or retrospective) case studies provide descriptions of utilities with well-developed energy programs and how their approaches mirror the ideas and methods described in The Energy Roadmap. “Test Drives” (or planning) case studies provide descriptions of utilities that will be using The Energy Roadmap to develop and enhance their energy programs.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2011) Opportunities for Combined Heat and Power at Wastewater Treatment Facilities: Market Analysis and Lessons from the Field; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Combined Heat and Power Partnership: Washington, D.C.
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“Over the coming decades, our industry will transform itself from a waste-centered business to a resource-production business with energy at the core”.
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“Clear strategic direction changes the tone from ‘waste’ to ‘resource’ and provides the foundation for advancing energy sustainability within the utility”.
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“The culture of the utility enables and drives advancements in sustainable energy management”.
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“Effectively communicating the sustainable energy management program in a timely manner will help achieve support from stakeholders. Moreover, it’s the best way to prepare them for changes, innovations, or rate increases. A solid effort will strengthen relationships with them and build or reinforce the utility’s reputation as caring and...
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“Because saving electricity means that the utility saves not only the energy it uses but also the additional energy consumed during generation, an energy conservation and peak demand reduction effort saves money, reduces carbon footprint, and jumpstarts the facility on its path toward energy sustainability”.
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“The wastewater sector is beginning the transition from wastewater treatment to resource recovery, including becoming a source of distributed energy generation”.
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“A strong commitment to innovation today will attract the human talent needed to solve world challenges tomorrow”.
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Many water utilities are already leading the way to the new model of resource production rather than waste disposal. This transformation provides a real opportunity to benefit communities and the environment while also reducing costs and generating revenue, which benefits ratepayers. As climate change mitigation strategies come into play, the value of renewable energy and energy conservation will continue to increase. Arriving at sustainable energy management requires comprehensive efforts in many areas, as discussed in this document. Nonetheless, efforts in even one or two of these areas can have a significant positive effect on a utility’s operations, costs, and culture.
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The Energy Roadmap: A Water and Wastewater Utility Guide to More Sustainable Energy Management and ISO 50001—Energy Management
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The Energy Roadmap: A Water and Wastewater Utility Guide to More Sustainable Energy Management