Commercial and Industrial Success Stories
Idaho Power offers cash incentives to business customers for energy efficient upgrades to their buildings. Your upfront investment and payback period may be less than you think.
Learn how other businesses have reduced their electric bills while increasing operational efficiencies. Select a topic below to get the real story on how energy efficiency improves the bottom line.
Lighting
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Upgrading its lighting gives
Dominick’s Quick Print whiter whites, brighter colors, and more cheerful employees (pdf) Joe Dominick, owner of Dominick’s Quick Print of Ontario, Oregon has learned the value of energy efficient lighting. It’s more than an incentive, more than lower monthly energy costs, it’s happier more productive employees. Check out the difference new lighting made in this print shop. |
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A one-of-a-kind hotel takes advantage of a one-of-a-kind energy efficiency opportunity. (pdf) Learn how the Grove Hotel in Boise became the first major hotel in southern Idaho to participate in Idaho Power's Custom Efficiency program. Now the Grove Hotel is saving more than 790,000 kWh per year. |
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Two public utilities work together
to help their ratepayers (pdf) Learn how Idaho Power worked with United Water Idaho to increase energy efficient lighting at more than one of United Water Idaho's facilities. |
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| SUPERVALU/Albertson's takes a big
step in reducing its carbon footprint (pdf) A lighting upgrade is just a piece of the sustainability puzzle for the corporate offices of Albertson's Store Support Center in Boise. |
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Hailey, Idaho, builds on a history
of inspired energy ambitions (pdf) See how the small town of Hailey, Idaho, implemented some big energy efficiency ideas and received an incentive from Idaho Power in the process! |
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Atkinsons' Market cuts energy use and keeps produce fresher with help from Idaho Power (pdf) Lighting upgrades made possible by Idaho Power's Custom Efficiency program help the owner of three Atkinsons' Markets in the Wood River Valley use less energy overall while reducing the amount of heat over the fresh fruits and vegetables. |
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Jefferson Place: Classic architecture meets modern energy efficiency (pdf) A downtown Boise landmark, Jefferson Place office plaza underwent a series of lighting upgrades that will generate more than $13,000 in annual savings for the building's owners. An incentive from Idaho Power made the project possible for this 1913 vintage building. |
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Motive Power doesn't have to
raise the roof to save energy (pdf) Motive Power, a locomotive manufacturing and refurbishing company in Boise, Idaho upgraded their lighting in 10 buildings encompassing 268,838 square feet. This ambitious project will save the company approximately $60,000 per year in energy costs. With the help of an Idaho Power incentive, this retrofit has a mere six month payback period. |
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Key Financial Center banks on Custom Efficiency program (pdf) Key Financial Center managed to replace more than 1,600 inefficient light fixtures while minimizing the installation impact to five of their tenants. The result? Annual lighting savings of $27,000 and an additional $2,276 in HVAC costs. |
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| Taking Advantage Of 6 Billion Years Of Energy Efficient Lighting (pdf) As a result of lighting upgrades, Sysco, North America's largest food distributor, realized an average annual savings of 35 percent on the amount of electricity they consume each year when they put the sun to work for them. |
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| To Reduce Energy Costs, Chicago Connection Relied on its Connections (pdf) Learn how referrals lead one restaurant owner to install over 575 energy efficient lights with 70 percent of the costs paid for by Idaho Power. The investment should pay for itself in about a year. |
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| Lighting Upgrades Illuminate Savings For Swire Coca Cola Now that 122 light fixtures have been upgraded, this Twin Falls bottler has cut its power bill in half and earned a $24,825 incentive from Idaho Power. |
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| Caldwell School District Committed To Learning and Energy Efficiency Energy efficiency upgrades have helped improve the learning environment and is saving taxpayers money. |
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| Lighting Upgrades Provide Oppenheimer Development Corp. Quick Savings Downtown Boise's largest developer is saving $300 to $600 per month in energy costs after upgrading lighting in a downtown parking garage. |
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| Boise Plaza Lighting Upgrades Benefits More Than The Bottom Line The largest office building in downtown Boise looks better, has happier tenants and lower operating costs thanks in part to our Custom Efficiency for Complex Projects program. |
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| High Performance Lighting at Performance Chevrolet Idaho Power provided an Easy Upgrades incentive of $2,250 to K. R. and Norma Reinschmidt owners of Performance Chevrolet in Mountain Home. Since the lighting retrofit was done, the Reinschmidts have enjoyed saving about $1,200 per year on their energy bill. |
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| New Court Lighting Nets Benefits for Twin Falls YMCA Idaho Power provided an Easy Upgrades incentive payment of $6,150. The YMCA lighting upgrade will have a return on investment (ROI) of greater than 100 percent; which means the lighting will pay for itself in less than one year. |
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Compressed Air
| Jerome Cheese Company Committed To Energy Efficiency A $6,936 incentive from Idaho Power helped the Jerome Cheese Company save more than 280,000 kWh per year, the average energy use of 21 typical Idaho homes. |
