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 | Hutchinson has been fortunate to be selected as partner for the following projects:
• Bancroft School - Mullica Hill Campus for Constanza Builders • Ott's on the Green for Gary Garner • Cambridge Heating - Edison for Allten Company • Power Office Expansion For The Owner • World Auto/Subaru Tinton Falls - Energy Improvements • Willingboro Baptist - Energy Improvements • Cycle World/Cherry Hill - Energy Improvements • BPOE Manasquan - Energy Improvements • Hilton Gardens Westhampton - Service Contract • Senior Care of Laurel Springs - Service Contract • Endo Center of Voorhees - Service Contract • Ladacin Network - Service Contract • Gloucester Co. Community Church - Service Contract • DelVal Veterinary - Service Contract
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 | New Jersey Beauty School Cuts Energy UseTRENTON, NJ - Colleen Hogan, owner of PB School of Beauty Culture, Inc, in Gloucester City, NJ, is the first in the state to take advantage of the significant incentives available through Direct Install, an initiative offered through New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) to assist small and mid-sized commercial facilities in becoming energy efficient. |
| Business gets state aid to save energyGLOUCESTER CITY — Colleen Hogan got a break from the state of New Jersey and she knows it.The owner of PB Cosmetology Education Centre here was on a mission to cut utility costs at her private vocational school by upgrading the building's heating, cooling and lighting systems. When she learned the cost -- about $106,000 -- she nearly changed her mind. When she discovered the state's Clean Energy Program would pay 80 percent, she was eager to get started. Hogan is the first small-business owner in New Jersey to complete the Direct Install program, one of several designed to provide incentives to businesses to reduce energy consumption. "I got so lucky. I tell everybody I know about this program. It's fantastic," said Hogan, whose family has owned and operated a beauty school in Gloucester City for 50 years. Hogan expects to recover her $21,177 share of the cost in less than two years with reduced utility bills. While the state paid the contractor $84,709 directly, the payout to future applicants is capped at $80,000. Businesses, schools and nonprofit organizations are eligible for Direct Install if their peak electric demand did not exceed 200 kilowatts within the last 12 months. This information appears on a consumer's utility bill. Tenants who pay their own utilities may apply with the permission of the landlord. Other programs are offered to larger commercial and industrial energy users. Direct Install applicants also must be willing to upgrade to systems that demonstrate a substantial and measurable energy savings, said Roger Kliemisch, manager of industrial and commercial programs within the Board of Public Utilities' Clean Energy division. Applicants must choose from a list of six primary contractors that have been selected by the state to do the work. Direct Install approved its first applicant in January. To date, about 190 people have applied and 25 percent of the $14 million allocated to the program in the fiscal year ending June 30 has been committed, said Kliemisch. Funding for Direct Install and similar programs that promote energy efficiency and help low-income users with their bills, comes from the societal benefits charge, a fee that has been tacked onto most consumers' bills for the last 10 years. Last year, the societal benefits charges generated $740 million, said Greg Reinert, spokesman for the Board of Public Utilities, which manages the fund. |
