CES/Way International was selected by Vandenberg Air Force Basein California and Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas to provideenergy conservation measures that could yield nearly 20% savings onutility bills. The subsidiary of Sempra Energy Solutions of LosAngeles, is one of 11 energy services companies that werepre-qualified last year under the Department of Defense (DOD)program to implement energy conservation projects in 46 states,Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. With a total of up to $1.1billion in potential contracts, CES/Way and the other energycompanies can receive project awards of up to $150 million eachthrough the program. Among the other pre-qualifiers are Honeywell,Johnson Controls, Duke Energy, and Xenergy.

The Vandenberg and Goodfellow contracts are estimated to beworth $25 million. CES/Way will install efficiency measures such asenergy efficient lighting, hot water boilers, air conditioningchillers, variable speed pump and motor drives, variable air volumeboxes for handling conditioned air, high efficiency motors, solarand wind systems, motion sensors and computerized energy managementsystems.

Through a performance contract, the work will be paid forentirely from resulting energy and maintenance savings, said ErbinKeith, CES/Way executive vice president.

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