EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC), a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, today announced that Stater Bros. Markets, the largest privately-owned supermarket chain in southern California, has earned payments of approximately $250,000 annually for reducing non-essential electricity usage during periods of peak demand, high electricity prices, and other system needs. As part of EnerNOC’s demand response (DR) program, Stater Bros. stores throughout the San Diego region and Southern California Edison service territory can leverage free basic access to PowerTrak®, EnerNOC’s web-based energy management software, to identify additional cost-saving opportunities through better energy management.
Stater Bros. enrolled in EnerNOC DR in 2008 because of the potential to earn significant payments and to protect its stores and surrounding communities from brownouts and rolling blackouts. The grocery chain now has 148 stores across dozens of communities, such as Oceanside, San Marcos, Vista, Encinitas, Poway, and Ramona. By making minor adjustments to store lighting, air conditioning, and other energy-intensive functions during DR events, which are called by the regions’ grid operators, Stater Bros. stores can achieve significant energy reductions without sacrificing customer comfort.
While these changes may be visible to store customers, they do not affect the overall shopping experience. Stater Bros. has created in-store signage that explain demand response to customers and highlight how minor changes can add up to major energy reductions – reducing the need for more power plants and helping protect the electricity grid, which has resulted in overwhelmingly positive feedback from its customers.
“Participating in demand response is a significant element in Stater Bros.’ commitment to being a sustainable partner in our community. The EnerNOC DR program also earns Stater Bros. significant revenues that help reduce operating costs,” said Scott Limbacher, VP of Construction and Maintenance. Mr. Limbacher added, “EnerNOC provided at no cost, the documentation, technology, and the assistance needed to implement DR at all locations. Grocery stores, malls, and other heavy electricity users should definitely include demand response as part of their business practice.”
“By investing millions of dollars into our demand response application, EnerNOC has the technology to enable many different types of energy users – from large industrial facilities to the smaller commercial sites – to benefit from demand response,” said Tim Healy, Chairman and CEO of EnerNOC. “Smaller sites, like grocery stores, have traditionally been excluded from being active participants in the energy market, but as Stater Bros. demonstrates, it’s a market that can really benefit, while providing a valuable service to their communities.”
For information about joining EnerNOC’s demand response network, please visit
www.enernoc.com/get-started or email
info@enernoc.com.
About EnerNOC
EnerNOC, Inc. is a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, which include demand response services, energy efficiency, or monitoring-based commissioning services, energy procurement services, and emissions tracking and trading services. These solutions help optimize the balance of electric supply and demand, provide cost-efficient alternatives to traditional power generation, transmission, and distribution resources, and drive significant cost-savings for its customers. The Company uses its Network Operations Center, or NOC, and PowerTrak® enterprise software platform to remotely manage and reduce electricity consumption across a growing network of commercial, institutional, and industrial customer sites, making demand response capacity available to grid operators and utilities on demand while helping end-users of electricity achieve energy savings, environmental benefits, and improved financial results. For more information visit
www.enernoc.com.
