2012 Annual MeetingEnergy Efficiency Opportunities and

ChallengesKathy Loftus

Whole Foods Market

Buildings…Fastest Growing Energy Sector Whole Foods Market…Fast Growing Grocer

Commercial buildings consume greater amounts of energy relative to other sectors and food retail among highest

We’re in a growth and development mode

We operate more than 300 stores—many were acquired as older, inefficient stores

Operate in 40 states

Race to Reduce: 25 by 2015• Whole Foods Market has a goal to reduce our energy

consumption 25% per square foot by 2015---We need your help!

What are our challenges? Costs of energy down—longer paybacksLimited time and resources in regions for

scope development, project managementIncentives are running dry-annual queues fill

earlySome utilities don’t offer programs at all-lack

of continuity We can’t capitalize some projects and don’t

have expense budgets for decent programsWe can’t get information as readily as we’d

like

What are some Opportunities?Collaborate

Utilities can learn from others with proven success; focus groups with sophisticated customers

CooperateAllow customers to develop programs that

deliver results; share smart grid investmentsCommunicate

Make public aware of importance of EE and successes; e.g. Energy Star, Mass Savers, etc.

NC partnered with Energy Smart Grocer and PG&E

NE worked with PSEG and Emerson

NE working with NREL, E2S for model 50% savings program

Helpful Resources

Closing Critical Loops-Information• Design impacts operation; • Equipment selection

impacts efficiency; • Engineering impacts

ongoing comfort; • Maintenance impacts

energy;• Ultimately they’re all

connectedAVOIDREDUCESUBSTITUTEOFFSET

2010 Mass Saver Award!

Energy Efficiency (and Demand Response and Distributed Generation) delivers benefits to all and costs less than the fuel it saves!

For UtilitiesReduced large capital

expenditures for new infrastructure

Emissions reduction goals

Economic developmentSupport communitiesEase restoration efforts

post storm and other events

For CustomersReduced costs of doing

businessEmissions reduction

goalsGrowth & Development-

job creationEnhanced Operations

and ability to serve communities (some stores open with DG and other resources)