Receives $119,000 Rebate from Entergy Arkansas

Newport, Ark. – The Price Chopper grocery store in Newport earned a $13,179 rebate from Entergy Arkansas, Inc. for participating in a program that provides incentives for commercial and industrial customers to upgrade their facilities with more energy-efficient equipment.

Price Chopper retrofitted each of its 268 lighting fixtures with brighter, but more efficient equipment. The upgrade will reduce power consumption by about 60 percent, saving about $40,700 in electricity costs annually.

Price Chopper Store Manager Chris Alton accepted the check from Entergy Arkansas Customer Service Manager Flave Carpenter inside the store Dec. 7.

In addition to helping the customer save money, the upgrades will be good for the environment. The amount of air pollution avoided equals the effect of removing 44 cars from the state’s roads or planting 50 acres of trees.

The Price Chopper project was made possible by a measure approved in 2007 by the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Known as the Quick Start Program, the program accumulates a fund by adding $0.00027 per kWh onto all Arkansas large and commercial customers’ energy bills. A portion of that fund is earmarked to be used as an incentive to large customers to replace inefficient equipment with more efficient equipment.

“Encouraging our customers to use electric energy efficiently is good for business and good for the environment,” said Richard Smith, Entergy’s manager of Utility Business Development & Support. “It makes electricity bills more affordable for the long-term and is a key component in our strategy for meeting customer demand for electricity. The presentation of this check today is tangible evidence that utilities, regulators, and customers are working together for the good of all Arkansans.”

In 2008 Entergy Arkansas successfully launched its Large Commercial and Industrial Quick Start Programs. Since then, 46 companies have received more than $1,757,000 in incentives from Entergy Arkansas.

The Large C&I program is implemented for Entergy Arkansas by CLEAResult Consulting.

Nectar Energy Solutions is the vendor that analyzed the building for efficiency opportunities, recommended changes, and managed implementation of those recommendations.
For more information about the program, please visit www.entergy-arkansas.com/your business/managed_accounts.aspx.

Entergy Arkansas, Inc. provides electricity to almost 684,000 customers in 63 counties. Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and ret ail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plant s with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

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