The Take Control & Save business programs help member business owners discover and eliminate energy inefficiencies in their operations with an energy audit of their facility. Your electric cooperative may offer rebates or incentives to qualifying business owners for lighting or variable frequency drive motor (VFD) upgrades.

Before you can effectively save energy, you have to learn how you are using it now. Contact your electric cooperative and ask how a professional energy audit for your business will help you save energy. You will receive recommendations and learn the best measures to help your business achieve the quickest return on your investment.

You may be surprised to learn that lighting can take a larger share of a building’s electricity use than any other item. Significant cost savings can be achieved with energy-efficient lighting upgrades. With the Take Control & Save business lighting program, your cooperative may offer rebates up to 40 percent of your total lighting upgrade. 

The major obstacles facing the electric semi-truck industry are ones of scale, price points and battery technology. There’s also the challenge of building an interstate network of electric vehicle charging stations capable of keeping the next generation of long-haul trucks on the road. Learn more about the challenges truck drivers face. 

Electric motor systems are responsible for consuming 40% of the world’s electricity to drive compressors, pumps, and fans, and other mechanical applications. Premium efficiency motors can help to significantly lower global greenhouse gas emissions. While these motors cost more, they can provide significant payback in energy savings.