ENERGY INTO ACTION: Quick Implementation and Short Return on Investment

One Day Technology Forum for Commercial and Industrial Customers

TORONTO, April 8, 2013 /CNW/ -

WHAT	Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited ("Toronto Hydro"), PowerStream, Enersource, Hydro One, Horizon Utilities and the Ontario Power Authority are collaborating to provide customers with ideas that can be implemented within 18 months with a short payback period.  Over 300 attendees will be at this event.
	Sessions will cover a range of ideas and incentives that include: hydronics, refrigeration and compressed air, Regulation 397, data centre load and cooling, LED lighting and HVAC.
	More Information is available at www.energyintoaction.ca
WHO	Speakers from utilities, NRCan, Ontario Ministry of Energy, The Ontario Power Authority, and include:
	MPP Phil McNeely, Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Environment
	Andrew Pride, Vice President, Conservation, Ontario Power Authority
	Chris Tyrrell, Vice President and Chief Conservation Officer, Toronto Hydro
	Raegan Bond, Vice President, Conservation, PowerStream
	Barry Beale, Director, Energy Efficiency and Innovative Technology, Ontario Ministry of Energy
WHERE	Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road at Highway 27
WHEN	Tuesday, April 9
	8:30 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.
WHY	Now, more than ever, businesses are looking to increase their competitiveness, and managing operating costs is one of the keys to success. Attendees can learn about new and emerging technologies, and available incentive programs for their electricity efficiency projects.  As well, all organizations in the municipal, academic, social and healthcare (MASH) sector will be required (under the Green Energy Act) to provide energy audits and carbon measurements of their buildings. Ontario Regulation 397/11 will change how businesses and organizations operate. The ideas at this conference can be quickly implemented into 2013 capital budgets and plans for 2014 initiatives.

About Toronto Hydro
The principal business of the Corporation and its subsidiaries is the distribution of electricity by Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited. Toronto Hydro-Electric System owns and operates an electricity distribution system, which delivers electricity to approximately 719,000 customers located in the City of Toronto. It is the largest municipal electricity distribution company in Canada and distributes approximately 19% of the electricity consumed in the Province of Ontario.

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