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Freehold officials make plans for energy audit
May 27, 2009
FREEHOLD — Borough officials are looking for any way possible to save taxpayer money. Their latest effort is participation in the Local Government Energy Audit Program, according to Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina.
The Borough Council passed a resolution on May 18 giving the administrator the goahead to sign up for the program that could lead to savings in energy costs.
The program is administered by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Office of Clean Energy.
Bellina told council members he learned about the program a year ago and was waiting for it to be put into effect. That time is now.
The administrator said the lengthy application for the energy audit is in the process of being prepared. The borough is required to supply a significant amount of information, including its recent energy bills, he said.
"Once the application is submitted, then the state will send us a list of five or six (energy audit) vendors and we will send a request for proposal (RFP) to them. We will then pick the one with the lowest bid," he explained.
According to Bellina, the state will reimburse the borough for 75 percent of the cost of the energy audit.
"If we need to make capital improvements (as a result of the energy audit) that exceed the other 25 percent, we will also be recompensed for that as well," he said.
Bellina said the energy audit will recommend how borough officials may want to update certain equipment and/or take other conservation measures aimed at saving money.
"The firm that conducts the energy audit will also estimate the cost of those measures and what those measures will yield in the way of savings," he said.
According to Bellina, all borough buildings will be assessed in the energy audit, including the police station, the firehouse, the library, the public works service department and the Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad.
"The energy audit (firm) will also look at the layout of each building and study all of our energy bills," he said.
Bellina said officials have already taken conservation measures in Borough Hall by installing energy efficient lighting which will yield a 30 percent savings in energy. The town will receive a rebate from Jersey Central Power and Light.
"Private and public budgets are being squeezed in every which way," Bellina said. "This program is one small opportunity to yield a long-term savings for the taxpayer. Whenever an opportunity presents itself we must explore it to its fullest potential."
— Clare Marie Celano
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Freehold officials make plans for energy audit
May 27, 2009
FREEHOLD — Borough officials are looking for any way possible to save taxpayer money. Their latest effort is participation in the Local Government Energy Audit Program, according to Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina.
The Borough Council passed a resolution on May 18 giving the administrator the goahead to sign up for the program that could lead to savings in energy costs.
The program is administered by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Office of Clean Energy.
Bellina told council members he learned about the program a year ago and was waiting for it to be put into effect. That time is now.
The administrator said the lengthy application for the energy audit is in the process of being prepared. The borough is required to supply a significant amount of information, including its recent energy bills, he said.
"Once the application is submitted, then the state will send us a list of five or six (energy audit) vendors and we will send a request for proposal (RFP) to them. We will then pick the one with the lowest bid," he explained.
According to Bellina, the state will reimburse the borough for 75 percent of the cost of the energy audit.
"If we need to make capital improvements (as a result of the energy audit) that exceed the other 25 percent, we will also be recompensed for that as well," he said.
Bellina said the energy audit will recommend how borough officials may want to update certain equipment and/or take other conservation measures aimed at saving money.
"The firm that conducts the energy audit will also estimate the cost of those measures and what those measures will yield in the way of savings," he said.
According to Bellina, all borough buildings will be assessed in the energy audit, including the police station, the firehouse, the library, the public works service department and the Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad.
"The energy audit (firm) will also look at the layout of each building and study all of our energy bills," he said.
Bellina said officials have already taken conservation measures in Borough Hall by installing energy efficient lighting which will yield a 30 percent savings in energy. The town will receive a rebate from Jersey Central Power and Light.
"Private and public budgets are being squeezed in every which way," Bellina said. "This program is one small opportunity to yield a long-term savings for the taxpayer. Whenever an opportunity presents itself we must explore it to its fullest potential."
— Clare Marie Celano
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