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Verso Paper Awarded Energy Users Excellence Award by the Energy Planning Network.


Demand Management Initiative Administered by Demand Response Provider EnerNOC

BOSTON and BUCKSPORT, Maine -- The Energy Planning Energy planning has a number of different meanings. However, one common meaning of the term is the process of developing long-range policies to help guide the future of a local, national, regional or even the global energy system.  Network (EPN EPN

ethyl p-nitrophenyl benzenethiophosphanate; a nonsystemic organophosphorus insecticide and acaricide.
), Verso Paper Verso Paper is a pulp and paper company based in Memphis, TN. The company has paper manufacturing facilities in Jay, ME, Bucksport, ME, Sartell, MN, and Quinnesec, MI. It has approximately 3,000 employees. External links
  • Company web site
, and EnerNOC, Inc. announced today that Verso Paper, a leading supplier of coated papers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , has been awarded EPN's "2005/2006 Energy Users Excellence Award" in the Demand Management Initiative Category.

Verso's winning initiative deployed innovative demand response strategies at its Bucksport, Maine mill. Verso ver·so  
n. pl. ver·sos
1. A left-hand page of a book or the reverse side of a leaf, as opposed to the recto.

2. The back of a coin or medal.
 began the initiative in the winter of 2005/2006 when ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt.  created a winter demand response program to protect its electric supply from potentially significant gas shortages resulting from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. When requested by the ISO, the mill cut its pulp production by nearly 100%, used surplus steam capacity to generate electricity, and returned in excess of 50 MW's of usable power to the grid.

Verso, dedicated to integrating sustainability into all aspects of its business, recognizes that more effective energy use is a large lever to improve its overall environmental impact. Verso Utilities Manager Glenn Poole Glenn Poole (born 3 February 1981) is an English footballer, currently playing for Brentford in League Two.

Poole, a left winger who can also play in central midfield, started his career as a junior at Tottenham.
 commented, "Our commitment to energy management is vital to our role as a sustainable supplier to our customers and we are proud to be recognized by our peers for our efforts."

EnerNOC provides unparalleled market expertise and award-winning technology that enables its partners to maximize their participation in energy markets, beginning with demand response. In fact, Verso's initial foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
raid

encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my
 demand response served as a valuable introduction to New England's real-time energy markets.

According to Gregg Dixon, vice president of marketing and sales for EnerNOC, "Demand response serves as a gateway to engaging in more complex energy management endeavors. We have seen that as our customers gain experience, they are compelled to dig deeper into their energy usage and participate more fully in energy markets to gain even greater cost control over energy expenditures."

Verso Paper is the second EnerNOC client to be honored by EPN. Pathmark, a supermarket chain with stores 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, received an award for "Best Cost Control Initiative" last year. EnerNOC's commitment to client satisfaction is rooted in the company's desire to guarantee customer financial returns while promoting energy conservation.

Award winners were chosen from a panel of large energy users and utilities from around the world. EPN will conduct an official award presentation at its invitation-only 8th Annual Large Energy Users Summit in Austin, Texas on October 26 and 27.

About Verso Paper

Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Verso Paper is one of the leading North American North American

named after North America.


North American blastomycosis
see North American blastomycosis.

North American cattle tick
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 suppliers of coated papers, which are used primarily in media and marketing applications, including catalogs, magazines, and commercial printing applications, such as high-end advertising brochures, annual reports and direct mail advertising. Additional information is available at www.versopaper.com.

About the Energy Planning Network and the Annual Energy Users Excellence Awards

Founded in 1993, the Energy Planning Network (EPN) (www.enerplanning.com) is a peer group for corporate energy and facility management professionals. EPN helps members maximize energy savings by providing a central, unbiased clearinghouse of vital resources, networking, and advocacy.

Operated by EPN, the Annual Energy Users Excellence Awards recognize exceptional efforts by commercial, industrial and institutional facility owners/operators. As a collaborative effort among large energy users and utilities worldwide, entries are judged solely by a panel of peers including corporate energy managers and representatives from electric, gas and water companies.

About EnerNOC

EnerNOC, Inc. is the leading provider of technology-enabled total energy management solutions including full-service demand response, price response, and demand side management solutions. With more than 1,000 MW's of electrical capacity under management, including more than 350 MW's of proven demand response resources, EnerNOC delivers immediate, profitable results to customers by leveraging its deep experience in all aspects of energy management, embedded systems technology, and progressive business practices. For more information visit www.enernoc.com.
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