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Eyeing Energy Savings

By Katz, Jonathan
Publication: Industry Week
Date: Saturday, April 1 2006

SHORTLY AFTER HURRICANES Katrina and Rita shut down oil and gas production along the Gulf Coast, Energy secretary Samuel Bodman warned consumers that heating prices could rise as much as 21% this past winter.

In anticipation of skyrocketing energy costs, the Department of Energy (DOE) in October

launched a free energyassessment program for the nation's 200 most energy-intensive plants. Plants participating in the DOE's Save Energy Now campaign receive free audits of their steam and process-heating systems, which consume nearly 80% of the energy used by U.S. industries.

The plants were selected out of 524 applicants from a variety of industries-including the automotive, paper, fertilizer and pharmaceutical sectorsthat comprise 10% of total industrial energy use and 15% of industrial natural gas use in the United States, says Doug Faulkner, the DOE's acting assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Early feedback from two of the plants selected reveal that some of the DOE's recommendations can easily be impie- j mented with quick paybacks while other projects aren't as feasible because they require r high capital investments with slower returns.

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