Brownouts, rolling blackouts, electric utility rates up 35%-all of
these things have happened in the past several months and will
continue until energy consumers do something about it. Utilities
cannot construct generating facilities as fast as consumption
habits can be changed. Even in refineries where cogeneration is
used for power, energy conservation is more important today than
ever.
According to a Department of Energy (DOE) report published in
1998, electric motor-driven industrial equipment consumes 63% of
the energy used in U.S. industry. This may be reduced by as much as
18% if companies adopted proven efficiency technologies and
practices. Much of the savings can co
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