Enigin Update - NSW Businesses save $70M through Energy Efficiency Programme
NEW South Wales' (NSW) small to medium-sized businesses are benefitting from the Australian government's energy-efficiency programmes, saving AUS$70 million in energy costs.
The Sydney Morning Herald report that new data reveals that these combined savings in the state have been achieved for around AUS$8 million worth of government subsidy over the past two years.
The Herald reports that over the past year across NSW 247 butchers have on averaged saved around AUS$1,240 a year on energy costs; 2,393 cafes and restaurants have improved their energy performance, leading to average annual savings of AUS$1,362a year. A winery in the Hunter Valley, cut its energy use via energy efficiency improvements by three-quarters, saving AUS$110,000 a year..
NSW Environment Minister, Robyn Parker, told the Herald: ''In terms of environmental benefits, it reduces costs for business, it reduces demand for electricity, it reduces carbon emissions.
''We're working towards targets [for energy efficiency] and we hope that we will have those available as part of a broader state plan within a few months,'' Ms Parker added.
The Herald reckons that in NSW there are around 20,000 businesses classified as medium-sized energy users and the Australian government has promised to provide energy-efficiency subsidies to 5 percent of them over the next five years.
Rob Murray-Leach, chief executive of the Energy Efficiency Council, a national industry body, told the Herald a lot more could be done: ''NSW's energy-efficiency programs are already helping businesses save over $56 million a year, but we haven't even started to scratch the surface.
''Energy efficiency could save the economy over AUS$5 billion a year … These programmes show that people who claim the carbon price will damage the economy are talking pure rubbish.''
Enigin Distributor in NSW, and right across Australia, are already aiding many businesses to gain control of their energy use and spend by turning to energy efficiency solutions from Enigin.
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