CREWE: Nine Wisconsin companies receive energy efficiency grants

CONTACT: Thad Nation, (414) 412-7814

(MADISON, Wis.)—Governor Doyle announced today that nine industrial companies in Wisconsin would receive over $14.5 million in energy grants to help the firms improve their energy efficiency.

Briggs and Stratton, Didion Milling, Domtar Paper, Kohler, NewPage, Quad/Graphics, Thilmany Paper, and Wausau Paper Specialty Products of Mosinee and Rhinelander will each receive between approximately $500,000 and $5.5 million to help the companies complete energy efficiency improvements at their operations. The funding was provided from the US Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

“Improving energy efficiency is a great way to make companies more competitive and create jobs, while simultaneously protecting our environment,” said Thad Nation, executive director of Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE). “These grants and the actions of these companies are a great step forward in implementing the goals of the Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming.”

The energy efficiency funding is expected to create and retain over 400 jobs while saving enough energy to power 15,000 Wisconsin homes for a year.

CREWE is a coalition that formed to advocate meaningful change in energy policy consistent with the Governor’s Global Warming Task Force final report, which will have a positive impact on Wisconsin’s economic development and security while fostering job creation.

CREWE’s membership consists of CleanPower, Alliant Energy, EcoEnergy, Johnson Controls, Xcel Energy, C5•6 Technologies, Axley Brynelson, Madison Gas and Electric, Orion Energy Systems, Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin Energy Corp., Poblocki Sign Company, Emerging Energies of Wisconsin, MillerCoors, American Transmission Co., WPPI Energy, DTE Energy Services, and Kranz, Inc.

The coalition is dedicated to joining forces with other supporters to promote responsible policies that address climate change; create jobs; promote energy efficiency, reliability and independence; and mitigate the economic impacts of rising energy costs.

For more information on joining this campaign, please visit http://www.WICREWE.com and follow CREWE on Twitter (@WI_CREWE).