In this 2002 photo, Ave Snyder, of Beaverton, measurers wall thickness on a Ziploc container. She works in the quality assurance area at the Huhtamaki Plastics Coleman FacilityCOLEMAN — In an effort to make thousands of commercial and industrial customers more energy efficient, Consumers Energy awarded $11.3 million in incentives last year.
The lone Midland County recipient was Huhtamaki, Inc. in Coleman. The plastics manufacturer received $83,280 for lighting upgrades and vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) retrofits. It is estimated to save the company 1.3 million kWh annually.
, $25,000 went to Michigan Sugar Co. in Monitor Township.
“We’ve seen an enthusiastic response from our commercial and industrial customers to our energy efficiency incentives through our Business Solutions program,” said David Johnson, director of business customer management at Consumers Energy.
Statewide, the projects save participating customers an estimated $15.4 million per year in energy costs annually, according to a report. In addition, they save an estimated 124.7 million kWh of electricity and more than 322,000 thousand cubic feet (Mcf) of natural gas annually.
Click here, for a statewide list of Michigan commercial and industrial customers the $11.3 million went to in 2010.