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IN THIS ISSUE:
>>MDM Campaign: Moving Forward
>>Upcoming Events: Save the Dates!
>>MDM Welcomes Austin Energy
>>MDM in the News
>>Summary of Motor & Drive Incentive Programs - Coming Soon
We are pleased to announce that on January 19, 2007, CEE’s Board of Directors authorized Phase 3 of the Motor Decisions Matter campaign. The unanimous vote followed a presentation by Dale Basso, Product Marketing Manager for Reliance Electric and Chairman of NEMA’s Motors & Generators Section, who spoke in favor of continuing MDM on behalf of all the sponsors.
Now it is time to put our joint message, tools and partnership to work in the field. In Phase 3, we are fully focused on helping sponsors work together to promote motor management at the local level. Take a look at the events below or on-line, and you’ll see that sponsors are learning how to communicate the benefits of sound motor planning and build partnerships with other participating sponsors.
As we move forward, success depends on everyone’s active participation. By working together, we can help industrial facility managers manage their motor fleets energy-efficiently and profitably. Join us in the first exciting year of Phase 3!
March 14 , 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Increase Profitability Through Motor Management - Webcast
Join us for a Webcast focusing on strategies, benefits and business opportunities associated with motor management. Participants will learn how to make the financial case for motor management, as well as how to use MDM tools and resources. The Webcast will be geared toward manufacturer sales and marketing staff, and EASA sales and marketing staff, and energy-efficiency program staff. View the event flyer for details.
April 11, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Spotlight Call: Southern California Edison
Call in to learn about how SCE's industrial motor and drive programs can work for you and your customers. Several SCE program managers will share information about current programs and future directions. It's a great way for those who sell, service, or recommend motors and drives in Southern California to get to know the people and the incentives at SCE. For energy-efficiency program administrators, this call is an opportunity to learn how SCE programs work in the field.
Contact MDM for more information about these events.
See all MDM events for 2007.
We'd like to welcome Austin Energy as the newest sponsor of the MDM campaign. Austin Energy is a municipal utility that serves approximately 331,000 residential and 39,700 commercial customers in the metropolitan Austin area.
Austin Energy offers a comprehensive array of energy-saving services. Programs provide rebates and low-interest loans to help residential and business customers make energy-efficiency improvements. For commercial and industrial motor systems, the Commercial Energy Rebate Program offers prescriptive and custom incentives as well as financial and technical assistance to customers whose retrofit and new construction projects reduce energy demand. Austin Energy also provides incentives, on-site audits and consulting services for general and specialized commercial needs.
In addition to providing support and incentives to end-users, Austin Energy is looking to reach customers through local motor vendors. Austin Energy is currently working with MDM campaign staff to plan an educational session for vendors and trade organizations in May.
“Austin Energy is excited about our new partnership with MDM," says Jon Luden, Program Manager in the Commercial Energy Management Programs. "We look forward to utilizing MDM resources available to us. Our goal is to encourage greater motor planning and increased installation of NEMA Premium Motors in the Austin area.”
To learn more about Austin Energy’s business incentive programs, contact Jon at 512-482-5378 or visit the company Web site.Maintenance Technology and Lubrication & Fluid Power, December, 2006; January and February, 2007
Both magazines have been running a monthly column ("Boosting Your Bottom Line")contributed by MDM project staff. The column provides a systematic discussion of motor management strategies ranging from motor planning to creating a spares inventory. Recent columns focused on repair/replace decisions and predictive maintenance techniques.
Request print copies of the series.
Plant Services, February 2007: "Use motor management to cut the cost of maintaining your fleet"
This article emphasizes the value of life cycle costing in motor repair/replace decisions, and explores concrete steps for avoiding crisis situations. Strategies discussed include surveying existing motors, developing a plan for repair/replace decisions, maintaining critical spares, and reducing downtime by keeping all facility staff informed of plans and policies. View the article on-line.
CEE staff is in the process of revising a summary of energy-efficiency incentives for motors and drives in the U.S. and Canada. The summary contains concise descriptions of programs that CEE members offer to commercial and industrial customers who buy energy-efficient equipment or services. CEE members represent 90 percent of rate-payer funded energy-efficiency programs for electricity, so the program summary is an excellent resource.
Motor manufacturers and service providers use the summary to help field staff find and participate in local efficiency programs. And program administrators use the summary to learn about commercial and industrial motor and drive programs.
The summary includes information for approximately 40 - 50 energy-efficiency programs. The final document will feature electronic navigation and provide easy access to program type (prescriptive, etc), who offers it, and how to participate. The summary will be available on-line by the end of March.
View CEE's 2004 Summary of Programs for Motors and Drives.
For more information about the MDM campaign, visit our Web site at www.motorsmatter.org
or contact us at MDMInfo@cee1.org or 617-589-3949, ext. 225
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