PEARL RIVER – Orange and Rockland Utilities’ energy-efficient programs have provided 20,000 customers who have invested in energy-saving equipment since 2009 over $17 million in rebates. Those programs have cut energy usage by over 90,000 megawatt hours, reduced carbon emissions by over 32,000 tons and reduced peak demand by over 21 MW, according to Charmaine Cigliano, O&R’s section manager for customer energy services.
“That 90,000 MWh is enough energy to power over 11,000 homes,” Cigliano said. “It is equivalent to taking over 5,000 cars off the road.”
Cigliano said that 21 megawatt hours of peak demand savings is enough to meet the peak demand needs of four Palisades Malls.
She said customers can schedule free energy audits and provide up to 70 percent of the cost of energy savings upgrades.
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