Entergy Arkansas
425 W. Capitol
Little Rock, Ark., 72203
Date:
April 21, 2015
For Release:
Immediately
Contact:
David Lewis
501-377-3560
News
Release
Mountain Valley Spring Water Hot Springs Reduces Electricity
Consumption With Help from Entergy Arkansas
New compressor uses less power.
Hot Springs, Ark. – Mountain Valley Spring Water in Hot Springs earned $75,633 in
rebates from Entergy Arkansas, Inc. in April 2015 for participating in a program that provides
incentives for commercial and industrial customers to upgrade their facilities with more energyefficient equipment.
Improvements included purchasing a new compressor and upgrading the existing
system. The compressed air project will save Mountain Valley an estimated $48,000 annually in
electricity cost.
In addition to helping the customer save money, the upgrades are good for the
environment. These projects will save about 648 thousand kilowatt-hours of energy annually,
avoiding about 447 tons of carbon being put into the atmosphere. That’s equivalent to removing
94 passenger vehicles from our roadways.
The Mountain Valley Spring Water project was made possible by a measure approved in
2011 by the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Known as the Energy Solutions Program,
the initiative accumulates a fund by adding $.00414 per kWh onto Arkansas large and
commercial customers’ energy bills. A portion of that fund is earmarked to be used as an
incentive to large customers to replace inefficient equipment with more efficient equipment.
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Entergy Arkansas News Release: Energy Efficiency
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“Encouraging our customers to use electric energy efficiently is good for business and
good for the environment,” said Richard Smith, Entergy’s manager of utility business
development & support. “It makes electricity bills more affordable for the long-term and is a
key component in our strategy for meeting customer demand for electricity. The presentation of
this check today is tangible evidence that utilities, regulators, and customers are working
together for the good of all Arkansans.”
The Entergy Solutions program for large commercial and industrial customers is
implemented for Entergy Arkansas by CLEAResult Consulting.
For more information about the program, please visit http://www.entergyarkansas.com/energy_efficiency/business.aspx.
Mountain Valley Spring Company, LLC, headquartered in Hot Springs, Arkansas was
founded in 1871. The company produces and delivers bottled spring water. Varieties include
regular and sparkling spring water packaged in glass or 25% recycled PET. Its products are
available online and through retail outlets. Mountain Valley Spring Water is a valued corporate
partner of the Hot Springs community. They employ 140 people locally.
Entergy Arkansas provides electricity to approximately 700,000 customers in 63
counties. Entergy Arkansas is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, an integrated energy
company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations.
Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric
generating capacity, including more than 10,000 megawatts of nuclear power, making it one
of the nation’s leading nuclear generators. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility
customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of
more than $12 billion and approximately 13,000 employees.
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The check presentation was attended by (left to right) – Seth Sade, Clearesult, Barry
Lawson, Mountain Valley Spring Water Maintenance Manager, Dennis Adams, Mountain
Valley Spring Water Director of Operations, Megan Greeson, Hot Springs Metro Partnership
Economic Development Manager, and Chris Murphy, Entergy Economic Development.
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