Enron Energy Services proved energy management services appealto Catholic clerics as well as cranberry growers while adding twodeals to its parcel of contracts. Last week EES announced dealswith the Archdiocese of Chicago and Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.

EES and Ocean Spray made a $116 million long-term agreement fortotal energy management services intended to save Ocean Spraymillions of dollars at its domestic manufacturing and distributionfacilities.

Throughout the 10-year agreement, Enron will fund infrastructureimprovements, optimize contracts, supply gas and power, manageenergy information systems such as meters, and act as consultant onopportunities such as cogeneration. “Enron Energy Services willreduce Ocean Spray’s total energy and facility management costs byinvesting capital and management expertise in all aspects of theenergy supply chain,” said Lou Pai, CEO of Houston-based EnronEnergy Services (EES).

“We free up our employees to focus on our own core processes andproducts,” said Kevin Murphy, Ocean Spray CEO. “We reduce ourimpact on the environment through lower fuel and electricityconsumption, and we save millions of dollars over the life of thecontract.”

Ocean Spray, headquartered in Lakeville, MA, is a leadingproducer of canned and bottled juices and juice drinks with annualsales of nearly $1.5 billion. A marketing cooperative, Ocean Sprayis owned by 950 cranberry and citrus growers in the United Statesand Canada.

Also, EES made a seven-year energy management deal with theArchdiocese of Chicago, the second largest diocese in the UnitedStates. The deal is worth $246 million and involves 2,000Archdiocese facilities. Enron will provide energy-related savingsby upgrading and replacing, where needed, the Archdiocese’s energyequipment such as boilers, chillers and lighting fixtures; bysupplying gas; and by providing other energy management servicesincluding consolidated billing and contract optimization. Inaddition, during the next two years, Enron will conduct energyaudits to decrease energy usage at Archdiocese facilities.

“Enron has had a successful partnership with the Archdiocese ofChicago for more than 11 years, saving them nearly $1 million peryear on natural gas consumption,” Pai said. The Archdiocese ofChicago serves about 2.3 million Catholics in Cook and Lakecounties in northeastern Illinois.

Joe Fisher, Houston

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