ESA Benefits for Customers

The ESA provides customers with a variety of financial and operational benefits:

Avoid Capital Outlay: Metrus pays for all project design and implementation costs, enabling customers to conserve scarce capital funds for investment in their core business

Use Savings to Pay for Project: ESA service payments are based solely on the realized energy and operational savings created by the project

Reduce Operating Expenses: ESA service payments are set below the current utility price, which immediately helps improve the customer’s bottom line

Enhance Reliability of Operations: Under the terms of the ESA, Metrus pays for periodic maintenance services to ensure long-term reliability and performance of the project equipment

Keep Transaction Off-Balance Sheet: The ESA is designed to be treated as an off-balance sheet and off-credit financing solution

Reduce Exposure to Utility Price Uncertainty: During the term of the ESA, service payments escalate at a fixed annual rate that is below historical utility price increases