Energy efficiency is a power house job creator. Recent research from ACEEE finds that changes to Pennsylvania’s energy efficiency laws could deliver more than 30,000 jobs to the Commonwealth. What do these jobs look like, and how do we make them a reality?

1. Realizing the Economic
Impacts of Energy
Efficiency in Pennsylvania
ACEEE Webinar
June 12, 2019

2. Annie Gilleo
Senior Manager, State Policy
ACEEE
Randy Groff
Director of Facilities and Energy
Four Seasons Produce
Thomas Flaherty
Director of Development and Marketing
Energy Coordinating Agency
Julian Boggs
Policy Director
Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance

3. Lifting the Cap
Estimating the Economic Impacts of Energy Efficiency
Investments in Pennsylvania

4.  Where is Pennsylvania today?
 Where could Pennsylvania go in the future?
 What would the economic impacts be?
 What can we learn about ramping up programs?

5. Electricity savings across the country
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6. 6
26 States with Energy Efficiency Targets (EERS)

7. State
Average annual
savings target
Maryland 2.00%
New York 2.00%
New Jersey* 1.50%
Ohio 1.00%
Pennsylvania 0.80%

8. Ramping up savings
0.00%
0.20%
0.40%
0.60%
0.80%
1.00%
1.20%
1.40%
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Savings(%retailsales)
Base case Alternative case
Scenarios based on 2018 study from Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.

9. Economic impacts of energy
efficiency

10. DEEPER
• ACEEE’s input-output model
• Tracks changes in demand for goods and
services across the Pennsylvania economy
• Determines how much output from each economic sector is
required to meet that demand.
• Determines how much labor is required to produce that
output and how much state gross domestic product (GDP) is
associated with that change in demand.
• We report net jobs
• Accounts for both jobs created and jobs lost

11. Implementation period
30,000 jobs created

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Totalannualsavings(GWh)
Job creation mirrors energy savings

13. What kinds of jobs?
• Industries that implement energy efficiency
measures
• Construction and related industries
• Supply chains
• Service sector, including retail industries

14. https://aceee.org/white-paper/lifting-the-cap-040419
Annie Gilleo
agilleo@aceee.org

15. Policy Context

16. Energy Efficiency at
Four Seasons Produce

17. 2
Our Company…
• Full-line distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables
• Provides conventional, organic and ethnic produce to our retail,
wholesale and foodservice customers
• Services about a 500 mile radius with our own fleet and drivers
• 325,000 SF at two Ephrata, PA. locations
• 1,800 KW bi-fuel Generac generators (complete facility including
refrigeration)
• Employs about 950 associates

18. 3
Four Seasons Produce, Inc.
Four Season’s most recent Energy Policy states “We will engage our associates in energy
awareness and implement innovative yet proven cost saving methods to reduce our energy use,
conserve resources, and improve the environment.” This overarching strategy was refined into five
goals:
•Reduce energy intensity by 5% each year from the previous year.
•Implement 3 or 4 energy efficient ideas each year.
•Track energy usage including electrical & natural gas for efficiency measurement.
•Pursue specific methods to have our energy use more visible to all associates.
•Increase associate energy awareness and participation in reducing energy across the Four
Seasons Family of Companies.

19. 4
List of Projects w/o rebates since 2006
•Implemented Energy Management System (April 2006) - Monitors refrigeration system
peak KW – saving over 546,000 kWh per year
•Installed Lighting retrofit in the Warehouse (November 2007) - Replaced 400 watt MH
lights with (6) lamp T8 fluorescent light – saving over 911,000 kWh per year
•Installed Power Quality Equipment (March 2008) - Increasing power factor – mitigating
the harmful effects of voltage sags, and internal harmonic conditions – saving over
1,500,000 kWh per year
•Replaced dock shelters in the warehouse (August 2008) - Effectively sealing our 40°
dock from a wide range of trucks - saving over 729,300 kWh per year
•HVAC Controls Retrofit (August 2009) - Upgraded our HVAC Controls “front end” – 56%
reduction in natural gas usage annually ($40,000 annual savings)

20. 5
List of Projects with rebates since 2010
•PACE Controls Project (September 2011) - Installed controls that allows the
compressors to run the minimum interval needed to cause compression of the
maximum quantity of refrigerant per unit of compressor runtime –Saving over 131,450
kWh per year - $7,407 PPL Act 129 Rebate
•Parking Lot Lighting Retrofit (February 2011) - 250 Watt MH to 120 Watt Induction –
saving over 14,717 kWh per year ($11,600) - $7,240 PPL Act 129 Rebate
•Lighting Retrofit outside Flood Lights (January 2013) - Replaced 1000 watt MH lights
with 300 watt LED – Saving over 20,200 kWh per year - $1,754 PPL Act 129 Rebate
•Dock canopy lights - 250 watt MH changed to 20 watt LED (February 2013) –Saving
31,000 kWh per year - $7,407 PPL Act 129 Rebate
•Exterior wall packs (February 2013) - Replaced 250 watt MH lights with 100 watt LED
– Saving over 13,800 kWh per year - $1,090 PPL Act 129 Rebate