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| RC Bigelow Upholds Core Value Of Energy Efficiency Tea packing plant in Boise sees monthly electrical usage reduced 25 to 30 percent; saving money and following the company's core value to continually be energy efficient and a good environmental steward. |
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McCain Foods USA Compressed Air System Retrofit Saves Energy |
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Pumps and Fans
| Murakami Produce brings a green
philosophy to yellow onions (pdf) New efficient lighting, motion sensors, and improvements to ventilation fans helped Murakami Produce, in Malheur County, reduce their electric bills by approximately $100,000 per year. Learn how incentives from Idaho Power helped to make these improvements a reality. |
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| Roaring Springs Cools Off
Their Electric Bill (pdf) Learn how Roaring Springs, the largest water park in the Northwest, cut their annual electricity use by 30 percent and their electricity bill by $65,000! |
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| Plexus Corp. Partners With Idaho Power, Reduces Energy Consumption Project will save company about $90,000 annually on their power bill. Without Idaho Power's incentive program, return on investment would have been more difficult. |
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| Upgrades to Wastewater Treatment Facility Benefits Nampa More than 2,270,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity is being saved annually, enough to power 172 typical Idaho homes for a year. These energy efficiency upgrades earned the City of Nampa a $228,000 incentive from Idaho Power. |
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| ON Semiconductor in Pocatello Upgrades Air Handlers, Saves Energy By upgrading 11 air-handling units, ON Semiconductor is saving more than one million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. |
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| Great Western Malting Company Saving Energy, Reducing Emissions Improvements to the plant's water supply pumping system will save the company an estimated 250,000 kilowatt-hours per year and reduce carbon emissions by 105 MT (metric ton) of carbon dioxide per year. |
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Refrigeration
| Chilling Out More Efficiently With Idaho Ice World (pdf) Looking to save some cool cash? Idaho Ice World did just that when they installed new Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) , lowering their power bill by over $10,000 a year! |
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| The Story of a Long, Happy, Energy Saving Relationship (pdf) Learn how Magic Valley Growers reduced energy costs after retrofitting lighting and refrigeration systems with the help of a $26,366 incentive. |
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| New Flexible Warehouse Doors Keep Cold Air In, Hot Air Out (pdf) Something as simple as replacing seven rigid doors with flexible doors is helping a Nampa business save 88,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per year. |
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New Construction
| Nampa, Idaho, sets an energy efficient course for its public-service buildings (pdf) Nampa's Hugh Nichols Public Safety Building uses ground source heat pumps to tap into the earth for efficient heating and cooling. |
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| Rekluse grows with energy efficiency incentives (pdf) Motorcycle parts manufacturer Rekluse, located in Boise, ID, expands while keeping jobs in the U.S. and winning the 2012 Small Business Administration Exporter of the Year award. Learn how incentives from Idaho Power have helped keep the company competitive and energy efficient. |
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| The University of Idaho's Integrated Design Lab (pdf) University of Idaho's Integrated Design Lab (IDL) is a valuable partner when it comes to the measurements, energy modeling, evaluations and verifications of commercial and industrial buildings. Learn more about how the IDL is helping to design energy efficient buildings. |
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| The City of Bellevue saves money on its new wastewater treatment plant (pdf) The City of Bellevue's new $5.9 million wastewater treatment plant will benefit from an updated heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. |
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| Idaho Central Credit Union Improves Environmental and Energy Impact Idaho Central Credit Union anticipates its new office building will be more efficient in terms of total energy costs—by approximately $45,000 per year—than a traditionally built building. |
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Miscellaneous
| Idaho Power incentives provide opportunities for a family dairy (pdf) Ballard Dairy and Cheese in Gooding, Idaho produces 120,000 gallons of milk a month and 70,000 pounds of cheese. Idaho Power’s Easy Upgrades and Custom Efficiency programs helped the owners reduce their energy costs, while becoming operationally and financially stronger. |
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| Hansen Quick Stop & Go the little store built for big energy savings (pdf) Need a little inspiration to move forward with an energy efficiency project? This story illustrates how smaller businesses can be just as strategic, efficient and successful as the bigger companies. |
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For Nunhems USA, doing it right the first time pays off big (pdf) Based in the Netherlands, with U.S. headquarters in Parma, Idaho, Nunhems is the largest commercial vegetable seed producer in the world. Learn how energy efficient upgrades is saving this international company over $43,000 in annual energy costs. |
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| Homestead Farms Restaurant Cooks Up Energy Savings Installing a high-efficiency dishwasher and solar hot water pre-heater has resulted in a $250 per month electric bill savings for this family-style restaurant in Blackfoot, Idaho. |
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| ARM Manages Energy Efficiency Assets For The Long Term Energy efficient upgrades at a 590,000-square-foot office complex in Boise, managed by ARM (American Resurgens Management Corporation), earned the corporation an Idaho Power incentive valued at approximately $700,000. |
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