Con Edison Solutions Helps U.S. Postal Service Reduce Energy Costs by 20 Percent Via Innovative Program; Presents First Enterprise Energy Award to USPS.WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1999-- Con Edison Solutions, the competitive energy services subsidiary of Consolidated Edison This article is about the utility company in New York. For ComEd in Illinois, see Commonwealth Edison. Consolidated Edison, Inc. NYSE: ED is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States. , Inc., announced yesterday that an innovative lighting upgrade program it developed has helped the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. reduce its energy costs by $625,000, or 20 percent annually. These cost reductions took place at U.S. Postal Service facilities in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Westchester County, N.Y., and in Central New Jersey. In recognition of the success of the program, called Lighten Up(sm), Con Edison Solutions CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John E. Boyd presented the company's first Enterprise Energy Award to U.S. Postal Service representatives at a ceremony yesterday in White Plains, N.Y. "With this award, we are recognizing the three U.S. Postal Service districts for their energy efficiency and environmental improvements in response to President Clinton's executive order No. 12902 calling for a 30 percent reduction in energy costs by 2005," said Mr. Boyd. In accepting the award, David Solomon, vice president, area operations In maritime usage, operations conducted in a geographical area and not related to the protection of a specific force. , U.S. Postal Service, said: "We are delighted to be the first recipient of the Enterprise Energy Award and look forward to continuing our partnership with Con Edison Solutions. Their innovative approach should help us further reduce our energy costs and improve the working environment for our employees, both of which help us be more customer-focused, productive and competitive as we approach the new millenium." Con Edison Solutions' Lighten Up(sm) program included upgrading the complete lighting infrastructure to a state-of-the-art level at 16 facilities in the Triboro (Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. ) area of New York City, six facilities in Westchester County, N.Y., and five in Central New Jersey. Existing lighting systems were replaced by more efficient lamps, ballasts, reflectors and controls across the enterprise. The U.S. Postal Service continues to work towards identifying other opportunities to reduce energy costs at other facilities and through other types of energy management programs as it strives to reach the 30 percent cost reduction goal requested in executive order No. 12902. The annual energy cost savings were $300,000 for New York City, $54,774 in Westchester and $270,000 in Central New Jersey. "The environmental impact of the reduction in electricity usage is significant," said Mr. Boyd. "When a customer reduces its need for electricity, there is a corresponding reduction in emissions from power generating plants." Specifically, in the three regions, the U.S. Postal Service electricity reduction helped reduce carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; emissions by 4,951 tons, sulfur dioxide by 57,214 kilograms and nitric oxide nitric oxide or nitrogen monoxide, a colorless gas formed by the combustion of nitrogen and oxygen as given by the reaction: energy + N2 + O2 → 2NO; m.p. −163.6°C;; b.p. −151.8°C;. by 19,255 kilograms on an annual basis. The U.S. Postal Service facilities involved in the Con Edison Solutions program are: Westchester County: -- Yonkers Main Post Office -- Bronxville Station -- Portchester Station -- Peekskill Station -- White Plains -- New Rochelle New York City: -- Bay Ridge Post Office -- Bayside Annex Post Office -- Bayside Main Post Office -- Bay Post Office -- Corona -- East Elmhurst Post Office -- East New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 Office -- Jamaica Post Office -- New Dorp dorp n. South African A small town. [Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch; see treb- in Indo-European roots. Post Office -- Jackson Heights Post Office -- Queens Village Post Office -- Ridgewood Post Office -- South Ozone Park Post Office -- Stapleton Post Office -- Whitestone -- Woodside Post Office Central New Jersey -- Trenton P&D/VMF (Postal & Delivery/Vehicle Maintenance Facility) -- West Jersey -- Trenton Downtown -- Monmouth -- Kilmer P&D/VMF Based in White Plains, N.Y., Con Edison Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. Con Edison Solutions provides competitive electricity and natural gas to business and residential customers in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as energy management services throughout the United States. For more information, contact the website: www.conedisonsolutions.com. |
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