21. 6
List of Projects with rebates since 2010
• Lighting retrofit warehouse – 6 lamp T8 to LED (March 2013) – Saving 209,714 kWh
per year - $30,538 PPL Act 129 Rebate
• Evaporator motor upgrade to ECM’s (Electronically Commutated Motors)– (June
2013) – Saving 630,600 kWh per year - $63,600 PPL Act 129 rebate
•Lighting retrofit WH# 2 interior and exterior MH to LED – (October 2013) – Saving
63,598 kWh - $3,849 PPL Act 129 rebate
• Added 3 VFD’s to the cooling tower motors (November 2014) – 177,500 kWh savings
per year - $14,200 PPL Act 129 Rebate
•32W T8 to 12W LED Office areas –(Feb 2015) Saving 193,707 kWh per year -
$20,190 PPL Act 129 Rebate

22. 7
List of Projects with rebates since 2010
•1.3MW Rooftop solar array (Sept. 2018) Saving 1,650,500 kWh per year - $92,845
PPL Act 129 Rebate
Total PPL Act 129 rebate money received since 2010 = $241,886

23. 8
Sustainability – Energy & Resource Initiatives
Results & Achievements
• Since 2004 reduced our electric
usage by 17% and electric costs by
26%
• Participate in Demand Response
events since 2008 with total revenue
of $443,000
• 2009-Penn Future Green Power
Award for reducing energy use,
conserving resources, and improving
the environment
• Green Plus Certified – Awarded 2013
Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise
Award
• Recognized in the ten-year
retrospective by the EPA as the first
warehouse in the Country to be
awarded the ENERGY STAR
• Featured in DC Velocity and
summer High Performing Buildings
magazines
• 2017- First facility to achieve the
500001 Ready designation from the
US Department of Energy
• 2018 Recognition from PPL Electric
Utilities Excellence in Energy
Efficiency Program to be a Gold
Level Energy Efficient Business

24. 9
Thank you!
Randy Groff, CFM
Director of Facilities and Energy
Four Seasons Produce, Inc.
400 Wabash Rd. Ephrata, PA. 17522
O:717-721-2795
C: 717-629-9949
randyg@fsproduce.com
www.fsproduce.com

25. Energy Efficiency
Investments:
Building Great Jobs
Director of Development: Thomas Flaherty

26. WOODGROVE
BANK
About Us
ECA’s mission is to help people conserve energy and
to promote a sustainable and socially equitable
energy future for all in the Philadelphia region.
72 Employees
15 Neighborhood Energy Centers
35 Years of Operation
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27. WOODGROVE
BANK 3
Philadelphia Economics
<$35K
44%
$35 - $75K
29%
$75K - $100K
10%
> $100K
17%
<$35K $35 - $75K $75K - $100K > $100K

28. WOODGROVE
BANK
NEIGHBORHOOD
ENERGY
CENTERS
4

29. WOODGROVE
BANK 5
Knight Green Jobs Training Center

30. WOODGROVE
BANK
Training to the standards of
-Home Energy Professional Quality Control Inspector
-Building Performance Institute Energy Auditor
-BPI Whole House Air Leakage and Control Installer
-OSHA 40 HAZWOPER
-EPA Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting
-NCCER Core Construction
-and more!
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Knight Green Jobs Training Center

31. WOODGROVE
BANK 7
Energy Efficiency
& Renewable Energy Training
Green Renovation and Retrofit
JCI Pathways in HVAC
Solar PV Installer
Returning Citizens
High School – Career and Technical Education

32. WOODGROVE
BANK
National Center for Construction Education and Research
(NCCER) Core Construction Skills
-Deconstruction
-Carpentry
-Air Sealing and Insulation
-OSHA 10 and OSHA 40 HAZWOPER
-Foundational Electrical Skills
-Foundational Plumbing Skills
-Foundational Residential HVAC skills
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Green Renovation and Retrofit (GRR)

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BANK 9
GRR Jobs
HVAC Mechanic
• Residential HVAC
Maintenance
• HVAC troubleshooting
• System removal
• Proper system sizing
• HVAC System Installation
Weatherization Installer
• Implementing recommended
energy audit measures
• Using carpentry for air sealing
• Adding insulation for walls,
ceilings, floors
Hazardous Materials Worker*
• Identifying HAZ materials
• Safely handling HAZ materials
• EE Job as far as supply-side
manufacturing roles, esp. for
spray-foam insulation

34. WOODGROVE
BANK
Three Phase Curriculum, 600 hours per phase
Phase 1 Graduates Qualified for Commercial HVAC Jobs
-$30k-$40k salary range at entry level
-Similar Program in VA for RC: 58 of 61 out of prison 3 years later
Providing certifications including
-NCCER Core—National Center for Construction Education and Research
-JCI Certifications of Completion
-LN-17 Fundamentals of HVAC and Controls Certification
-ESCO Basic Electricity Certification
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JCI Pathways

35. WOODGROVE
BANK 11
JCI Pathways Potential Jobs
Building Maintenance
Specialist
• Solar thermal
heating
• HVAC PMs
• Plumbing
• Basic Electrical
Green HVAC
Mechanic
• Heat recovery
• Solar PV
• Facility operations
• HVAC
troubleshooting
Facility Controls
Technician
• Building automation
• Digital controllers
• Re-commissioning
Facility Maintenance
Electrician
• Digital controllers
• Occupancy/photo
sensors
• Lighting retrofits

36. WOODGROVE
BANK
• Otis Boone
-from homeless vet to small business owner
• Roberto Torres-Rodriquez
-from parole to paycheck
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Graduate Stories

37. THANK YOU
Energy Coordinating Agency (215) 609-1000
info@ecasavesenergy.org
www.ecasavesenergy.org
WOODGROVE
BANK
106 West Clearfield Street

38. Questions?
https://aceee.org/white-
paper/lifting-the-cap-040419