How Safeway turned energy management into a competitive edge: After centralizing data that detailed its consumpt...

How Safeway turned energy management into a competitive edge

greenbiz.com 12 Oct '12, 1pm

How Safeway turned energy management into a competitive edge: After centralizing data that detailed its consumpt...

By taking a centralized approach to managing energy sourcing -- just like any other enterprise process -- companies can identify real savings and reduce operational risks, according to the energy management team at grocery giant Safeway. Over the past 14 years, Safeway has completely overhauled the way energy is procured and managed throughout roughly 2,220 facilities—a transformation detailed during a recent GreenBiz Group webcast titled "Turning Energy Data Into Dollars .” Along the way, the company cut costs by aggregating electricity purchases across certain parts of the Northeast (Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois and the District of Columbia) and forging long-term agreements with generators in California and Texas, among other strategies. To do this, it actually applied with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in order to act as a wholesale ...

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