Benefits

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 payments are set as an output based charge that solely reflects the realized energy and operational savings created by the project
• Reduce Operating Costs. ESA payments are set below the current utility price, which immediately improves the customer’s bottom line
• Enhance Reliability of Operations. Metrus pays for periodic maintenance services to ensure long-term reliability and performance of the project equipment
• Scalable Financing Solution. Metrus’ ESA utilizes standard terms and conditions that can be applied to a wide range of efficiency projects across a customer’s entire portfolio of facilities
• ESA Payments are an Operating Expense. The ESA is designed to be an off-balance sheet financing solution with regular payments that are similar to a standard utility bill
• Reduce Exposure to Utility Price Uncertainty. ESA payments escalate at a fixed annual rate that is set below historical annual utility price increases