Resources for Industrial Businesses
Training
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Baseline Studies
Water and Wastewater
- Water Treatment Baseline Study (PDF, 519 KB)
- Wastewater Treatment Baseline Study (PDF, 970 KB)
Case Studies
Manufacturing and Transportation
- Curtis Instruments, Inc. - Peak Day Pricing Case Study (PDF, 266 KB)
- Injex (PDF, 160 KB)
- San Jose Mercury News (PDF, 219 KB)
Mineral and Chemical
- Kniferiver Corporation - Peak Day Pricing Case Study (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Water and Wastewater
- Dublin San Ramon Services District (PDF, 160 KB)
- Fairfield Suisun Sewer District (PDF, 256 KB)
Fact Sheets
- Manufacturing Fact Sheet (PDF, 247 KB)
- Minerals and Chemicals Fact Sheet (PDF, 183 KB)
- Petroleum Fact Sheet (PDF, 173 KB)
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Fact Sheet (PDF, 120 KB)
- Motor Fact Sheet (PDF, 205 KB)
- Boiler Fact Sheet (PDF, 93 KB)
- Air Compressor Fact Sheet (PDF, 777 KB)
Shedding Load During Demand Response Events
Industrial Refrigeration
- Pre-cool, then float or cycle refrigeration. Certain products can safely float for hours.
- Turn down, turn off or cycle evaporator and condenser fans, some or all compressors, and non-essential motors.
- Alternate cooling methods between cold storage areas to lower simultaneous demand.
Manufacturing Facilities
- Turn off all motors, vertical lifts, and other non-essential process and pumping equipment.
- Reduce or reschedule production to avoid unnecessary use of compressed air.
- Turn off or turn down chillers and reset chilled water temperature.
- Adjust variable speed drive controls to reduce load from fans, pumps, and chillers.
- Reduce or reschedule production.
- Shift melting (kilns), finishing (grinders) and other tasks to either before or after an event, or to another day.
- Pre-cool, then float or cycle refrigeration.
- Delay use of scrap grinders, bailing, and other non-essential equipment.
- Stockpile inventory prior to an event, and then stop production during the event.
- Move batch and continuous processes to either before or after an event, or to another day.
- Produce extra product a day ahead, and do only packaging on the event day.
Mineral and Chemical Facilities
- Turn off vertical lifts, conveyor belts, crushers and non-essential process and pumping equipment.
- Stockpile or overproduce inventory prior to an event, then shut down production and resume operations after the event.
- Move batch and continuous processes to either before or after an event, or to another day.
- Produce extra product day ahead, and do only packaging or transport on the event day.
- Reduce, slow down, or shut down operations completely.
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Related Links
- California Construction and Industrial Materials Association
- Cement Americas
- Energy Design Resources
- SPE
- CALMAC
- American Petroleum Institute (API)
- Department of Energy
- SPC Estimation Software (calculator)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- California Air Resources Board (CARB)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHe)
- California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR)
- Industrial Association of Contra Costa County (IACCC)
- California Manufacturer & Technology Association
- Engage 360
- Peak Day Pricing
- SmartMeter™
- U.S. Department of Energy
- ENERGY STAR®
- Motor Decisions Matter


