Tech and Innovation Is Saint John Energy’s Focus For The Future
Feb 27, 2020
by Ray Robinson
As Saint John Energy approaches a century in business, we are justifiably proud – proud of our people, proud of our ability to deliver electricity to our customers at the lowest rate in Atlantic Canada, proud of our record on reliability.
Our success is built on our strong focus on our customers and our community. This is not something we take for granted. Now and into the future, our focus is and will be providing dependable electricity at lower rates to the homes and businesses in Saint John.
It is against this shifting landscape that Saint John Energy forged a growth strategy focused on innovation.
It is a methodical strategy constructed around three broad themes: renewable energy, smart energy services, and strategic partnerships.
On the renewable energy front, we have formed a partnership with a proven wind developer in Natural Forces to construct a wind farm for Saint John designed to supply about 15 per cent of the city’s energy needs – and save up to $8 million a year in energy purchases.
We recently took delivery of a state-of-the-art Tesla battery that will allow us to store energy and inject it into the grid when it is needed, curbing the pollution and high costs associated with generating power at peak demand times. Such storage solutions also help manage the intermittent nature of renewable power.
We are carefully studying a project that would broaden access to solar energy in Saint John. If the business case is proven, customers of Saint John Energy would be able to rent solar panels in the ground-mounted solar array and have the generation from those panels credited to their power bills.
The future of our business, like any other, depends on satisfying the needs of our customers and we are proud to keep innovating to do just that.
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