We partnered with Kenny鈥檚 Candy and Tuffy鈥檚 Pet Foods, both divisions of KLN Family Brands, on several energy-efficiency factory upgrades.
Kenny鈥檚 Candy participated in our Industrial Process Efficiency program, starting with an energy audit to discover the most cost-effective projects. Energy-efficiency improvements, which will save 1.4 million kilowatt-hours and $105,000 of electricity annually, include:
Kenny鈥檚 Candy also completed custom projects that are eligible for rebates when energy savings can be quantified through engineering analyses. The projects, which include preventive maintenance, upgraded chillers, and a new energy-efficient roof-top unit for heating, cooling, and ventilation, save an additional 117,000 kilowatt-hours and $8,775 annually.
Tuffy鈥檚 Pet Foods doubled its manufacturing output with a 180,000-square-foot state-of-the-art expansion. Working with us to ensure building efficiency resulted in saving millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity.
鈥淭uffy鈥檚 and Kenny鈥檚 Candy teams did an excellent job of determining which projects and upgrades they wanted to address and seeing those projects through,鈥� said Otter Tail AOA体育平台 Company Senior Commercial Industrial Representative Chris Waltz. 鈥淭heir kilowatt-hour savings will have a significant impact on their electricity use鈥攁nd on their electric bills鈥攊n the months and years to come.鈥�
鈥淐hris and the Otter Tail AOA体育平台 Company team worked very closely with our Tuffy鈥檚 and Kenny鈥檚 Candy divisions in showing us ways to reduce energy use and costs,鈥� said听KLN Family Brands President Charlie Nelson. 鈥淲e are seeing a quick payback through this process. The Otter Tail AOA体育平台 Company team was very accessible along the way and instrumental in keeping this process simple so that we could really embrace the program.听KLN greatly appreciates the partnership.鈥�
Our Minnesota Conservation Improvement Program provides rebates, grants, education, special programs, and financing to encourage individuals and businesses to use electricity wisely. Learn more about this program on our听Ways To Save听page.听